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Pet the cat

Pet the damn cat

    Last Tuesday I was having one of those days. You know the kind. Where your coffee tastes like disappointment, and your to-do list seems like a direct challenge from the universe. I was rushing aimlessly when this orange tabby just… materialised. Right there on Mrs. Chen’s front steps, stretching in a patch of afternoon sun… Mehr lesen "Pet the damn cat

    How to find meaning in the monotony

    When Every Day Feels Exactly the Same

      I woke up this morning to the familiar ceiling stain that vaguely resembles Antarctica, or maybe it’s just a Rorschach test for my deteriorating sanity. Again. The alarm clock’s red numbers pierced the darkness, as they have countless mornings before. 6:43 AM. I always wake up seventeen minutes before my alarm. Always. It’s my body’s… Mehr lesen "When Every Day Feels Exactly the Same

      The happiness paradox and why you should not track your happiness

      Don’t track your happiness

        The happiness tracking app promised to change my life. Three months later, I had beautiful graphs showing my happiness peaks and valleys. What the app didn’t warn me about, however, was what psychologists call “meta-awareness”, the act of observing one’s own emotions. My spontaneous joy was measured and analysed. I had plenty of data about… Mehr lesen "Don’t track your happiness

        Mythos Lernstile entlarvt

        Der Mythos der Lernstile: Warum visuelle, auditive und kinästhetische Bezeichnungen bei Schülern versagen

          “Are you a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner?” This question has shaped education for decades. Most teachers worldwide still believe students learn best when taught in their “preferred” style. The idea sounds logical. Some students learn by seeing, others by hearing and others by doing. But learning styles don’t exist, at least not in any… Mehr lesen "Der Mythos der Lernstile: Warum visuelle, auditive und kinästhetische Bezeichnungen bei Schülern versagen