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Week 8 Progress

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Great Wall of China on  Wikipedia In Epics of India, I am pretty pleased with how I have done so far in this course. I am excited about my Portfolio blog and think that the stories that I put there will end up being refined and of good writing quality. I do have a weekly routine, and I have recently started writing down every assignment due throughout the week so that it is easier for me to keep track of everything. The assignment that I have enjoyed the most in this course is the Portfolio project, to which I just added my second story. I liked the process that I went through with the first story I posted in my project. It was nice to have the time to edit and refine my work, and I think that this will be something to show off after the course is finished. Looking forward, I hope to have the time to do some of the extra credit assignments. I have asked my manager to schedule me four days at work instead of five so that I can properly work ...

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

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Image on  Growth Mindset For Epics of India and for Mythology and Folklore, the comments that I am receiving from other are largely ones that praise my blog format and the quality of my author’s notes. I am glad that other students find my author’s notes to be useful, because I take them very seriously. When writing them, I think of how clearly I am summarizing the work that I was inspired by for my own storytelling. As many students will not have read the particular stories that I have, it is pertinent for me to accurately explain the key characteristics of any given story that I write on and to tell how my own story has differed. While I appreciate the praise that I am receiving from other students (who probably want to write me a quick note in order to get their Comments assignment out of the way), I would appreciate more substantial feedback. The most useful feedback that I am receiving is from Ms. Gibbs. When I go to leave feedback for other student...

Week 8 Reading and Writing Review

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Sitas Exile by Raja Ravi Varma on  Wikimedia I have enjoyed the Epics of India course, and I think that I am doing well, overall. I had intended to get ahead a little bit at the beginning of the semester. As I mentioned in the Reading and Writing post for Mythology and Folklore, as well, I work over 30 hours a week. My shifts usually begin at 4:30 a.m., and I am so much more tired than I thought I would be when I get home! So, I am managing to keep up with all of my coursework, but I have not done any extra credit assignments like I wanted to. My favorite post from this course has been my story, The Unruly Cock. Since I decided to use this story as part of my Portfolio project, this is the tale that I have worked on the most for this course. Reading the comments from my peers has been very useful, and I have used them to make my story even better. I am proud that I have something to show for these two courses of Ms. Gibbs’. I frequentl...