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how to take notes (opens the original)
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Taking notes is an integral part of learning. During university, I cycled through many methods, perfecting my stubby numbers for math and loopy chicken-scratch for philosophy. I was once determined to fit every lecture onto one page — a disaster because aesthetics preceded logic in organization.<div cl
Intro to Linguistics as a Three-Act Play (opens the original)
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If you’re just interested in the curriculum, scroll to the header “Revised Curriculum”. This Week’s Theme: linguistics! (See my last post for context)During my Wattpad years, I studied narrative arcs until structure permeated my daily life. Unfortunately, the first week of my personal curriculum is a half-baked three-act play, finding its climax as I confronted the Chinese proverb that vaguely translates to “a new toilet only smells good for three days.” Or,
How to Build a Personal Curriculum (opens the original)
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(cover from pinterest)Although I journal every night, the entries are banal: a litany of my moral failures or lofty aspirations to “find my style.” I’m jealous of friends who, over the phone, casually develop theories like “looks-minning.” I may not agree, but I can’t offer my own frameworks of life — that section of my brain is already atrophying. The concept of a “personal curriculum” is, by no means, new. Back in 2025, I read Celine Nguyen’s <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/personalcano
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