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29 Aug 2021

Notice has been moved to the homepage in PC view.

This blog is under construction and testing.

I’m trying to set up a Chinese-English bilingual blog, but apparently it’s quite hard. So as you navigate through the blog, although I’ve tried to translate stuff into English to reach a wider audience, there might still be things that are only available in Chinese. (Feel free to be proud if you know Chinese, my fella!)

Two ways to change between English and Chinese:

1. Change the language code between en (English) and zh (Chinese) in the URL. Other parts of the URL stays the same.

2. Click on the blog title ‘Jiaxcuit’ and you will be back at the home page.

Updates will come soon! (Hopefully after I learn more HTML and CSS.)

博客正在测试中，会在近期尽快更新XD

我正在摸索着建立一个中英双语的博客，但实在是挺难的。所以你猛地一看，有很多内容都是英文的，因为我想让博客受众更广，所以只能用这个权宜之计。

但不用担心，几乎所有内容都有中文版！有两种方法可以改成中文：

1. 简单的方式：点击左侧边栏中的“中文”和“归档”，这样就可以看到中文博文啦。

2. 稍微复杂一点：只要把链接中的“en”改成“zh”，就可以直接看到对应的中文页面啦！举例如下：

把
https://jiaxcuit.github.io/en/posts/uni-app/
改成
https://jiaxcuit.github.io/zh/posts/uni-app/

Blog Content

Welcome to my blog! This is a pretty chill personal blog, mainly sharing my own IB study experience and my study resources, but also sharing bits and pieces from my life. To see the posts, please use the “Tags” and “Archive” functions in the sidebar.

Why do I blog?

The IB, a not-so-popular education system, has an amazing transparency. There are very few study resources available online, and there are even fewer places to learn from others' studying experiences. After all the troubles I had in the IB, I was so pissed that I decided to carry on with the spirit of CAS and share as much information as I could. Hopefully, I can help every single one of you who is suffering in the IB.

Here’s an answer from Zhihu¹ that resonates with me a lot: What do you think you really learned from IB? - Andy Prime’s answer - Zhihu. Come on, you can do this! You’re not alone in the IB. And IB is not that useless after all.

My IB Experience

What I share on my blog can be influenced by many factors such as subject choices, syllabus versions, grades, my personal learning style, etc. I kindly ask you to keep these in mind. I hope I won’t mislead people in areas I’m not good at 😅

• Session: M21
• HL: Math A&A, Physics, English B
• SL: Chemistry, History, Chinese A: Literature (Self-Taught)
• EE: Physics
• Predicted Grades: 41+3. I got my only 6 in History. My TOK was predicted a B, and my EE was predicted an A.
• Actual Grades (Exam Route): 45. TOK B, EE A.

Because of COVID, I did not study any Option units, so I don’t have much experience or advice regarding them. However, I have skimmed through the Astrophysics and Engineering Physics Options, so I’m not completely unfamiliar with those ones.

The curriculum of History is very flexible. We have chosen these topics:

Comparing the arts and the sciences in the IB, I seem to be better at the sciences. Comparing essay writing and solving exam problems, I seem to be better at solving problems. However, although I’m not particularly good at writing essays, it seems like physics lab reports are not a problem.

So, I am …?

I can probably give myself a bunch of labels.

I’m a procrastinator who always struggles with deadlines (but still manages to meet them).

I’m also a perfectionist who likes to get my working area well-organized before I start studying.

I’m also passionate about methodologies: studying methods, organization methods, time management, etc. I’m keen to learn all kinds of things from all kinds of people.

I believe great tools can boost efficiency, and good thinking and studying methods are more important than blind diligence.

Contact

Although I can be outgoing in front of my friends, I’m rather introverted when facing strangers, so please contact me via email first: jiaxcuit@gmail.com. Comments and email communication are always welcomed! (Remember to log in with Github to post comments.) Thanks 🤗