Feedback Thoughts

 

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Feedback is crucial to all of our lives. We desire for people to tell us what they think no matter the subject. We don't take the time to realize, however, that sometimes our worst enemy is our own mind. They we perceive ourselves is a reflection of our performance and they way we come off to others.

 

This was an important lesson I learned in the article "6 Bad Mental Health Habits that Sabotage Your Success" (found here).

While we do ask others to let us know their opinions, we must also keep in mind that our actions equally affects us. Someone may give us negative feedback, but how we decide to take it also is dependent on our mind strength. We can't make excuses for our mistakes, we can't think negatively about our future performance, and we should be confident in our own work.

 

Comparing ourselves to one another is also a detrimental action, because there really is no good that comes out of it. What may be our beginning, may be someone else's middle, as pointed out in the article "The Psychology of Comparison and How to Stop" (can be found here).

 

It's human nature to be curious and to compare, but this is something we also have a control over. This is where mind strength also comes into play. The energy we are taking the time to compare ourselves, and make ourselves feel better or worse could be better used to work on ourselves.

Just like comparing yourself to someone better than you makes you feel worse, we also shouldn't take the time to point out who we are better than. This just only continues to chain of comparison.

 







Topic Brainstorm

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Here are some of the ideas for Storybook Project that I came up with while browsing through the various options we have this semester! I am excited to see what I end up doing.

 

 

1. The Secret Life of An OU Student

In this storybook, I was thinking to use the OU Ghost Stories collection (link can be found here) to talk about the secret life of an OU student. I would make it where each ghost story is told from the perspective of an OU student who is experiencing the events, but make the setting more accurate to what we see in Norman today. So, it would essentially be taking the ghost stories into the 21st century, while also telling it from the perspective of an OU student who experiences it all.

 

2. Gossip Girl - Greek Goddess Edition

Last semester I ended up doing a Gossip Girl storybook project using Indian Epics. I was thinking maybe I could do the same, but stories that have to do with a specific Greek Goddess. I am not sure which one yet, but I believe that once I read more about them I will be able to figure out which one I want to do. Or, I could have Gossip Girl talk about each of them in their own stories. The link to the Greek Goddesses storybooks can be found here.

 

3. Life of the Teenage Goddess

I think something that I really know how to do is emulate a project based on TV shows or books that I've read. So, my third project idea was to tell the story of one goddess from the perspective of her attending a high school with the drama she faces with other goddesses, dates gone wrong with other gods, and the normal life you would expect with a teenage girl but with a goddess twist. The same storybooks for the link of goddesses can be found here.

4. Couples from the Bible - 21st Century
I was thinking to maybe write the love stories of the couples of the bible in a more digital age. Maybe keep the setting as OU's campus, and have them be OU students. Or generally keep the theme broad and just use the 21st century as a perspective (social media, texting, etc.) The link to these storybooks can be found here.

 

 

 

 



Week 2 Story: Love Has No Boundaries

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A girl once fell in love with a boy.

She admired the way he laughed, and he admired the way she smiled.

The way they were able to understand each other, making loving each other that much easier.

Every day was a new adventure.

She would learn something new about him.

He would learn something new about her.

There was not a day that went by that they weren't together.

As they grew older, the relationship became even more special.

She could tell someone all of his bad habits.

He could tell someone all of her favorite movies.

The day had arrived. 

The day that girls always dream about.

The day a girl is asked to marry the guy of her dreams.

While the boy could have gone straight to the girl,

the boy visited the girl's father.

Approaching the house, the boy was ready to the girl's father for her daughter's hand in marriage.

As he arrived at the door, he told the girl's parents his desire to marry their daughter.

At last, the father said, "You both are completely different religions. My daughter will not be able to live the life we intended for her and her future family if she marries someone that is not within our religion." 

The boy expressed his desire to be with the girl and said he would do anything to be with her. His love for her mattered the most. He vowed to convert to the same religion in order to marry the father's daughter. The boy left intending to return to marry their daughter.

When the boy came back again to the parents of the girl, he told them that he had decided to convert to the same religion. He had no objections. The only thing he wanted was to marry their daughter. They simply smiled and said, "We are sorry. We still cannot accept this marriage proposal. You may ask to marry her, but she will not accept, as we have told her we would not be accepting this marriage. "

Love has no boundaries. 

Author's Note: I decided to emulate the same style that Aeosep did in his lion fable titled "The Lion in Love". I wanted to express a simple message just as Aesop did in his fable regarding love. While I know that in Aesop's fable the message was about a lion loving a girl, I did a more 21st century take away message about a girl and a guy loving each other, but from completely different religions. I kept it very vague, so readers could come up with their own perception of the characters. I also put the takeaway message in italics at the end as a closing, just as Aesop did in his fable. 

Bibliography: "The Lion in Love" from Aesop's Fables: The Lion by Joseph Jacobs. Web source.

Reading Notes: Aesop's Fables - The Lions

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I was completely enchanted by all of the lion fables. They were short, sweet, and had a long-lasting effect with the simple message that was given to each story. My two favorites were The Lion and the Statue, and the Lion in Love (link found here). 

The message in both of these short fables was very strong. I think if I might want to recreate one of these stories and make it lengthy. While this short story can give a strong message, I wonder if I can get the same effects with making a long story with the same characters, same message, and maybe a little different plot. 

This style of writing was very effective with its small amount of characters, simple storyline, and simple language. I want to see if I can emulate this with the same amount of characters, a more complex storyline but still with simple language. Maybe more like a storybook type of story in which children can read to understand the takeaway message.

 Excited to see what I end up writing about!

Reading Options

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There are so many readings and units to choose from this semester! I am so excited. It was nice to see that we have the option to really discover what we are interested in. The three units that I really thought would be interesting were:

1. Hans Christian Anderson Fairytales

I always knew about the stories in this unit, but never really read them. I have seen them on cartoons, and have seen movies about them, but never actually read them 

2. European Units

The stories in this unit struck out to me just because there were a lot of familiar titles that I have heard about, but never actually read. I knew coming into this class I was going to get a chance to come across some of these titles, and so I knew from the beginning these were some of the books I wanted to read. 

3. Homer's Iliad

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey have always been on my bucket list. I never actually read them, but I know in high school we discussed these texts and got a general overview. These books are so long, but I hope this semester I will get the chance to read one of these books.

I'm excited to see what I end up getting to read this semester, and how much I get to read!