Week 8 Progress

 Progress

Overall I would say I am happy with my progress thus far. I think I have significantly improved my writing skills and my level of creativity, things that I was worried about when coming into the course. I have a good weekly routine and like to do work for this course last, as I find it far more relaxing than other courses and it helps me decompress for the night. I probably enjoy the readings the most as I am interested in the history of India and where some of the religious beliefs in Hinduism stem from. I have not utilized any extra credit so far, but I do plan on it. In the next half of the semester, I want to improve the aesthetic of my blog to be more visually pleasing, and I also want to write more quality stories. 

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Week 8 Comments and Feedback

Comments and Feedback

1. The comments that I have received from classmates in my opinion has been helpful, especially when a majority of comments are pointing out the same thing. For example, in one of my stories I lacked dialogue so many classmates let me know that it could be helpful in the story. I kept that in mind for the next story I wrote and tried to incorporate it into my writing naturally. 

2. I think that my feedback to other students has been good. I like highlighting my favorite parts of their work, and try to provide specific changes that I feel could be beneficial. 

3. I definitely think the blog post introductions help in getting to know our classmates. It has made the class feel a bit more personal rather than just random people commenting on other's stories. My introduction does a good job in my opinion of informing classmates about my interests and what I like to do.

4. I want to be more specific on the comments I make on other people's blogs as I believe it can be one of the most helpful things when making edits. Sometimes comments are broad and it does not leave an impact on the person, so I feel it is good to get specific. 

Never Fail Cat

This is my favorite because I live by the idea that you fall down 7 times and get up 8. You can never give up on your dreams whatever it is. Failure is part of any process, what shapes us is how we deal with that failure. I believe that to be great at anything you must fail several times, and that failure is a precursor to success. Failure is the price you must pay to achieve success. 

Week 8 Reading and Writing

Reflection 

Overall, I believe that at first I was a bit unfamiliar with how this whole class would work out because it is so different from anything I had ever done before, but I can say with confidence that this has been one of my favorite classes so far in college. Personally, the reading is really intriguing to me more so than the writing aspect, and I probably feel this way because I have never been a creative type especially when it comes to storytelling or creating your own stories. I definitely have gotten better with my storytelling after reading several stories that have been assigned as well as ones from classmates. My writing skills have progressed and now I feel more comfortable with the writing aspect, something I was weary about before taking the class and in the first couple weeks of the course. I am happy with my blog and website, and make changes depending on my mood. I like to switch or add images and treat it like a sort of mood board. My biggest accomplishment has definitely been the advancement of my writing skills. Never had I written anything other than traditional essays for school, and this definitely taught me how to write stories and be more creative with writing as a whole. My favorite readings were the Ramayana because it was easy to read and there were not many characters unlike the Mahabharata which I found confusing at times. As for my reading notes, I think from here on out I will try to highlight one or two of the stories that were my favorites and I found significant. I find myself only looking at my notes to see which of the stories were my favorite so I could incorporate them into stories of my own. Overall, I am excited for the next half of the course and the adventures that it will bring. 

The mighty Kumbhakarna - 

This is definitely my favorite image as I love him as a character as well as his physical appearance.