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Famous Last Words: End of Class

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I really enjoyed the readings for this week.  They were different from most of the fairy tales that I had grown up with.  I did have time to do both portions of the reading; however, I forgot to log the second portion, so I just did the quiz for the extra reading instead so I could get the extra points for it.  I believe I did my best writing for this week in this class.  I really liked my story this week; I killed off the character unexpectedly, which isn’t very nice, but is far more entertaining than having a predictable ending to the story.  I really enjoyed reading a storybook this week about different constellations telling their stories about how they became constellations. The writing was incredible; I wish that it was a book honestly, I think my youngest sister would live reading it.  I had a final in one of my classes this week on Wednesday, which was not fun.  That day was also my birthday.  Taking a final on your birthday is not fun; the only thing worse is bein
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Learning Challenge: Time Management

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3 Steps to Recapture Time by @JOYNICOLEM Rule 1 Refuse to yield your 1st 15 minutes spend 5 minutes envisioning your day identify 3-4 tasks that you need to complete day day break those tasks into 3-4 steps I really like this rule.  Just spending a short amount of time organizing everything that you need to do that day.  I believe that I would be more organized if I started my day off doing this. Rule 2  Pruning I liked this rule.  It basically says to look through your life every once in a while and rearrange everything.  Take stock, see what you want to keep, and getting rid of everything else.  When I start something new, I tend to be really organized and ready to go, but after a while I become apathetic.  So shaking everything up every once and a while might keep me more engaged. Rule 3  Learning how to say NO to things I am really bad at this.  I will say yes because I want to feel useful, but I simply do not have time to do things that I have said yes to.  I need
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Growth Mindset: The Five Whys

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Goal: I want to live outside of Oklahoma some day Why:  because I would like to experience new things, and that can best be done in an environment that I didn't grow up in Why is that important: because learning new things is the best way to experience growth Why does that matter: because growing as a person is something that everyone should strive for Why: because it is something that we can all work toward, yet never achieve Why: because we are human, and that means that no one is perfect, but using empathy and learning from other's experiences can help us work toward that goal.  I chose this challenge because I learned about it while working toward my green belt in lean six/sigma.  This helped me better understand why I want to live outside of Oklahoma after I graduate.  I am too comfortable in Oklahoma, and I need to get outside of my comfort zone to be able to grow.  I chose this picture because this entire time I was picturing a curious little child asking me why
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Tech Tip: Typing Games

Ninja Cat I do not like Ninja cat very much because it would only recognize that I typed something if I did it more slowly than I am used to.  Type for Your Life I really liked type for your life because it would keep up with my typing.  Also, if I got through a word without doing a typo it would make me go twice as fast.  I think that it was much better pased than the ninja cat game.  I would definitely recommend this who is attempting to get better at typing. 
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Story Week 15: The Trickster Girl

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Once there was a very lazy girl named May.  Because she was lazy, she would trick people into doing things for her.  She became uncannily good at it.  She made a career out of it.  Now, the king of her country heard of how good May was at tricking people into her bidding.  He decided that she was too dangerous a person to have continue living in his country.  The king called May to his court. May arrived at his court, and walked into the King’s throne room.  The king propositioned her to prove her abilities.  There was a dragon who lived near the kingdom who had a large amount of treasure.  The king said that if May could get one of the dragon’s pets for him, then the king would let her marry his son.  Thinking that she would be killed in this endeavor, the king had no problem offering such a hefty prize.  May agreed, and started to the dragon’s cave.  It was night when she arrived to the dragon’s cave. She walked around trying to find one of the dragon’s pets.  She accide
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Reading Week 15: Lang pt 1 Extra Reading

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Fairy Tales by Andrew Lang I Know What I have Learned This story made no sense to me.  Why on earth did that man think that he could do everything that the trolls did?  And he just left 6 bags of gold in the road?  He does not seem like the smartest in the land. Lovely Ilonka I liked how in this story the King wouldn't let his son get married until he accomplished a quest.  It was a bit weird how the prince went about it thought.  I also that it was odd that the royal family could  be so easily fooled into marrying off the prince to the wrong person. The Death of the Sun-Hero Staying awake for 9 days and nights sounds exhausting.  Staying awake for that long will definitely cause you to hallucinate. The Voice of Death Stories like this seem all the same to me.  The character spends all this time avoiding death, and it is a waste of time because it is futile.  They might as well make the most of what time they have. The Goat's Ears of Emperor Trojan Stories like t
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Reading Week 15: Lang pt 1 part A

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Fairy Tales by Andrew Lang Puss in Boots I like the aspect of this story where a cunning cat improves his master's life considerably.  The tricks that he pulls are masterfully thought out. The Dirty Shepherdess The father in this story grossly over reacted to his daughters words. How the Dragon was Tricked The king in this story was foolish and greedy.  It is a weird theme in foldlore where tricksters often prosper. The young man who would have is eyes opened I did not like this story.  It is promoting the idea that ignorance is bliss, which is something that I do not believe is always true. Kisa the Cat This story is very odd.  It resembles the frog prince a bit.  If I were to have a character in my story cursed, it would probably be also as a cat, because they seem more capable than other animals. Kot w Butach, Source:  Wikimedia Commons
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