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I don't know if you guys have seen the movie Zootopia but man, you guys are really missing out. This is fast becoming one of my all time favourite Disney movie of all time. The characters, the plot, and the art, it all works so incredibly well. The messages in Disney movies are obvious right? They literally repeat the line "Not going to give up " 10 times in the first 30 minutes.

I feel so lucky to be in a generation where movies like these are able to give kids hope. Movies like this demonstrate the real world in a relatable way. Just like the social classes constructed in the movie, the same is apparently in the real world. The social class of predator which represents the strong, while prey represents the weak. The movie covers a lot more but I just want to focus on the message of "Never giving up". Everyone wants to just jump on board and try to defy opinions by mirroring Judy Hopps (if you don't recognise this character, she is the main character of the movie who never gives up). I don't think we are all like Judy Hopps because, as you can see being motivated is not a constant feeling. It cannot be contained. Dr Russ Dewey derived that motivation oscillate and this is because "The organism is forced to choose between two different desirable stimuli".

That is why I believe we are more like Nick Wilde. The sly fox who also had a dream. The fox's dream(SPOILER ALERT) was crushed by the prey when they oppressed him in his younger life. Ever since then, he gave up. The desirable stimuli in this situation I believe has to be, not to get hurt again, thus giving up to not have to fail.

You and I are both individuals who once also had dreams and aspirations. I know that some of you like me have had your dreams crushed to bit wether it is not being tall enough for sports or just social pressures. We all just gave up on it, on being the first president, the fireman, the doctor. I know that you know that you are limiting your potential. You all might know what I'm about to say next, blah... blah.... blah.... that you can reach your potential and what not. I'm not here to do that to be honest, I'm here to tell you, to go tell yourself that. Go on..... Tell yourself..

Most of us aren't gonna have a Judy Hopps hop (oh excellent pun) into our life and to give us that little push. Sometimes the only person you can trust for that boost is, yourself. This person is gonna have to be the reason why you wanna achieve your goal. Are you ready to once again face the reality of this world that does its utmost to put you down and knock you out? Or are you gonna face every punch with a smile and a cheeky wink?

So what is it gonna be?

The Red or the Blue Pill

Goodluck.....

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Have you ever missed a lecture? Have you ever gone somewhere without wifi? Have you ever wonder, how on earth am I gonna catch up?

I don't get the reason why lecturer force you to stream 40 - 45 minutes worth of video content and yet the act of downloading it is outlawed. The simple convenience of a lecture downloaded to your phone or laptop makes students life just that bit easier. The internet at University is also far superior to that of our home why not take advantage of that?

If you go to University of Western Australia, I got your solution.

It's an easy concept courtesy of Luke Bartlett. The solution is simple, on the Lecture Capture System page inside of Learning Management Centre you simple replace the ?ec=true with /media.m4v?downloadOnly=true.

This will prompt you to a download page.

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I don’t know about you, but one of the most annoying aspect of school in my experience is the ultimately void of distraction. Ahhh, the good old buddy that never leaves your side, the buddy that is aways there when you need to get your most important work done. I love the guy/gal, of course I’m making procrastination an anthropomorphic thing.

My production level through the year correlates with that of a declining linear chart. I believe that is due to the fact that our friendship between T-dog ( the name I will be referring to my procrastination habits from now on) has grown. T-dog always manages to help me find the most interesting content in the moment. Like “Grandma rapping” or my personal favourite was that of “Old school Harlem Shake”.

Jokes aside, I have found a few helpful hacks to maybe help you stay more focus during your high-school life.

WARNING: Your friendship with T-dog will be substantially weaken.

The first thing that I found useful is the app ‘Productive – Habit Tracker’. This app really is great because, if you need a constant list of reminders as to why you can’t hang with T-dog today, you got one. It’s an app that strive to keep your reminders up front so that you can easily tick off what you need to get done for the day to ultimately maximise your productivity level.

Second thing that I found to be very helpful is to spend time alone. I know it’s a daunting task especially in high-school, but hear me out ok? Spending time alone is actually very helpful. This act allows you to basically find out what defines you as a person, not what your friends think of you. During this time, you actually recognise your biggest flaws as well as your greatest strength. It could be for example, I found out that I was very dependent on friends, even when they weren’t the best of friends, I would just try to tag along to try to preserve an image of “having friends”. Also reflecting also help me saw that I had a pretty bad friendship with T-dog. Arggg

Both of these hacks I’ve personally used myself, both of which I believe I benefited from especially in times of Netflix binge nights (Thursday, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sunday) or during other important events such as staring contest with the ceiling. Although, I sometimes forget how these contest starts anyway.

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