Caitlyn's Corner

This week, my readings were over two stories in the  Origins  section of our UnTextbook. Image: Laos, Source In The Man in the Moon , I was very intrigued by the wise man character that kept changing the blacksmith.  I can just picture a man humoring the blacksmith's wishes, knowing that the man will never be satisfied.  As he changes the blacksmith, I can just see a smirk coming across the wise man's face as he thinks 'Let's see what I get this guy stuck as.' Maybe it's just the fact that I love to be mischievous, but I really hope the wise man is super cheeky if this story is ever made into a play.  I get that the focus of the tale is to explain why there is a face in the moon, but cheeky characters are always better. Image: Buddha, Source The second story The Hare that Was not Afraid to Die , I looked up the etymology of each of the characters.  I was curious if their names came from words that described their behavior in the story....

Image: Celtic Cross, Source After looking through some of the readings for a half hour or so, I can easily say that I am very excited to start some of these.  Some that really stuck out in my mind are the Celtic Fairy Tales.  This entire unit really looks awesome to me.  My family has a lot of Irish and Scottish ancestry and I've always been curious about what stories my ancestors grew up with.  I skimmed through a few of these stories and I am really exited about Connla and the Fairy Maiden , Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree , and The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gair e. The first one of these I have actually heard bits of before and I am very excited to read more.

I go back and forth throughout the semesters on being really good at time management and then really really bad.  I don't have a ton of work to do this week, so I have made myself a schedule for next week that hopefully helps me get into a good rhythm.  Below is a picture of the basics of my things to do for next week.  I'm actually really excited about this semester's schedule, because it really fits my study style.  All of my classes that have in-class lecture are stacked on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  This leaves five days a week open for my job and for school stuff, such as studying, readings, homework, and projects.  This is fantastic for me, because once I get started on something, I like to finish it before I move on to something else.  With this schedule, I get to work on an assignment until it's done, without worrying about stopping in the middle to make it to my next class. Image information: My Schedule for Week 2 Four Questions to H...

Technology and I are definitely not what one would call 'friends'.  I struggle with tech cooperating with me on a daily basis.  It's most likely just user error, but I still think tech is out to get me.  One of my goals for this semester is to really try to work on my relationship with technology.  I am very nervous and excited to try incorporating some of the new tech tools our professor suggested.  I had to write a blog from my composition class a few years ago, so that part I have down.  As this class goes on, I am going to try a new tool for my blog as often as I can.  I love pictures and photography, so I think I will start with image editing and graphic creation.  Who knows? Maybe by the end of this class I will be a pro at making new memes. Image details: Angry Girl with Laptop, source

After reading through the list of assignments and extra credit options for the class, I can already tell that I am going to really enjoy this class.  I love that we can kind of pick and choose what we want to do each week by mixing extra credit and regular assignments.  I also am super excited that we have the option to work ahead and finish early.  We can also finish even earlier by doing extra credit and this is blowing my mind.  I have been really stressed about the amount of work I have this semester, so having a course that will not only be fun and engaging, but will also have the option of finishing early and leaving me time to focus on harder projects in my other courses at the end of the semester. Image: Success Fortune from a Cookie, source

Before this assignment, I had never heard of Carol Dweck.  After watching a couple of videos of her discussing Growth Mindset, I'm very intrigued.  Looking back over my years in school, I can definitely say that I have not always been the best at having a growth mindset.  At times, I find myself running away from difficult problems, instead of taking them as a challenge.  I constantly am worried about making good grades when I need to learn how to grow my mind.  I think learning more about Growth Mindset this semester would benefit me in many ways.  School should be about learning and challenging your mind, not stressing over what grade you receive.  This is a lesson that I really need to put into practice and I hope that learning more about Dweck's Growth Mindset idea can do just that. Image from  Growth Mindset Memes

Picture on the left: This is me at the OKC Zoo.  As you can tell, I'm a super serious person.   Hello world!  My name is Caitlyn and I like to think that I’m a fairly interesting person.  I am studying linguistics with a minor in Spanish.  If you are unfamiliar with linguistics, that’s totally fine.  Most people I encounter outside of my major don’t really know what it is either.  Linguistics is a sub-field of anthropology that focuses on language.  I really like the more technical aspects of my major. For example, I really love phonetics, a sub-field of linguistics.  This field focuses on the sounds of languages and how they are produced.  My favorite class from last semester was my syntax class.  This class was one for my major and it focused on grammar in language.  We started out by making grammar rules for English and then built upon them.  By the end of the semester, our grammar rules could theoretically...

Below are three Storybooks that I really liked.  Each are unique and beautiful in their own way.  After looking over a few of the previous students' works, I am excited to start this project so I can make my own little storybook.  Mount Olympus Gossip       In this Storybook, the author takes a very unique look at a few of the main Greek gods and goddesses.  The author tells stories about the characters in a very gossip style tone that makes the reader feel like they are getting the inside scoop into what was really going on.  Their introduction does a great job of setting the tone of the rest of the blog and really catches the reader's attention.  I think the overall design of the blog is very nice.  It is simple, easy to navigate, and everything looks nice.  I think I will probably make my own blog a bit more colorful, though.  More pictures and such would also be nice additions.  Peter Pan: Revisited Imag...

My number one favorite place is the backyard at my parents' house in Tulsa.  My parents have a really large backyard filled with many trees and soft shade grass.  In high school, I used to lay out on a blanket in the backyard and read.  Just laying there, listening to the wind rustle the leaves and the birds tweeting is wonderfully peaceful.  Now, when I visit them, I always bring my hammock and set it up in between a couple of trees.  Even if it is chilly out, you can still find me there with a warm blanket and a book. Image from:  flickr

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