Week 7: Famous Last Words

Half way there! 

It is half way through the semester and midterms are over! I am pleased to say I am relieved. I am also excited that this semester is almost over. I can't wait for summer! It has definitely been an accomplishment to get through midterms. I was studying every day and working hard. I was really glad to finish my midterm paper for one of my classes. I even turned it in early. That's a big accomplishment for me! One of my semester goals this year was to not procrastinate as much has I have in the past. I think I am doing a pretty good job. I am also doing well managing my time. I have been working as well and still getting my work turned in on time. 

In this class, I have finally finished revising my story book. I am excited to continue onto the next story. I look forward to it and hope my readers do as well. Here is a link to check it out if you haven't, Ashlie's Storybook. The introduction was the hardest thing for me to write. It always is in any paper or story. Now I will be able to use other stories to help me. Kira has an adventure waiting here. 

Starting last week I started a competition with my friend. The competition is on the Nike run app. We are trying to run as many miles as we can. As of now I am two miles behind. Don't worry though it won't is for long. I plan on winning. I also plan on getting in shape for summer. I am highly looking forward to all my adventure I have planned. I can't wait to be back in my home mountains! 

Personally Taken, Alaska Basin, Wyoming 

Taken by Cory Helm, Grand Teton National Park

This summer I hope to be in the mountains on a hike every day I have off. I am also excited to get back to work this summer! See my friends from back home and enjoy the summer. 

Half way down and half way to go! 

Famous Last Words: Week 4

This week I was really pleased with the outcome of my storytelling, The Birth of Sidd. My goal in mind this week was to really mix up my storytelling. I wanted to try to make something fairly new and very creative. Again I was challenged by staying under the maximum length rather then the minimum. I am trying to test out different styles of storytelling of my storybook.

I also had help with writing my story by the pictures I found. I would find a picture I liked then change my story up so it went well with the photo. I wanted my readers to have a strong image in their mind when reading. At least for me it makes the story more interesting to read when the picture goes well with the story.

Adding a Strong Image

For this weeks reading I read the Buddha unit. Like the week before each story was connected to the past one. So it was as if I read one huge story. My favorite quote from the reading was, "Tell him that I possess neither virtue nor merit, for a man without virtue is never loved, and he who is never loved is never mourned." This quote is from, Siddhartha the Hermit. Even though Siddhartha ran into many negative encounters he still found a way to become a Buddha.

I also had a chance to check out some other students blogs! As well as getting some great comment feedback. It's nice to see how other student read my stories and intemperate them. Please never be shy of making any comments on my blog. Thank you to everyone who has made comments!


Last night I went to see Deadpool. My review; go watch it! I thought it was an overall good movie, it was funny, loving, action packed and entertain. Yet, aren't all Marvel movies?

 For this coming week my goals are: 

1. Use a new type of storytelling.

2. Find a great image for my storybook site! 

Just wanted to say Happy Valentines day to everyone for this weekend! Weather you be single or in a relationship tell your loved ones what they mean to you. (All though in my opinion you should do this all the time) 

This weekend I am going on a fishing trip with my sisters and dad. I am really looking forward to it. We also plan on having a BBQ and ending the night with a bonfire and SMORES! 

Personal Photo: Just Fishin

Famous Last Words: Week 3

Week 3

- Advancement - Opportunity - Achievement -

This week has been full of  learning advancements in my classes, opportunity in my work and many achievement all around. I am thrilled to be done with week 3 and have my topic for my story book picked out. I have picked the topic of Cherokee myths and have been spending a lot of time reading Myths of the Cherokee. I look forward to starting my story book. I am also taking Cherokee, I've been learning the basics of the begins as well as the language. I think this will really help with my story book. 

( Cherokee Syllabary ) 

This week I was also blessed with the opportunity to start a new job! I will be working at O'Connells, working my way up to becoming a bartender. The staff is very friendly and great to get along with. I was also informed that one of my friend might have the opportunity to have an internship in my home town this summer. I would love the chance to show here around! 

Make A Change

As for my achievements, I accomplish a lot this week in school, work, and person life. One of my goals for this class is to always stay ahead of the game. I have been pretty bad with procrastination in  the past. So for I've been succeeding with my goal. I plan to keep it that way. I have also been staying ahead in my other classes. I have my first paper due this Sunday and I already finished it. I also challenged myself this week with the reading and story telling assignment. I choose to read on the Adam and Eve unit, something I don't really know much about. It was different for me but I learned a lot and stepped out of my comfort zone. I want to broaden my knowledge in hopes of understand the bigger picture. I want to learn all sides to every story. 

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"The Cherokee legacy is that we are a people who face adversity, survive, adapt, prosper and excel."

"And to fulfill this legacy, we must ask the questions...

"Where will we be as people five, ten, fifty or one hundred years from now?
"Do we brag about our full blood ancestor or do we brag about our Indian grandchildren?
"Do we live in the past or do we focus on the future?
"Is being Cherokee a novelty or a way of life?
"Is being Cherokee a heritage or a future?"

"Our ancestors who walked the grounds of this capitol building resoundingly cry,

"'Don’t forget the legacy we passed on. Don’t let it lapse. Pass it on, stronger and stronger to your children. Let the "Cherokee language laugh, speak and sing again. Let our history be known and discussed. Live by our wisdom. Don’t let us "die as a people. If you do then all our sacrifice will be for nothing and you will lose those things that fulfill your life.'"

 Chadwick ''Corntassel'' Smith

Principal of the Cherokee Nation,

State of the Nation Address

September 1, 2001

Cherokee Quotes

Famous Last Words: Week 2

Thats a Wrap 

I am pleased to say that I finished all my week 2 readings and did the extra credit. For my reading this week I read over Unit: Saints and Animals. I enjoyed the readings and look forward to next weeks. I am also glad I did the extra credit reading. It lead to some curiosity, that lead to ideas to picking for my storybook. It was over the Cherokee Unit, I hope I will get to read more on. I remember my favorite reading was the tale of The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe. It gave me a sense of connection on how even though the wolf family was not Ailbe's birth family it was his family none the less. Ailbe never forgot his family. I am very close with my family and have friends I would without a second though call my family. It is about the people who care about you as much as you care about them that we call our family. 

My favorite blog post form this week was my story I rewrote on The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe. I put a lot of thought and work into it. I ended up cutting it short from when I first wrote every thing out. It was a struggle to keep it under 1,000 words. When I was young and we had to make up stories in class I never had trouble writing the page minimum. I like to say I have a good imagination. I am working on trying to use different story approaches every week, as well as challenging my self to keep things different. My goal is to keep my readers entertained, and not to be able to guess the outcome of my stories. Another goal I have for this class is to eventually rewrite a poem, or a story into a poem. 

Accomplishment, I think I found my story book topic! The earth is my inspiration. 

(GAEA)

Famous Last Words: Week 1

Success, I have accomplished week one for mythology! I was excited for this class when I fist found it and signed up and now I am even more reinsured with satisfaction. I am excited for everything that is YET, to come. I would like to give a shout out to the Laura Gibbs for all of the positive feed back, comments and help. I appreciate all your work you have put into this class and your passion for it.

I am pleased with what I have learned just in the first week and the progress I made. This is my first time ever to have a blog, I am really enjoying it. It makes writing a bit more exciting. I am intrigued with all of the links, widgets, and who know what else that I can add to my blog. I hope to catch up on all the tech tips so I can make my posts stand out. My favorite blog this week was one of the first, storytelling. I got to read a few Aesop’s and then pick one to rewrite. I choose to rewrite an Aesop about a wolf. It took me longer to narrow down a story to just one to rewrite, then it did to rewrite the story. I was also able to learn about H.E.A.R.T and growth mindset. I had never heard about growth mindset before but found myself as a victim. When I read about H.E.A.R.T I was please to find that it would be incorporated into this class. I find it very important to be happy and healthy, have empathy, stay focused, learn, and have proper time management. I follow a majority of these guide lines already in my life and will do even more so now. I am looking forward to tracking my progress with these two areas.

 

Quoting Rainer Maria Rike. "The only journey is the one within."

I am looking forward to the assignments to come and the challenges they will bring. With each new piece of information, I gain, I can have a better understand all together.