Week 15: Online Education Review

I actually hated taking online courses until I took Mythology and Folklore last semester. Both that class and this one were so perfectly structured, yet relaxed at the same time. I allowed me to take responsibility and made me feel as though I was in charge, which is probably why I was so determined to keep up with everything. I never wanted to disappoint myself.

The class was structured perfectly. It allowed me to do everything in little increments, rather than lump everything together that just due in one day like many other online classes. This made me feel as though I was constantly achieving my goals for the class and kept me on task.

Delhi India Government (Source)

Week 15: Gen. Ed. Review

What I liked most about this class was the freedom, the creativity, the positivity, and the flexibility. So many of the Humanities classes here feel like torture because they are a requirement, but these classes were actually fun! I actually felt a real connection to this class, which is something incredibly rare. Surprisingly, this class actually taught me a lot about myself as a person. It put a lot of things into perspective for me and allowed me to be proud of my work for once.

Bunny (Source) 

Week 15: College Writing Review

As a communication major, I generally have to do a lot of writing. Unfortunately the writing for those classes are absolutely pointless, degrading, and robotic. There are almost always tricks or rules that the professors want us to use but never tell us. I cannot tell you the amount of times I followed the instructions to the letter, and then got a lower grade than I was expecting because I "did not include" something they wanted. Even though what they wanted me to include was not in the instructions.

I definitely like this class and Mythology and Folklore a whole lot more! I actually think that these two classes have improved my writing and opened a door to new experiences and hobbies I would have never been interested in trying. I definitely think that all writing should encompass an element of creativity, and it is a shame when you are not allowed to.

Letter (Source)

Portfolio Index

Welcome to my Portfolio. Below you will find links to each Storytelling in this Portfolio. Enjoy!

Feel free to leave comments on here as well! The more the merrier! :)

Chapter 1: Halloween Mystery

Chapter 2: Dinner Party   

Chapter 3: Santanu Goes to Therapy

Chapter 4: The Unknown Soldier

Chapter 5: From the Mouths of Tiger, Monkey, & Snake

Week 14 Famous Last Words

Well this week has certainly been an interesting one. Basically it is the end of the semester and that means it is crunch time. I definitely think that my writing for this class has gotten a whole lot better these last two weeks! I wish that more people in the class would read my Unknown Soldier storytelling though. I have to say that it is by far my best writing ever! I just wish that I wrote like that more often. Maybe I could expand on it and turn it into a book, just for me of course. I am going to miss this class, without a doubt. I like being able to write creatively and think in a way that I probably normally would not. Maybe I will just start a new blog and do some of the readings from the mythology and folklore untextbook and then do writing over it just for fun. When I was in that class last semester it was very difficult just picking one reading unit, and there were so many different stories and storytelling’s that you could do! So I might just do that in my spare time, I mean, why not?

Anyway, this week has certainly been interesting. I have a job interview in Dallas on Friday that I am very excited about. Hopefully it goes well and the job is a job that I actually want. I think it is safe to say that I have had a plethora of interviews, most of which have ended in them rejecting me or me being over qualified for the job. Seriously, one company wanted me to go door-to-door from 6-9pm and then work Saturdays as well. No thank you!

My other classes have been pretty stressful to say the least. Luckily there is not too much left to do, so I should be finished with everything by next week!

Pink Water Lily (Source)

Week 14 Essay

For this week, I chose to read Ryder's Panchatantra. This reading was fantastic. The majority of the stories were really fun and cute. I actually found many of them to relate to a few Shel Silverstein poems. For instance, my favorite story was Mouse-Maid Made Mouse. It was actually a really cute story. In the story a holy man and his wife are unable to have children so he uses his magical powers to turn a mouse into a girl and they raise her as their own. When the girl turn twelve-years-old, they realize that she is of age to be wed so they decide to find her a suitor. The holy man calls on the sun, but the girl does not like the sun. So the holy man calls on that superior to the sun – the clouds – but the girl does not like the clouds and the holy man calls on the wind (which is superior to the clouds). The girl does not like the wind, so the holy man calls on the mountains. The girl does not like the mountains, so the holy man calls on a mouse. When the girl sees the mouse she recognizes him as her own kind and asks to be turned into a mouse.

I think I like the story so much because it is one of those happy ending sort of stories. Anyway, it made me think of this poem by Shel Silverstein that goes…

Masks by Shel Silverstein (Source)

I found the poem to be indicative of what the story was trying to say, kind of like be yourself and do not hide who you really are.

The only problem I found with all of these stories was the random poems, or quotes, that were imbedded in them. I understood that the stories were supposed to be teaching tools to learn intelligence, but sometimes it would be confusing and not really completely necessary for the story. Sometimes the stories themselves taught a lesson and they did not really need the quotes in them, so it was kind of like a lesson inside of a lesson rather than a story inside of a story.  

Week 14 Reading Diary B: Ryder's Panchatantra

Ryder's Panchatantra

Right-Minded and Wrong-Minded:  I found this story to be very predictable. It was enjoyable, but felt tedious.

Mouse-Maid Made Mouse: This holy man turns a mouse into a girl and he and his wife raise it. Then when she turns 12 they decide that she of age to be married. The holy man summons the sun and asks her if she liked him. She replies no because the sun is too hot. The holy man then summons the clouds, but the girl does not like him either because he is too black and frigid. So the holy man summons the wind, but she finds him too fidgety. The holy man summons the mountain, but the girl finds him to be took rough and stiff. Then the holy man summoned a mouse. When the girl saw him she knew he was of her kind, and so the holy man turned her back into a mouse where she lived happily ever after. This one was definitely my favorite!

Wood Mouse (Source)