The Stories, the Myths, the Folklore

After looking at the progress chart, I am very happy with where I am at!! Since the class opened a week early, I try to get all the assignments from each week done a week before they are due so I do not have to stress out about them. I also tend to sit down and do a lot of assignments in one sitting. Writing is pretty calming and I find myself getting lost in the typing and getting almost a week's worth of assignments done in one day. I am most proud of my improvements in writing. I was honestly very uncomfortable and had no idea what to write about when I started this class, but now I feel like it comes easier to me.  I enjoy coming up with stories (some are easier than others) and I enjoy reading other stories from fellow classmates. I do try to use the extra credit options in case something were to happen and I miss an assignment, but that has not happened yet. However, I do like reading about growth mindset and the tech tips are very interesting to me. Like I said early in th...

So far I think the comments that I receive are very nice and helpful. I love getting clear feedback on what I can improve on in my stories, but I also enjoy the comments that are nice and let me know I am doing an OK job. I would probably rate my received comments about a 9/10. I like to think I am giving some good feedback, but there are some times that I feel like I do not have anything to say because the story/post was so good. However, if I give a constructive piece of feedback, I always want to add a compliment to it so that it has a nice balance. I definitely think I can improve on being specific with my comments, but I hope they have been clear so far. I really enjoy reading all the introductions. Each person has a unique side to them and I love being able to tell the similarities and differences between all the people that I have "met," including myself. I feel like there are things I need to improve on in giving feedback to people, especially since we are writing ...

As I look back at my reading notes, I realized that summarizing the story is the best way that helps me fully comprehend them. Some of the stories can be hard to read because they have an old type of language. I am still trying to absorb reading note strategies and understand reading like a writer, but for the previous weeks, the summary style has been the most useful to me. For stories, I am pretty proud of myself. I feel like more ideas are popping into my head rather than having to sit and think for a long time on how to approach writing. I have never thought of myself as a creative, let alone a creative writer, so this class is somewhat challenging for me. I do feel like I am getting a lot better at it though. This class has challenged me and I feel like I can really relate to the growth mindset subject because I am putting my effort into each assignment and if I mess up (fail to be understood), then I take it with grace and try again. I chose this image above because I am m...