Okay Why Is No One In The Dark Academia Community Mentioning 'Endeavour', Its British Tv Show Set In

Okay why is no one in the dark academia community mentioning 'Endeavour', its British tv show set in 1960s Oxford set in the backdrop of the university. It's a drama about murder investigation and its absolutely amazing. So much ascetic and opera, everyone needs to watch it :)

101 Study Tips

Take advantage of that lower workload in between exam periods to make good notes, clean your house, get work experience and do the things then rather than when you’re busier

Use Highlighters instead of pens to save time. Or vice versa depending on you

Change the timing in the pomodoro technique to suit you rather than the other way round

Use a planner to organise your day

Work out what time of day you study best. You could get up and study in the morning if you’re that sort of person

Attend your tutor or form sessions. Even if you don’t do much in them, you can

Keep your planner small and carry it everywhere

Even better, put your planner on your phone

 Don’t sulk if you fail, look back at why you failed and try to improve

If you get distracted by wanting to do something when you should be focusing, write it down. It gives you a checklist of things to do later

Do these things on the checklist in your study breaks

Answer questions without your teaching asking you to

Read about your subjects outside of your classes, especially in high school

Sit at the front of the class room

Don’t sit by yourself in class

Get an early nights sleep

Or at least use sleepytime to get a good time frame

On school days when you wake up, get up straight away, it stops you lazing about

Work hard from the start of the year. There isn’t a time to slack off

Try spaced repititon for learning key facts or a revision schedule

Have snacks and a drink during study sessions. Preferably water.

Summarise and make all your notes onto smaller bits of paper for revision, it helps you recognise what the important facts are

To avoid study stress, take breaks and avoid studying for more than two hours a day

It’s also good to have a day where you don’t study at all once a week

Don’t schedule too far in advance, you’ll just get busy in the meantime or change your methods

When you’re feeling too stressed to work properly but not studying stresses you out, do easier tasks like reviewing flashcards or watching videos on your course

Do as much of your work in school as possible

Prioritise your classes. Especially if you have loads

Make any big habit changes you’ve been thinking of at the start of a term or new year

Study a little before bed, you’ve probably seen that study that says you remember more just before bed

Only make flashcards of the things that you don’t get or are important, not everything

Use online sites like Brainscape, Memrise, Anki or Quizlet for flashcards between devices

Print off your powerpoint slides before a lesson

If you can’t do that, read ahead in the textbook

The syllabus is your guide, so use that as a framework for your revision notes

Your stress and nerves are normal, don’t worry

Aim to finish your revision a week before your exams, it makes you start earlier and finish earlier, you also can rest before your exam

When you pick your subjects, choose the subjects you love

Don’t drink alcohol when you’re studying or any type of drug while studying

Don’t listen to how much everyone is studying. A lot of people big it up or say they do none, usually both aren’t being truthful

Take messy notes in class and neaten them up later

Or take your notes online or on a computer

Have a folder to put your loose sheets and handouts in

Keep your to do list and schedule all in one place, whether that’s a book, app or phone

If you fall behind or are ill a lot, your classmates are your friends for a realistic description of what you’ve missed

When at school, know all the places you’d like to study in case one of them is busy

Don’t work in your bed if it makes you tired

Or work in your bed if all your seats are uncomfortable and it’s distracting

Don’t have too much coffee! And energy drinks are just terrible for you so maybe not have those either

You don’t have to be truthful to your actual opinion in essays, just go for what option has the most points

Listen to your teacher

Have your window open, the fresh air helps

Use practice papers and questions, they really help

Try to teach others as well or if you can’t, explain it in your own words to yourself

Combine more than one technique, so that the weaknesses of each method gets covered by another

Seriously just listen to your teachers

Check your emails every day

Set realistic goals and try not to be too harsh and unrealistic about the time you’ll spend achieving these as well

Use loud and annoying alarms to get you to do things

If you have to read, read out loud rather than in your head

Use a hair tie if you have long hair to keep it out of your face

Keep clean and get dressed for studying

Don’t waste your term making your notes pretty, if it helps, make sure the benefits outweigh the time it takes

Study when you can. Don’t study if you’re too exhausted to do so.

Keep your desk as clean as you can

Know your sources of motivation. Possibly find a way to put that in your study space.

Attend as many classes as possible and don’t skip

Keep yourself busy with stuff that isn’t studying

Reward yourself for your hard work

Before you go back to school, start to wake up earlier so you’re ready

Wear comfortable clothes to school

Or wear whatever makes you feel good, feeling bad can be pretty distracting

Always think about the next step early, whether thats getting work experience, choosing subjects, finding a job or picking a thesis

Always eat breakfast

And always eat lunch too! Especially at school

Do whatever is best for you. Don’t follow a studyblr trend, do what’s best for you.

Make your studying a habit. Do it nearly every day for a long time and it’ll begin to feel more like second nature

Get to know your teachers if you can

And don’t be afraid to ask them for help outside of a lesson, either by email or afterwards, it helps a lot 

Look at the types of questions you often get wrong as well as the topics you keep missing out on 

Keep a spare bit of food in your bag, I usually have some sesame snaps in my bag as a small snack so I don’t have to get up to get food

Make productive friends and people with similar goals to you

When revising, revise everything and then focus on your weak points

Don’t spend too long on tumblr, and if you are right now, then this is your reminder to log off!

Don’t panic when you don’t know all the answers in a test, do you really need 100%?

Break your studying into smaller bits and spread it out over time to avoid headaches, burnout and all the problems that come with it

Eat better. Get enough fruit and vegetables

Don’t forget about Protein, from meats, nuts, etc. it helps a lot

If you’re falling asleep in class, I usually drink water, pinch myself, take lots of notes and fidget to keep myself up

Regularly clear out your bag, because a lot of stuff builds up

If you’re a more artistic person, use drawings like visual notes, mindmaps, timelines and literal drawings to help you study

If you study with a friend, quiz each other

Study on public transport if you can, notes and flashcards on phones are good for this

Don’t neglect any of your subjects, make sure they all get some time spent on them

Also focus beyond your first exam, it’s easy to overprepare for the first test and then not be ready for the rest

When taking a test look through it quickly before hand

Remember you don’t have to take the test in order

Review your notes all the time, review helps the memory

If you want to pull an all-nighter see if you can do it in the morning or day instead, and don’t do it the night before anything important

Always look at the details, especially if you get a mark-scheme or guide for your assignments

Constantly be taking on new improvements and trying to improve your methods

Just read a review of the film that said there is no set up to Barrow being gay in the film and I'm cracking up. Have you never seen this series before? 😂😂

It’s also just a very classic, very fun twist to have Guy Dexter be introduced to us as this Casanova, sexy, adventurer type

and it’s all going according to type until he talks to Thomas, who does not play along. And right away we see Guy go, “oh, sorry no that’s not—”

Because honestly I don’t think he was flirting-flirting there as much as he was just making a quip that is sort of standard and expected in places where he is Him. Very much like how he knew to bring up a fun, wild story about the South of France when it came up. People like when Guy Dexter has a fun, wild story and says fun, sexy things.

Except Thomas goes, “uhm,” and everything changes because Thomas openly doesn’t particularly care about Guy Dexter: Film Star. So what is honest begins to come through.

And some of it always was true! Guy does “travel a lot for his work,” and he does seem aware that his career is partly built on his looks and natural charm. But his later quips to Thomas are about how Charlie Chaplin is a “little wild” for him, or how he doesn’t know what he’s doing…and in fact the latter turns into something deeper than light comments.

And Thomas pushes, too: “what’s your real name?” he asks coyly. “Is there anything I can do?” He is actively interested in the person who is a little frightened, who sits behind a persona that is not exactly him. Because that’s Thomas also.

I wish we’d had a couple more scenes between the balcony and downstairs, just to build some of that momentum! That said, I do think we can piece together some of the things Guy has learned about Thomas as well: who Mr. Carson is and why Thomas might not always feel he’s really in charge. He right away brings up travel, when he explains to Thomas that he “means it” about them living their lives together.

Even, “so this is where you hide”—implies a lot about how often they might be speaking and how Guy might feel when he can’t find him. “I’d say you’ve spent long enough,” because of course he’s been there Every Day seeing Thomas do that job and noticing—perhaps—how much he is (or isn’t) enjoying it.

We know it is true for Thomas that he is often misunderstood and assumed to be a certain Type—and in the past especially he played into that. I like that Guy seems to be similar—I imagine he finds it difficult to be an almost inevitable disappointment to men who want him to be a Character.

It seems fitting they would find each other and realize they can be honest about who they are and what they want with each other. And in the end they both approach each other knowing they want the same things.

Does anyone have a copy of this Thomas/OC fanfic?

I can’t remember the name of it. It was a Thomas Barrow and OC fic (called kip I believe?) Every time Thomas went to sleep he’d wake up in the modern era, and was Kip’s boyfriend? Mathew Crawley was his bestie in it? Not much info but it was so good and I’d love to read it again if anyone has a copy?

Edit - Found - If I Die, (Don’t wake me) by HowCleverOfYou - deleted.

Also looking for another Thomas/OC one - Where Lord Grantham and Tom Branson go to check on an Estate/Business dealing, Thomas goes with them as a form of holiday, after the Jimmy fiasco in S3 and Thomas becomes Lovers with the guy doing business with them, only to be caught by the groundskeeper? Who then tortures him? Slight Thommy I believe too.

If anyone knows the name of this, It would be much appreciated. Thanks :)