The Stories, the Myths, the Folklore

This first month of school has been an interesting one. Being a junior, I am now in all upper division classes and they are all challenging in their own way. I really enjoy this class, but I never thought it would be so challenging to do creative writing. I have never thought of myself as a creative person in general, so maybe that is why the creative writing and storytelling assignments are harder for me than I thought. I love science (I am a science major), but I have never been so intimidated by science classes. I feel very overwhelmed with all the studying and time I put into the classes I am taking right now. I want to be successful in these classes so studying hard is not hard for me to do, but my days seem so short because I spend countless hours in study rooms. On top of that, I am a cheerleader at the university and I am in a sorority, so the free time I once had is not really there anymore haha! This class and my other classes require lots of hard work, but it is somewhat r...

I have watched many crash course videos--mostly in high school--but I think they are so fun and a great way to learn. They keep learning interesting, and who doesn't like a video. I would rather watch a video then read multiple chapters of a really old, outdated book!! This crash course video caught my eye and I had to watch it. If you do not know what crash course is, then you should watch a video at some point! As I scrolled through the announcements page, I found this graphic and I think I laughed harder than I should've hahah! I love coffee, so this image from Learning By HEART for sure speaks volumes to me!! I think I use flowchart idea about every single day... Coffee Flowchart from H.E.A.R.T .

The canvas app is very useful because students can check their grades and figure out future assignment due dates very quickly. In our modern era, almost everyone has a smart phone or a phone that holds apps. The canvas app can easily be downloaded for free and can be accessed, so there is no excuse for not knowing what is going on in classes. I access canvas on my phone more than I do on my computer sometimes. The only thing I do not like is that I do not trust doing assignments through canvas on my phone. I would rather do a quiz through canvas on my laptop or another computer because sometimes phones can restart and erase that data. It is kind of like the quiz or assignment never happened.  Anyways, I think the canvas app is more beneficial and can easily be accessed. 

One day, Barry Sanders was looking over the offensive playbook for the big game this coming weekend. He always felt at ease when looking over his plays. He was getting in the zone when an NFL coach approached him. The coach said, "son, if you find Adrian Peterson's playbook, you will never lose another game again." Sanders lit up with determination and made it his mission to find this forbidden playbook. The coach told him that the playbook was buried underneath the Texas Longhorn field in a box that was in duffel which was in a suitcase.  Sanders approached a few of his teammates and told them of this fortunate information and asked for their help in retrieving the treasure. The guys said, "hey man that is not such a great idea, the price to pay for something that special is too great." Sanders ignored them and set out to find the playbook. He snuck into the Longhorn stadium and dug and dug and dug until he found the infamous suitcase. He opened the ...

In the story "The Book of Thoth," Nefer-ka-ptah was deceived and intrigued by The Book of Thoth. One day as Nefer-ka-ptah was reading ancient words in the temple, a priest appeared and laughed at him for reading "the worthless writings" and instead the priest spiked an interest in this book that had an unknown location. Nefer-ka-ptah was very curious and asked many questions. The priest said that if Nefer-ka-ptah does what he is told, then he can have the location of this holy book. My first impression of this story is that Nefer-ka-ptah is being deceived and tricked. Does this book actually exist and will it be worth finding? Since the priest made this book sound like treasure, Nefer-ka-ptah made it a mission to get his hands on it. His wife even begged him to not go on the journey, but he insists that he find it. In part two of the story, Nefer-ka-ptah went to the location that the priest provided and the book was there. After days and nights of searching the fou...

In the story, "The Secret Name of Ra," Ra was tricked into giving up his special powers. The Goddess, Isis, had enough power to poison Ra and told him that if he gave up his secret name that contained his power, then she would be able to heal him. Ra was in agonizing pain and eventually transferred the secret from his heart to her heart so that he could live. I wonder why the power was so important to Isis if she already had powers herself? Was the scheme a hidden agenda from another God or Goddess? Maybe Ra bragged of his power and Isis wanted the satisfaction of weakening a powerful ruler. Is Ra still a God even without his powers? He mentions in the story "Ra and Hathor" that he (Ra) was hesitant to punish mankind until he got advice from fellow rulers. Did Ra's compassion and level-headedness get stripped away when his secret name (identity) got taken away? Ra was a very important God and was a God of many: the sun, sky, Earth, underworld, etc. He was also...