Assignment

For my learning challenge this week, I decided to read the stories that I have published earlier in the class. It is different from reading silently because you find yourself catching mistakes you would make easier than reading it silently which is a big advantage. I also feel like I am in a classroom setting whenever im reading the stories such as my Eddie McNeddie story and Dezus and Friends. I would say that a disadvantage for me was that I sometimes also found myself rambling on and having to go back an re-read my sentences and then I sometimes space out even when reading out loud but I think it is better to read out loud than to silent read because it definitely makes a person write better papers, gets your juices flowing, and makes it sound like you know what you are talking about. (photo:  Learning Challenge )                                   

For my growth mindset challenge, I decided to watch a video called Failing Superman and I found it to be relatable because I learn certainly different from the way other people learn and that topic was covered in the video. Some people can learn by just reading and Some people can learn by just being taught how to do things or by repetition. Something I didn't know going into the video was the way people's brains are programmed to process learning different curriculum that is taught in school and I am curious to know what other ways I can learn it as well because I am a big believer of accomplishing anything a person puts their minds to. (photo: Learning )                                                   

For my Tech Tip this week, I decided to check out the Canvas Mobile App. I downloaded it to see how the interface looks like and I was impressed. What impressed me was the fact that I could receive notifications on assignments as soon as they were graded and that you can also email your instructors and classmates from there without having to sign into outlook. I like how you can also let it remind you of upcoming assignments and the fact that you can show grades on each class file. It is definitely more accessible and saves a person a lot of time whenever they want to check their grades.

There once was a street doctor who was known around town as the Miracle-Man. Miracle-Man was viewed as the fixer-upper of problems whether it would be just giving regular advice to children or providing potions and serums to people who are in need of them to cure their illnesses or to relieve wounds/scars if suffered. There was never a problem that was too big for him because he had all the answers to peoples' problems...except his own. One day while coming back home from a long day at work, Miracle-Man encountered his two young and attractive wives having an argument. His two wives, Jasmine and Chrissy, are very confrontational to the point where they are always bickering and fighting over who is the most gorgeous wife between the two of them and will nearly come to blows about the whole ordeal whenever Miracle-Man says Jasmine is "pretty" and Chrissy is "gorgeous". Jasmine boasts to Chrissy about how she has prettier eyes and luscious locks of golden brown ...

After reading through all of the stories presented in part b of the unit, I decided to focus most of my attention on the last story called the Bald Wife. The Bald Wife is about a man with two wives (which is kinda similar to the first story i read with the king and seven wives but this is different because in this story he had a younger wife and an elder wife. The younger wife had lots and lots of hair and the elder wife had only a strand of hair. The younger wife then became ridden with lice and asked the elder wife to help her get rid of the lice and she accidentally takes off a portion of the younger wife's hair. this incident then sends them into a journey to a forest where they come across some sort of fountain of youth which then transforms the elder wife from an old hag into a beautiful younger woman which in turn makes the younger wife jealous of her new found beauty. If i were to re-write this story, I would approach it using a different scenario. Maybe still keep the same...

For my reading this week, I decided to step out of the Life with Buddha stories and check out the Bengali stories in the unit. After reading all nine of the units, I decided to point my focus on the story, The Boy whom Seven Mothers Suckled because the story kind of operates like a love triangle but in a twisted and evil way. The story begins with the King being told about this mango tree where if he plucked each of the seven mangoes and gave them to his seven queens then they will all produce children for him. He then meets a lady who captures his attention and deems her worthy to be a queen but little does he know she is what they call a Rakshasi which pretty much means she is not a human but rather some kind of witch who had charmed the king into making his queens blind and left to starve so they resort to eating their babies. One of the queens on the other hand spared her child and so with the help of the other queens they nurtured and suckled the boy to become stronger than ever. ...

For my famous last words, I kinda felt confused about this week's agenda but I ended up getting back on track. Balancing a crazy schedule within school, I find myself trying to keep up with the material along with preparing for post undergrad. For the reading this week, Although I ended up reading the wrong material, I had went back and re-read the right material and found it interesting how the topic of The Life of Buddha was almost movie-like and how he was going through a enlightening journey to become the person that certain individuals would end up looking up too. Mara's Defeat in particular was my favorite story because it highlighted just how powerful Buddha is compared to Mara. Because of this story, I feel like I did my best writing this week with Class President because I love a good story that has a protagonists that is strong but also an antagonist that is clever, charismatic, and opportunistic. Writing that story, i tried to live up to my demands and create the bes...