Being unpopular

There are lots of kinds of unpopularity - you could have an unpopular opinion (E.G: I don't like cheese. This is a true fact about me, by the way.) or you could be the opposite of a celebrity.

But the most commonly talked about era of unpopularity is being unpopular with people. Some can find it annoying; being unpopular and not able to make many friends can be upsetting for them and they can easily start to question:

"Why does everybody hate me?"
"What's wrong with me?"

I'll tell you something - I am probably one of the most unpopular people in my school year. And to be honest, I don't give two shizzles.

By unpopular, I mean I don't have that many friends. I find it very hard to identify someone as one of my friends - a friend, to me, is someone I can be myself around and they don't care.

Those people are so hard to find.

Most of my friends are boys - I only have a few friends who are girls and even then, they usually find people who are into more things they are and therefore like them more. That's the thing - I am usually never put first.

Also, I know that a lot of people dislike me - they dislike how I act, talk, what things I like and anything I do.

Let me tell you something:

I DON'T CARE! :D Think what you like - it's probably never going to affect me or my health.

Why should you spend your ENTIRE life caring about what other people think of you? Life would suck and it wouldn't be worth living - life isn't about other people unless you want it to be. You should be able to do what you want and when you want, without people caring. Unfortunately, this society is made to care about what other people do that isn't their business, or if someone doesn't fit into society they decide to act badly to them or behind their backs in an indirect post on facebook.

That isn't what life's about.

The amount of friends you have doesn't define you as a person.

I could be the meanest person in the entire world and still be popular.

I could also be the kindest person in the entire world and be unpopular.

Just because you're sitting at lunch alone doesn't mean you've done something awful or that you're extremely sarcastic and mean. It could mean that, but it doesn't always.

That person you see sitting alone or having to go in a three could be the nicest person you know once you get to know them - they might not be very good at making friends.

But why should you care about the amount of friends someone has?

If they're happy with themselves and they're not hurting you or anyone else, why try to make them know that you don't like the fact that they don't have many friends? Why should you care?

Here's a message to those who don't have many friends. Are you happy the way you are? If yes, good. Do what you want. If no, don't worry! You probably just haven't found your true friends yet. (: If you're not that good at making friends, wait for the right person to come to you or try hanging out with some new people and see if they're nice to you and you'll be able to feel if you fit in or not.

Oh, and don't care about what other people think of you.

If they hate you for whatever reason, don't have anything to do with them because they're 100% not worth your time. (:

-Harriet

500 PAGEVIEWS?!

So I've had 500 clicks on my blog in total.

1ST GOAL IS ACHIEVED! :D

Thank you for taking time out of whatever you were doing just to read what random stuff had been on my mind.

This had motivated me to write more omg.

THANK YOU! ^.^

NEXT GOAL: 1000

I should do something special for that.

How to revise for an exam

Wanting to revise is a really good thing, but not knowing how to will decrease your motivation and you won't be able to study effectively. I've put together the best tips and tricks that work for me when I'm studying, so that if you have exams coming up (*cough* 12th of May) you won't come across any topics you didn't know about or get stuck on trying to remember something. Well, it'll decrease your chances by a LOT. If you want to get into a certain set next year and get good levels on your tests, you'll have to go over nearly everything you've studied. But don't panic - time is key! Right now we have 2 weeks until our finals for KS3 that determine how we learn our GCSEs. This is enough time to study.

Step one: Make sure you're not distracted.

Find a place where you have enough room to study and it's free from distractions. Remove all pets from the room, put your phone on silent and put it out of your sight, hide your laptop somewhere etc. Maybe even ask your mum or someone to hide your things so you don't know where they are and therefore you HAVE to study. You'll be tempted to check your social networks every once in a while or send a text whenever you hear your phone, and you may think "One text won't hurt" or "I'll just reply to their comment.." but this will get you out of the 'study zone' and you won't be as focused when you go back to studying.

You don't check your phone or go on your laptop during an exam, so don't do it whilst revising!

Some people like to have one specific room to study in, whereas some people like to go out in public or change locations every time they study. I usually study in my room on my desk and I don't change locations. This is useful because I can associate my knowledge with the location I was in.

Make sure the room is quiet and there are no other people in it, unless you want to study with them.

Step two: Find the best way to study for you and stick to it.

Get a revision timetable and stick to it.

Maybe write: Sunday 12:00-13:00 - Maths past paper.

REPLICATE THE TIMES YOU STUDY WITH THE TIME YOU DO THE EXAM IF YOU CAN!

If you have your maths exam from 11:30 to 12:30 (3rd period) then do a past paper at the weekend from 11:30 to 12:30! You'll be able to remember things clearly.

I ALWAYS DO PAST PAPERS IN EXAM CONDITIONS.

If there are things I don't understand, I go back through them after I do the test (and I use extra time in the time I give myself to check the test) and take notes on them, do exercises I find on websites/in textbooks and make sure I know it well enough to teach someone else.

Maybe watch videos if you're a visual learner. Remember phrases/rhymes/songs if you learn things by hearing them. I'm a mixture of both, so I sometimes watch demonstrations on youtube of how science works and I take notes in my own words, and I listen and remember the words.

(every pla-ant knows this fun-da-ment-al process

and we-e call this pho-to-synth-es-is)

Write on revision cards and ask people to test you on them.

EG: Sibling: (On revision card) What year was Shakespeare born?

You: *Thinks back to how you remembered it* 1564 in the Elizabethan era.

Sibling: *Looks at answer on card* Correct!

Study with other people if you can!

I usually study by myself, but it's useful getting help from my friends if they understand something and I don't.

Step three: GIVE. YOURSELF. BREAKS.

BUT. NOT. TOO. MANY.

Don't think "I've done 10 minutes of simultaneous equations, which means 10 hours of youtube so I can cool down."

Even though I wish you could.

Do a past paper and cover all the stuff you couldn't do, then once you've done that, play a bit of sims for half an hour or go eat some food.

Then go back to revising but on a different subject. Or on the same subject if that's what suits you.

Whatever you do, STICK TO YOUR TIMETABLE.

Step four: Eat and sleep.

Each human our age (13-14) needs about 8 hours of sleep a night. What I do is I get ready for bed at 21:30, go to bed at 22:00, go to sleep at around 23:00 and wake up at 7:00. That's around 8 hours of sleep, but when you have an exam, try to have ONE EXTRA HOUR of sleep on days you're revising and especially the night before the exam.

Eat healthy food and have a balanced diet - don't live on sugar. This can make you have sugar crushes and you'll not function well and won't take in as much information.

BUT you should have a little sugar to keep your spirits up - one bar of chocolate is the best for this.

 NAPS > CAFFEINE.

 NAPS > CAFFEINE.

 NAPS > CAFFEINE.

DO NOT HAVE CAFFEINE WHEN YOU REVISE OR HAVE THE TEST!

You'll have a crash and you'll be really drowsy and your brain won't be able to remember any information.

TAKE NAPS INSTEAD/SLEEP MORE.

Here's why.

(why is Kate Middleton on the thumbnail? She's not even in the video lol)

TIPS AND TRICKS TO REMEMBER MORE:

-Take all your notes with a blue pen and write in the same colour when you take the test. It's scientifically proven that you remember more text when it's read in blue and if you write in the same colour in the test, it'll take you back to your notes if you've read over them enough and jog your memory.

-If you're allowed to chew gum at school, chew gum when you're revising and the same gum for the test. This will again jog your memory. If it's not allowed at your school (which it isn't in mine) or you're not allowed it yourself, try brushing your teeth before you revise and right before you go to school, if you have tests in the morning before you eat.

-Don't work on an empty stomach! At break and lunch, eat carbohydrates and fruit + vegetables. Maybe pack yourself a sandwich and a cereal bar. Also make sure you've had plenty of breakfast because this makes your brain more active.

-Don't copy out large chunks of text or just do one past paper. Write in your own words and take notes and do exercises on the things you don't understand.

-Repetition is key to remembering things. Don't read over things or do an exercise just once!

-STAY CALM! If you think you'll pass this test with a good level, there's more likelihood that you'll get a better level. If you think you'll do badly, you WILL DO BADLY. So don't stress because it's unhealthy and be confident. :}

Ok, if you're procrastinating from revising from tests that're coming up, go revise.

Right now.

Go.

You'll fail your test otherwise.

....go then.

You're still here aren't you?

Yeah, I thought so.

-Harriet

How to know if a girl likes you (REQUESTED)

Here it is. This was suggested by an anonymous requester. This is directed at anyone, regardless of gender and who happens to be attracted to girls. Or maybe you're a straight girl reading this and you're just curious about what you do if you like a boy and see how many things you can relate to in this post. Does she like you back? Let's see.

DISCLAIMER: I am a girl, and I know these from past experiences.

1. She will find excuses to be close to you.

If you find her to be touching your arm, standing near you or sitting near you, chances are she might have a crush on you - being a girl, I still have no idea why we do this.

We just like being close to you.

2. She is awkward/shy around you.

Ok, let me put you in our position.

Girl: *Sees crush unexpectedly* *Thinking* OHGODOHGOD THERE THEY ARE ok just act normal.... maybe smile at them.... NO they'll think I'm strange and weird and they won't want to talk to me. I could wave as they walk past.... oh god what if they take the mick- JEEZUS THEY'RE HERE ok.... just act as you always do. Don't panic....be NORMAL.

 *Speaking* Hey! *Waves slightly* 

*Thinks* NONONONONO WHY DID I WAVE THAT WASN'T EVEN A WAVE THAT WAS AN AWKWARD FLIMSY ARM MOVEMENT WHY AM I SUCH A FAILURE TO LIFE

....yeah. Don't think we're weird. Am I the only one who used to do this?

....................maybe.

3. You might catch her staring at you.

This sounds quite weird, but guys do it too. Admit it - if you've had a crush, you haven't resisted a chance of snatching a quick look of them before turning back quickly so they don't catch you doing it.

Why do we hide it?

I don't know. We get really nervous around our crushes, no matter how good friends we and the crush are.

I don't know - you just can't help but....

look.

It's quite weird.

Guys do it too. :)

4. She'll start to like the things you like.
(Or just say she does)

If you happen to like TF2, she'll probably bring it up in a conversation and say that she's played it too. She might also ask if you can play it together at some point over steam/skype.
She should be telling the truth, but she could be lying to impress you.
THIS ISN'T WISE. Don't lie to impress someone - if they're the right person for you, they'll like you for who you are. But yeah - advice to girls: Play video games with them if they like video games.
Or sports with them if they like sports.

5. She'll laugh at A LOT of stuff you say.

Even if you aren't particularly funny, she'll laugh with you when you try to be.
I guess it's passive complimenting.

6. She'll fix her appearance around you.

She might have done her hair really nice/done her makeup really well because she knew she'd be around you that day, or you might catch her fixing her hair a lot so that she doesn't look like someone who woke up from a bed made of bushes.



If you have any other ways of telling that a girl likes you, leave it in the comments below or on Facebook. :)

Sorry I haven't posted in a while - I've been quite busy with stuff.
I have loads more ideas for blog posts and will be posting a lot more regularly so look out for those posts!

-Harriet

50 random facts about me

Ok, you don't really need to know these, but here are 50 randomly picked facts about me. :D

1. I play the drumkit for fun.

2. I always eat meals reeeally slowly.

3. I waste a lot of hours on my laptop.

4. My laptop shuts down after about an hour of gaming.

5. This is bad, because I refer to myself as a gamer.

6. I support gender, race, sexuality and any sort of equality.

7. I just ate a banana.

8. My room is never completely tidy.

9. I prefer cats to dogs. (DON'T SHOOT ME.)

10. My favourite school subject is music.

11. I like my steak done medium.

12. There is a mini jammy dodger wrapper next to me.

13. I want to get an HTC One.

14. I have dreams of being at a youtuber convention such as vidcon.

15. I want to meet my favourite youtubers.

16. I want to be a youtuber soon.

17. I have never seen a ferret in real life.

18. I am terrified of huge dogs. Like, HUGE ones that jump up to any person that walks past them.

19. SO afraid, in fact, that I will take a different route home just to avoid walking past it.

20. I hate the sound of people biting their nails.

21. Right now, I am putting off my D.T homework.

22. I am terrified of wasps.

23. I prefer pink-lady apples to any other kind of apple.

24. I think galaxy is tastier than cadbury's.

25. I share my birthday with the founder of cadbury's chocolate.

26. I used to always think the moon followed you in long car journeys.

27. I used to think I was a good drawer.... LOL

28. At a restaurant, I can never decide what meat I want because I love every kind of meat. (that sounded wronggg....)

29. I live in London.

30. People say I sound posh.

31. I agree with them slightly.

32. I am unable to use headphones in this laptop as the headphones socket is blocked.

33. I think bats are adorable.

34. My favourite dessert is either loads of chocolate brownie/cake with hot chocolate sauce, cheesecake or loads of Neapolitan ice-cream. 

35. I prefer sweet foods to savory.

36. I am hungry.

37. I usually am.

38. I used to have a Syrian hamster called Hazel - we had her for 2 weeks and she died at 10 weeks old. She was really healthy and I still miss her. It was the first time I had ever really experienced someone/something close to me dying and I was 12.

39. I am always really tired during lessons.

40. I occasionally have laughing fits which disrupt lessons.

41. I like science but I find it hard to understand sometimes and this is mainly because, really, I don't listen.

42. I wonder what the meaning of life is.

43. I daydream a lot.

44. I take the bus to school and walk home.

45. All of my primary teachers described me as quirky.

46. My favourite word is kerfuffle.

47. I think mini chedders are amazing.

48. I have quite a strong opinion about a lot of people, but I do not show this.

49. My favourite biscuits are oreos.

50. I sleep on a bed which is near my cieling on a ladder.

Boom.

-Harriet

Things nobody says (in the first world)

I've seen a few of these types of videos on youtube and decided to put in my favourite phrases that nobody says, and add some of my own.

"I never really use the internet."

"I LOVE COLD SHOWERS.... JUST.... WOW"

"What is a one direction?"

"Ummm, I think Jersey Shore is educational, personally."

"Who's Justin Bieber?"

"I love dieting!"

"I love it when you have to get somewhere and there's traffic. It's just.... the highlight of my entire day."

"Kidsbop is GENIUS."

"Oh my god - Siri is always right."

"God I love waiting for the bus."

"Construction in the morning is the best way to wake up."

"SCHOOL IS AMAZING I LOVE EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT IT. ESPECIALLY TESTS."

"What is a twitter?"

"Youtube? I've never been on that website."

"I'm so excited for when we have our final exams."

"I HATE junk food."

"Comic sans is the best font ever."

"What does lol mean?"

Comment some more things that nobody says in the comments below, or on facebook. :D

-Harriet

That's the biggest overreaction I've ever seen!

I'M LAUGHING SO HARD X______X

(credit to fruitsgarden on tumblr ^.^)