26 Reminders For Going To School Like A Badass

26 Reminders for Going to School Like a Badass

1. Your attitude dictates your experience, so start finding things to get psyched about.

2. Stock up on healthy snacks in your house!!! You’ll be glad you did when the study-munchies roll around (and they always do).

3. Invest in a good planner. Especially if you take part in multiple extra-curriculars, I can’t stress how helpful it is having a place to check back on deadlines and big events.

4. Write down all your teachers’ names and emails as soon as you get them, so you’re not searching for them when you’re absent.

5. No one is having as much fun as their snapchat story makes it seem.

6. Don’t believe what your peers tell you about tests they take before you, study how much YOU need to.

7. Be nice to your math teacher. Partial credit on math problems might save your grade.

8. Don’t throw out syllabuses/first day handouts!!!! Theres a good chance they have information on the late policy and a gazillion other helpful things.

9. In fact, try to hold on to as many papers as you can for when finals inevitably attack.

10. No one knows you wore those jeans yesterday.

11. Be conscious of how you smell. Don’t be B.O. kid, but also try not to suffocate your lab partner with the scent of artificial fruit/flowers.

12. That cookie in the cafeteria is probably not worth 95 cents. Pack snacks from home to resist overpriced school treats.

13. If you’re carrying around a travel mug of coffee, people will usually leave you alone.

14. Don’t spend more time planning your study schedule than actually studying. Just get your books out and do it.

15. Never underestimate the amount of motivation you can get from watching Legally Blonde (movie or musical).

16. Try to attend at least one school sporting event per season, even if thats not really your scene. Some teachers even offer extra credit for going to big games!

17. Don’t be that kid that asks the teacher when you’re getting your tests back. They have like a gazillion to grade. You’ll get them when they’re done.

18. Have a pump-up playlist for the ride to school and the walk to your first class. Nothing feels more badass than walking through crowded hallways while listening to Halsey’s “New Americana”.

19. Set up a back-up study zone for when you need a change of pace.

20. Don’t put off creative projects because you think they’ll be less time consuming. There’s nothing worse than glitter gluing a scale model of the U.S. Senate at 3 AM because you thought it would be quick and easy.

21. That extra 10 minutes of sleep is not worth the risk of oversleeping completely. Get up, splash your face with some cold water, and get this show on the road.

22. Find a school inspiration, whether it be a really hardworking friend or a studyblr you follow. Check their progress whenever you need motivation.

23. If someone only ever talks to you when they need to copy the homework, they’re using. Don’t indulge them.

24. Doing your own work is so SO important. Plagiarism can destroy careers.

25. Creative outlets can be so refreshing, like a diary, a private tumblr, a sketchbook, whatever floats your boat.

26. When all else fails, remember how lucky you are to be getting an education. School isn’t a punishment, its an opportunity for you to create a kick-ass foundation for the rest of your life.

The Hogwarts Houses as Langblrs

Gryffindor:

- Has an obsession with romance languages - Backpacks (or wants to backpack) around the world - Does a lot of 100 days challenges - Loves talking to natives - Uses tons of different study materials - Reads out loud in their target languages - Highlights everything in their textbooks - Goes on Duolingo every day to keep their sreak - Spends way too much time planning their next trips - Listens to podcasts in their target languages while working out - Is better at their target languages when they’re drunk - Fights anyone who says that you can become fluent in three months - Visits (or wants to visit) all their friends abroad - Whises to visit every country in the world - Loves roadtrips, hiking and sleeping in tents - Tries local alcohols everywhere they go

Languages: Spanish, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Arabic

Hufflepuff:

- Gives language classes to refugees in their city - Volunteers abroad - Spends more time daydreaming than actually studying - Watches a lot of TV shows in their target languages - Studies their soulmate’s native language - Listens to music in languages they don’t know - Loves translating lyrics from their favorite songs - Cooks food from foreign countries - Give nicknames in different languages to their friends - Shares all their travels on social media - Talks to their pet in their target languages - Posts pretty pictures of their study space - Laughs at dumb duolingo sentences - Always writes postcards to all their friends when they go on vacation - Makes new friends every time they sleep in hostels

Languages: English, Japanese, Afrikaans, Norwegian, Hindi

Ravenclaw:

- Makes loads of flashcards - Studies way too much languages - Loves linguistics - Makes study schedules and bullet journals - Works on their aesthetic - Uses the pomodoro technique - Shares PDFs of textbooks with all their friends - Reads Harry Potter in all their target languages - Has an obcession with buying textbooks - Talks to themseves in their target languages all the time and then gets confused when someone talks to them - Starts a new language just because it sounds nice - Uses a different color for each of their target languages - Makes bucket lists with all the places they want to visit one day - Makes travelbooks to remember their travels - Can read five different alphabets - Dreams of spending a semester in a foreign university - Has ten different keyboards on their phone and doesn’t use half of them - Can spend hours looking at memes instead of studying

Languages: Latin, German, Chinese, Romanian, Persian

Slytherin:

- Makes slang masterposts in their target languages - Studies super hard to be better than their classmates - Gets really competitive - Teaches insults in their native language to foreigners - Studies a language in secret to surprise people by speaking it - Works on their pronunciation while working out - Loves trying new food when they go abroad - Can say “hello” in twenty different languages - Works super hard to get a C2 level - Send memes to their friends in languages they don’t even know - Acts annoyed when their friends asks them to translate something but is secretly very proud to be the official translator of the squad - Gets mad when they want to tell a joke but it doesn’t translate - Pauses their music so they can hear a conversation in their target language in public transportation - Pretends not to know the language a group is speaking so that they can spy on them

Languages: French, Dutch, Russian, Hebrew, Vietnamese

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