TabbyCatOwner's Guide to Mythology

I had trouble picking a story to read this week. I ended up picking Laos. The stories were interesting, but not as much as other weeks. I had trouble staying interested. I think I could do something with the "The Spirit - Guarded Cave." I like that the spirits were loyal the owners of the treasure even after they all passed away. This story would be easy to recreate.  I also liked "The Parrot and the Minor Bird." It would be easy to turn this into a horror story. The men were threatened by the sao bird because there was a chance that it could be smarter than them. It is explained that the parrot and minor bird only echo the words of man because of it.  The Giants' Mountain and the Temple would also be a good choice. Laos Folk-lore by Katherine Neville Fleeson  Link Here Temple in Laos

  Growth Mindset: Student Thoughts Growth Mindset Padlet ·               “Rain doesn’t always have to weigh us down. Sometimes it can wash off our burdens.”  I love this quote. I like how the “Rain doesn’t always have to weight us down …” is in bigger writing. I would be okay if it ended there. Just that part of the quote means so much. The person who wrote it said that it was dorky, but I feel like it is deep. It could mean something different people. If this is kept in mind, every day could be a new adventure.   ·           “Trying Something New.”- I cannot agree with this post more. I have always wanted to learn new skills, even if I cannot use them to further my career or benefit anything. I want to learn hobbies that make me happy. Mental Health is VERY IMPORTANT.

Twenty-Two Goblins translation by Arthur Ryder I started this story last semester and never got around to finishing it. I am not sure that I like the ending. I wanted to know if the puzzles had a right answer or if they were just left to interpretation. At the ending the folklore said, "O King, so be it. And I will tell you something more. Listen. When anyone tells or hears with proper respect even a part of these puzzle-stories, he shall be immediately free from sin. And wherever these stories are told, elves and giants and witches and goblins and imps shall have no power." I am glad I am free from sin now. I enjoyed the puzzles and the fact that the goblin possessed a body that was cut down from a tree every day.   I want to continue from the conclusion and make the story have a better ending. I felt unfulfilled and disappointed. I liked that the King cut off the monk’s head in the conclusion. In the info section it says that, “This unit contains only single-page s

These stories interested me and intrigue me for sure. I was excited about the creepiness of the first couple stories. After about the first three stories, the stories that the Goblin told were a little less entertaining. I was less engaged to them then at the beginning. I enjoyed the stories about having to choose between the head of your brother or the head of your husband and with the bodies. I even asked people at work which option they would choose if they had to. If I were to rewrite this part of the story, I would make the other stories more interesting by adding a little more gore or strange events that people would not know how to choose from. The last story about the wives did not have a purpose that made sense to me. Unless part B has something that ties all of part A’s stories together, I am quite lost on the purpose of choosing from all the stories. Although I did agree with the majority of the decisions that the kind made. I am looking forward to what is to come in pa

This story is in my portfolio. Feel free to look at it  here  . Chips and Dip A short time from now in a galaxy the same as your own, Shopper desperately needed chips and dip. Shopper turned to Bro, his roommate, and said, “ Bruh , I need some chips and dip. Can you watch Beauty, the Prius, while I walk to Wally World? I won’t be longer than thirty minutes.”   Bro exhaled his vape and said , “Yeah. I got you, man.”   Shopper replied, “Thanks, dude!”   Bro was starting to get worried when Shopper had not returned in the thirty-minute time frame from the ten miles, uphill- in- the- snow trip to Wally World.   After thirty-one minutes, Bro took this as an opportunity to take the Prius out for a spin. After rounding his last light pole in the ten-story-high parking lot, there was a strategically placed banana peel in his path. The Prius spun out of control and off the tenth story. On the way down, Bro looked at the ground and saw Do lores, a little old l

I still continue the same writing ideas as Part A. I think those options provide an adequate amount of interesting stories that I could recreate and make my own. I enjoyed the lessons that the fables were conveying. Part B is similar to Part A's reading because all of the fables are using animals to tell a story and pass on their wisdom to the readers. The Blind Man and the Snake is a story that, for me, did not have as obvious of a lesson than the others. The only lesson I got from this was to trust your fellow man. The Camel Driver and the Adder had a good lesson to teach, but I feel like they drug out the story more than they needed to. They added many characters and the same thing happened multiple times. On other reading pages, there can be up to three stories that tell a story just as well as this one that takes the entire page. Length is not always a positive thing. The Tortoise and the Geese attempts to teach a lesson about patience, pride, and being able to stay quie

I enjoyed the majority of these fables. I like that each one can teach you a different lesson. The fox stories got old after the first few. I would like to write a story about greed, foolishness, or deceit. My favorite story is "The Merchant and His Iron." In this story, a man tries to lie to his friend about a rat stealing his iron. The man who lied lost his child and the friend told him that a bird flew away with him. Of course, the man did not believe him, so the friend said that it was not a ridiculous idea that a bird could fly away with a child in a town where rats eat two hundred tons of iron. Another possible story I could write would be similar to "The Farmer, the Sheep, and the Robbers." Four robbers fooled a man into thinking that his sheep was a dog so that they could steal it. When the man left his sheep tied to a tree to go yell at the man who sold it to him, the robbers stole the sheep. This story could be a little more tricky if I wanted to turn it

Tales from the Myth Comments

Aesop's Fables by Joseph Jacobs:  click link This is one of the more interesting stories I have read so far. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I liked that you could learn a life lesson with each story. Each fable could be compared to everyday life, so it always stays relevant. For one of my ideas for the storytelling assignment, I would like to have the characters be human in costumes. For the Lion, I was thinking he could be Edward Scissorhands, because he gets his claws trimmed for love and gets some teeth pulled. The teeth part isn’t as relevant as the claws. Other than the Lion, it should be like a masquerade with life lessons that could be relevant today. I am not sure how I will stay true to the story with all the crazy ideas, but I think I am able to do this. It will have a sinister type twist to an already messed up collection of fables. The fable with the Lion in the cave, a few of the fox fables, and the arena story in Lions part 2 are a few that really stood out to me.

I enjoyed part A of the fables more than I did the latter. The first half had a little bit longer stories with more substance. Reading part B is like reading short stories from  Chicken Soup for the Soul . They all have some lesson to learn from them, but each one doesn't exactly connect to the rest. It is hard to stay focused. The main notes that I took from these stories were the ending sentence that explains the lesson that was taught in the fable. I have not heard of some of them and with the others, I have heard them in other forms. “You may be a treasure to men that prize you, but for me, I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.” This is a quote from one of the fables in the Birds, Part 2 section. I found this interesting because I have never heard it phrased in this way. “Never believe a captive’s promise; that’s one thing. Then again: Keep what you have. And third piece of advice is: Sorrow not over what is lost forever.” “We often give o

The Story of Beowulf The Story of Beowulf  is one of the topics I am interested in writing about. I read it in high school and we also watched the animated film. I enjoy reading it and I think I could do something with it that I could be proud of. I would be interested in retelling the story in the eyes of the monsters, Grendel or his mother. Through the Looking Glass Through the Looking Glass  is another topic I would be interested in covering for one of my options. I think that I want to somehow make it into a horror story, which could possibly be a stretch, but it would be fun to write. I have read the children's version of the story. I have also seen multiple movies that retell the story in a different way.  Nursery Rhymes Nursery Rhymes  interest me because I was told them growing up. I have seen a few different stories based on the rhymes, but I would like to go a different direction. I would like to tie in all of the stories and characters in a more curre

  https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/28/the-difference-between-praise-and-feedback/ The Difference Between Praise and Feedback This article talks about words that parents should or should not say to their children do to psychological reasons. When parents praise their young children, it makes them willing to take on new challenges in life. The article says to teach the child how to take positive and negative feedback in life to grow as a person. Ask questions about things the child is interested in. Encouraging feedback is a positive way to let your child know you appreciate them. https://literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2015/12/08/be-a-mirror-give-readers-feedback-that-fosters-a-growth-mindset Be a mirror Growth mindset is a large part in the development in children. A fixed mindset is counterproductive in a student’s mind. It causes a strain on the ability to work hard to achieve a goal.  Good Job

Reality This week has been tough for me with work and my school load. I am working on managing my time more effectively. I am going to get caught up with everything soon. I have group projects in all my classes except this one. It can just be challenging to find the time. My favorite graphic is the girl running away from the ghost with “reality” written on it. She is running into a book, which sums up my life in so many ways. I love reading to get out of my own head. It is a chance to explore another world and feel emotions that the characters are feeling. It is nice to escape responsibilities sometimes. Taking a bath and reading is my favorite thing to do. Failing Superman was the most interesting video I found. I am a little on the nerdy side, so using superheroes to explain information about different people and what others are capable of. It talks about asking everyone to do the same task when everyone has a different set of skills.