Blog for 3043 Mythology and Folklore

Chinese Folktales Part B Week 9 Readings Photo by Wikimedia Commons The Little Hunting Dog I really loved this story.  I was so sad at the end when the scholar lost his little dog! I think if I were to attempt to adapt this story, I'd make the dog live and eventually grow big enough to become a real dog.   Fox-Fire I really enjoyed this story, too!  I like that the fox eventually got his treasure back! I don't think I'd be too interested in adapting this story, though.   The Talking Silver Foxes I didn't like this story so much.  The language wasn't very engaging and I got bored pretty easily.   Retribution I loved this story.  I think I'd like to do an adaptation of this! It would be so cool to see the water carrier in his first life before he was reborn.  I was so happy when the story came full circle!  The Night on the Battlefield I thought this story was really boring, but it could be interesting to rewrite

Photo by WikiMedia The wind flew through my hair.  I had never been so tall! I could practically touch the fluorescent lights that blinded me as they dangled precariously from the ceiling high above. I hovered above the world and for just a moment, I could do anything. At eight years old, on a sunny April afternoon, I was living.  Truly living.  Well... For an eight year old, anyways.   After finishing up my school day, I had walked myself down to the after school care classroom, and promptly finished my snack.   All I wanted was to get to the small gym that doubled as a cafeteria because Fridays were special at after school care.  Fridays were free play day.   I grabbed the hand of the fourth grader next to me.  Sara was always nice.  She didn't have many friends in her own grade, but I didn't mind.  It meant that she'd always be willing to play with me!  We entered the school gymnasium and the smell of floor cleaner and rubber dodge balls assaul

Photo by PxFuel Looking Back: Honestly, I've really slacked throughout the first half of the class. I'm not where I need to be point-wise.  I'm not happy with the amount of extra credit I've attempted.  I'm really terrible with time management.  Looking Forward:  I really want to stick to my timing schedule better in the future.  I'm liking the work I turn in, but life gets super hectic (especially second semester senior year) and I need to make this class a bit more of a priority.  I really want to work on my schedule more than anything.

Cheezburger Feedback In:  I'm enjoying the feedback I've been receiving.  Overall, it's been super positive which is a confidence boost, for sure! I wish that I could receive a bit more criticism, however.  I'm not perfect grammatically and I'm always looking to learn so I'd definitely be open to corrections!  Feedback Out:  I'm a bit uncomfortable giving feedback at this point.  I don't like to potentially hurt someone's feelings and writing can be a place where people really bare their souls and I'd hate to accidentally tear someone down.  I've been using examples to help correct some things I've noticed and I like that approach a lot.  I think it's super helpful to be able to see an example of a different way to write something laid out in front of me.   Blog Comments:  I think it's really hard to get to know people in any sort of online forum.  I'm such an in-person person.  I think I've re

Photo by NeedPix Reading and Writing Review Week Overall, I'm really proud of a lot of the writing I've done in this class.  Reading is, and always has been, very easy for me.  I'm always eager to read more and I frequently misuse my time to read for fun when I should by studying for other classes.  It's nice to have reading assignments that are actually kind of fun for a class.  As a senior history major, I'm almost rethinking and wishing I would've listened to my mom's advice from freshman year and majored in English because I love reading and writing.  The assignment are good for me so far, I just have horrible time management skills and that's been by biggest struggle.   I'm pretty happy with both my blog and my website.  I don't need anything fancy and I think they're both cute and pretty! I think in the future I'll be using less centered formatting.  I like the left alignment better now that I'm farther into the