Mythology and Folklore: Week 8

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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Reflections: Looking Forward

In this past first half of the semester, I got to read a lot of cool, exciting, and interesting stories. I'm really excited to get to read more for the second half. It's awesome to think of all the possibilities of types of stories that I'll have the opportunity to read. It also gets me excited thinking about what stories I'll read that will capture my attention or make me want to spin it in my own way and make it a part of my portfolio.

Speaking of my portfolio, I'm already ready to see the final product (I know, I know, I still have some weeks to go)! Honestly, I'm the type of person that will read over my writings over and over when I finish it, just to see how I put it together and if I liked the end product. I still, to this day, will go back and read random essays for class, or writing I did when I was bored, from years ago. I just really enjoy looking at how far I've come in my writing (even if some of my old writing makes me cringe). It's a learning experience and it's definitely necessary.

As mentioned, I'm ecstatic to get to meet even more new people in the weeks to come. I've gotten to meet so many cool people thus far and it'll be great to be introduced to more. Also, not only am I ready to see the finished product of my portfolio, but also of my fellow classmates projects, too. I've seen so many great starts to storybooks and portfolios and it'll be nice to see how they end up by the time they're finished.

"Motivational Quote"
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Reflections: Looking Back

I would have to say my favorite writings that I did were my most recent ones called "Love Lost, Love Found," and "The Letter." The more I write, the more I believe I improve and I was pretty satisfied with those two stories. Of course, there's always room to improve even more on those stories but I feel that I at least have a good start. I'm enjoying my portfolio project so far. I love being able to see it grow and having the chance to revise my stories multiple times so that it can be better than before. I'm happy with the theme I chose and I really like getting to write multiple love stories just in different ways. I've seen so many (and I mean a lot) of great storybooks and portfolios so far this year. It's amazing seeing how talented and creative my fellow classmates are! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing their projects develop and reading their stories as well.

I enjoy having the class fully online. I like online classes personally. I think it's good to switch it up a bit rather than the normal class setting. Regardless of it not being physically on campus, I, for sure, feel like I'm getting to know my classmates. It's nice having the blog comments each week because I'm able to get to know different people every week. The commenting, in general, is nice because faces, names, and blogs, become more familiar.

My schedule changes around a bit because I'm still juggling different things due at different times for all of my other classes. There's not much homework in my other classes, but there's a lot of studying for tests and quizzes that are either scattered or very close to each other. However, I usually try to get a couple of days ahead. If I'm unexpectedly really busy, I usually do this class on a day to day basis. If I know I'm going to be busy studying for a test(s) during a certain week, then I try to get the majority of the upcoming week done during the weekend. Then, I'll finish the rest the next weekend, and start the next week as well (that felt really confusing to type, and I bet it sounds that way too).

When I work on this class 80% of the time it's in the school library, Bizzell. The other 20% of time, I work at in my apartment. I feel that these are the best places for me to do my work because it's usually really quiet which helps me to relax, clear my thoughts, and think better.