Assignments - First Impressions

Woohoo! I am closing in on the last day of my last first week of college! What a wonderful feeling. Anyways, with this course, I am fairly familiar with the layout and the course expectations. It is a lot less daunting the second time around, and things sure make a lot more sense. Of course, my only true experience with a class like this, is well, the other section of the course. I am mainly excited about the new content material. My favorite part about the course is how forgiving it is. There is a lot of margin for error, there are grace periods, and there is extra credit. There is always a way to make up a grade and improve our writing abilities. My favorite part of taking the course is that my grade wasn't necessary based upon the content of my writing, but Laura is especially concerned with ensuring that we are improving, even without the motivation of a grade. Something I am looking forward to trying in the future is getting ahead of the course. I noticed that some of my peers had knocked out weeks, or even months, worth of work in the first couple of weeks. It was truly impressive what sort of work people were able to create, and I am jealous of their abilities to do their coursework and manage their time so efficiently.

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Topic Brainstorm

Topic Brainstorm: The Women of Indian Epics: So, part of the reason I am so interested in the women of Indian epics is because of how they are classified, categorized, and how they are talked about. I also saw a lot about this topic in the previous topics, as well as the readings. I think that there is plenty of resources online and through the course, material to learn plenty about the topic, such as The Women of the Ramayana . I think that there is a lot to learn from the perspective of women throughout Indian literature, folklore, and stories. I have some previous knowledge on this topic from a World Literature class, but my knowledge is limited. The Animals of Indian Epics: I am very interested in how Indian Epics use animals for storytelling, to convey a metaphor, and as actors to tell "grown-up stories". After reading Animals of Indian Mythology I figured that there must be cultural importance to certain animals, as ...

Week Thirteen: Back up and Review

Thoughts: Some of my favorite videos on the internet are Crash Course videos. I LOVE these videos as a classroom tool. I really enjoy learning more about history through different avenues, and I really feel that Crash Course History has some of the most accessible lessons on the internet. I learned that basically anywhere there is a civilization, there is likely to be a historical flood associated with that civilization. Almost every major civilization we know of has been ravished by a flood, and they always see it as symbolic in some sort of lore. This is my last blog post for the semester and my last post for this class ever. I have taken this class twice now, so I am sort of attached to this class in a weird way since it has been part of my daily routine for the last year, practically. Overall, as my last post, I just wanted to say how grateful I am to have this course as an option for my Gen-ed course work. Video: Flood Legends of the Americas...

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