Emily Meets World

----THERE IS AN UPDATED VERSION ON MY PORTFOLIO  :) *Dear Diary: It’s me, Rachel. I am sorry I haven’t written to you in a while, school has me staying really busy! Speaking of school: there’s a new boy in town. His name is Chad. He is incredibly cute and I can’t work up the nerve to talk to him. I know, it sounds stupid but maybe one of these days I won’t be so scared. That’s all that I have going on in my life right now. I’ll make sure to update you soon! – Rachel* Rachel: “Ugh. Being a teenager is so hard!” *The Next Day in the school hallway* Chad: “I’m so sorry! I didn’t see you there.” Rachel: *turns around to see the new boy she had been eyeing all week* “Um- I- wha- it’s okay!” Chad: “Are you sure? *laughs* my name is Chad, I’m new here so I don’t think we know each other.” Rachel: “Hi, yeah, my name is Rachel. I think I might have seen you around. I’m not sure.” (According to her diary she knew exactly who he was- but she was never going to let him k...

Homer’s Odyssey , Part A :   I remember having to read this for class before but I always found the text to be hard to read. I think that it is because modern language and the language used in classical epics are so completely different. Besides that, these types of stories are always interesting to read. This particular translation into English is easier to read. There are a lot of details and characters in them to keep you entertained. ·          Part A consists of nine parts: The Land of the Cyclopes, Prisoners of the Cyclops, The Cyclops Defeated, Escape from the Cyclops, The Curse of Polyphemus, Circe’s Island, and The Death of Elpenor. ·          Every part of the story is there to add something to the story-line, character development etc. ·          The story is told in first person narrative: told as if he was retelling this story to s...

The two articles that I really enjoyed reading were What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow?   and The Difference Between Praise and Feedback . The problem with feedback that I think that most people have is that instead of giving constructive criticism, they will just praise others with something positive that they might have liked from whatever it was that they did. This is an easier way to deal with feedback because with constructive criticism it can come off as harsh but if you give praise, then there is no confusion on whether or not it is "mean" or not. So the article The Difference Between Praise and Feedback   was great because it addressed this and how only praises someone can sugarcoat things. The whole point of constructive criticism is that you are able to learn and grow from it. As long as you are learning, you are growing. I think that this is a great point because constructive criticism, when given correctly, is supposed to be helpful and not hurtful. I like th...

The first topic I think I'd like to look at is Fairy Tale Princesses . This was a topic that interested me because these types of stories surround your childhood and many people are familiar with these. The previous knowledge that I have on these stories is just from what I remember hearing as a child. These stories are just not from Disney as many people associate them with. I think it would be fun to re write a fairy tale princess in the modern age or even within University of Oklahoma. The second topic I thought was interesting was Greek Mythology . I took a class based on Greek Mythology so my knowledge about these stories isn't vast but we looked at a lot of them. I like the way that they usually have twists in them or they are just huge tragedies. The story about a Greek Game Story was entertaining to read and in the author's note he said that it was the hardest story for him to write because of how many questions he had to come up with but I think he did a good jo...

Adam and Eve reading notes: Bibliography: Adam and Eve Unit ·          The organization is great because even though it is set up into many different parts, they all intertwine seamlessly. ·          Whenever setting up the titles of the different parts- allusion to what happens in the story is good, without giving away exactly all that happens. ·          Even though everyone pretty much knows what the story of Adam and Eve is, every retelling of it can be slightly different. When you retell a story you can keep the original message or theme of the original story while making it your own. ·          Language- When thinking of the language used, of course it is Biblical which has almost its own type of language. o    “And the Lord God said, ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and ...

I’ve noticed that whenever it comes to feedback, it is really easy to feel as if it is criticism. I think it is easy to confuse the two. Whenever you are the person who is giving the feedback, you want to make sure that it is constructive feedback and doesn’t sound like you are saying negative things to or about something that person did. The good thing about receiving feedback is that whenever you hear something from an outside person, they can provide a different perspective than one that you have. In the Why It’s So Hard to Hear Negative Feedback article, it explains that a lot of people are reluctant to want to hear negative feedback but only because most people are bad at delivering feedback. The article states that we should deliver feedback openly and honestly but we should also receive feedback the same way. The article from Tiny Buddha stated: “Instead of brooding over setbacks, you begin treating each setback as a springboard for small helpful steps, accompanied by self-co...