Growth Mindset: Memes

This week for growth mindset I chose to use the challenge with the memes.  Memes are all over the internet these days.  You can see a meme in a matter of 5 seconds of being on social media.  I feel that memes can have a lot of different impacts of peoples.  Most of them are meant to be funny but sometimes having a picture in addition to meaningful words can help that thought stay with a person. When you associate yourself with things you tend to remember it better.

When looking through memes I found these two that I felt applied to my life right now.  With graduation close and finals are basically here I am pretty stressed.  Did I mention GRADUATION?! That has its own level of stress, and it's important that I remember to keep a good attitude even if I am stressed and grouchy from trying to figure out life.  The second meme is always a good reminder to be your own cheerleader! You gotta believe that you're awesome to be awesome!!

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Week 14 Storytelling: Chloe's Spaghetti Hair

 Authors Note: This week for my reading diary I read the stories from the Grimm unit.  There are four different Grimm units.  I chose to look at the Librivox unit.  This unit has two reading sections with 14 different stories.  Most of these stories are fictional with made up charters.  For example in “The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean” all of these objects are able to talk and act normal.  I usually turn these type of stories around to a real life situation.  This week I decided to be a little silly with my own story.  I based my story off of Rapunzel.  Rapunzel ended up being restricted to her tower not being able to ever leave.  There was a Prince that came to Rapunzel’s tower and told her to let down her long hair and that we would climb and save her.  In the end of the story the Prince is able to save Rapunzel with the help of her hair hanging out of the window of her tower.  My story resembles Rapunzel’s but it is more of a silly/ funny story. 

Chloe’s Spaghetti Hair

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Chloe was born into a very poor family.  So when Chloe’s mom was five months pregnant she went to a fairy and asked her to bless her unborn child with the gift of wealth.  She told the fairy that she never wanted her baby to starve.  The fairy told Chloe’s mother that she would help her only under one condition. Chloe had to live in the tallest tower in the city for the rest of her life.  Chloe’s mother didn’t see anything wrong with this and agreed to the condition.  When Chloe was born the fairy came and took her away from her family and placed her in the tower.  The tallest tower in city is placed in the middle of the forest.  There was an old woman who lived in this tower and took care of Chloe as an infant.  It wasn’t until Chloe was four that the women realized she had a gift.  Chloe could grow spaghetti from her head.  In fact that is the only thing she could grow from her head, no hair.  After the women figured out that she could grow spaghetti she kept her locked away at the top of the tower.  The women would let Chloe’s hair get really long and then she would cut it off and go sell the spaghetti to the city.  This went on for 16 years, and Chloe grow to hate her life.  But she didn't know anything other than the top of the tower and what that lady has told her.   She even thought the woman who took care and sold her hair was her real mother.  Everyone in the city wondered where this wonderful spaghetti was coming from for so many years.  Finally, one afternoon a young man named Joe followed the women back to the tower to try and find out where she was getting the spaghetti.  He saw Chloe though the window at the top of the tower, and noticed that the spaghetti was coming from her hair.  He was shocked at first and then he started to feel bad for Chloe.   Joe decided he was going to save Chloe from the tower.  He waited in the bushes until he saw the old women leave the tower to go into the city.  Joe walked up to the tower and yelled

 “Excuse me, excuse me miss!!” 

No answer.. So he yelled even louder

“EXCUSE ME MISS!”

Chloe heard the man so she came to her window.  Joe introduced himself and asked what her name was. 

“Chloe” she said

Joe asked her if she was lonely up there and if she ever got to come down.  Chloe explained to him that she was not allowed to leave the tower, but that she was very lonely and had been for years.  Joe told her if she let her spaghetti hair down he would be able to climb up and save her.  Chloe was hesitant at first to let her hair down because she thought that he would just eat her hair.  Joe assured her that he was only there to help her.  So Chloe let down her long yummy spaghetti hair, so that Joe was able to come help her. 

Bibliography: Rapunzel. The Brothers Grimm. LibriVox unit.  Fairy Tales by the Brother Grimm.

Week 14 Reading Diary: European cont.

This weeks reading diary is still a part of the European reading units.  I decided to look at the Brothers Grimm section.  I went with the stories from Librivox, which is one of the four different versions on the Grimm tales.

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Reading B:

1. The Queen Bee
-This was an interesting story about three brothers. Two of the three brothers were normal looking and handsome, while the third brother was described as an insignificant dwarf.  When in reality he is the one who wins it all.

2.The Twelve Huntsman
-I have never read this story before.  You can tell it is an older story because the king wanted his son to marry a certain women.  It makes me sad to think about all of the women in our world today that don't have a choice on who they want to be with.

3. Jorinda and Jorindel
-I thought this story was a little bit silly.  Why was this fairy so mean to anyone who came to close to her castle?  and Jorinda and Jorindel had just warned themselves to not go near the castle, but yet they got caught anyways.

4. The Fox and the Horse
-How sad that the farmer turned away his servant until he was stronger.  Why not just make him strong yourself? Ahh but as I keep reading I see that the horse had the help from a fox to trick the man.

5. The Twelve Dancing Princesses
-This was also silly story. Really no meaning behind it beside the king wanting to know what his daughters did. I thought it was crazy that he killed the men who couldn't find it out in three days.. like why kill them?! They were just trying to help you out.

6. The Turnip
-This is a typical story about a good brother and a bad brother.  Where eventually the bad brother gets what he has coming.

Week 14 Reading Diary: European Unit

This weeks reading diary is still a part of the European reading units.  I decided to look at the Brothers Grimm section.  I went with the stories from Librivox, which is one of the four different versions on the Grimm tales.

Reading A

1. The Frog Prince
-I really enjoy this story.  I believe that it sets a good examples for little girls who read this.  I liked how the King made his daughter keep her words.  Teaching his daughter this lesson helps teaches those who read this story how important it is to keep our word.

2. Rapunzel
-The beginning of the story was a little diffrent than I thought it would be.  I didn't realize that is how Rapunzel came to be the daughter of a women who keeps her locked away in the forest.  The end of the story I was very familiar with.  Rapunzel lets down her hair and the prince climbs up.

3. The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
-This is an interesting little story I never read.  I love how all of these objects come to life.  I also really like how they all try to help each other, even though it ends badly for all three of them.

4. The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
-My first thought about this story is that it is kinda strange/funny that a sausage is apart of this partnership. This story has a good lesson about remembering to be level headed and not get too big of a head about yourself just because you have a lot already.

5. The Traveling Musicians
-Interesting twist to this story.  You would think that these traveling musicians were people.  But really they are old worn down animals that their masters didn't want then anymore. There was an ass, a dog, a cat, and a cock.

6. Clever Elsie
-I think that it is sad that Hans wouldn't have Clever Elsie unless she was smart.

7. Briar Rose
-This is my all time favorite fairy tale.  I hate that they have to leave out one fairy for dinner in this story.  Like reallllly you didn't have any more plates in your castle for the last fairy to eat on?? Of course this fairy is mad and this why she puts the curse on Briar Rose.  Of course a prince comes and saves the princess, and they live happily ever after.

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Learning Challenges: Time for reading

Time For Reading

I have never been one to love to read.  In fact I hated it for a very long time.  Since I am dyslexic it has always been a challenge to read a large amount of words, and really enjoy it.  Lately because I have to read so much for school I have come to love to read.  I see that it is good for you in so many ways.  First of your vocabulary grows much stronger and you learn tons of new words.  I try to read things fro enjoyment but sometimes I am just to tired of already reading so much for school.  The best way I get my reading is to read my bible every night.  This way I am taking time to read something that is good for my soul and I'm keeping up with reading every day. Challenge your learning skills by reading every night.  Dr. Seuss had it right when he said this:

                                               

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Week 13 Growth Mindset: Embrace Challenges

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With my major I have done a lot of learning about fixed and growth mindsets.  I have never actually taken the time to place myself in one of these categories.  I think that I go back and forth between a fixed and growth mindset. Some days I am really motivated to move forward with my life while others I just want to lay under my covers all day and wait for good things to happen for me.  I am challenging myself this week with the growth mindset post.  I am challenging myself to embrace challenges instead of lay under the covers.  With graduating in a month (yes a month) I find myself always wanting to stay in bed.  But I am changing that from here on out, it's time for me to start embracing the challenges from here on out. 

 

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Week 13 Storytelling: The Foolish Student

Authors Note:  This week for my reading diary I focused on the Europe Unit.  Elizur Write wrote the Fables of La Fonraine.  This is a book of cute little nursery rhyme type stories.  Most of these stories are made for a child’s audience.   There are many stories in this book that are labeled under the category of foolish animals.  While reading the stories I ran into the story of The Tortoise and the Two Ducks.  The tortoise in this story is very foolish.  The ducks offer to help the turtle get to his destination by flying him there.  The ducks told the turtle to not let go of the stick while flying though the sky; the turtle ended up talking and crashed into the ground. Talking while the ducks were flying the turtle was a very foolish act on the turtle that resulted in him dying.  Here in my story Ben is a very foolish student when it comes to his schoolwork.  Read my story here to see where Ben’s foolishness ends him up. 

The Foolish Student

            Ben Wellington is one of the richest students to attend Murry Case High School.  Ben’s parents own the only department store located in Tulip County.  Tulip County has a population of about 25,000.  Since this is the only department store everyone uses it.  You can buy food, clothes, tools, and pretty much anything you would ever need to live life day to day.  This department store is where the Wellington’s get their wealth.  Ben is the youngest Wellington and has three older sisters and two older brothers. The Wellington family is well known in their community.  Not only are they one of the wealthiest families, but also they are known for their academic status.   You see, all of Ben’s brothers and sisters were valedictorian of their high school class.  Ben was never nervous about not making top of his class until it came down to his senior year.  School came easy to Ben.  Every year he put in little effort and always came out on top.  He never felt at competition with anyone for his spot.  Ben’s mother always tried to tell him that school isn’t always that easy, and that he should study more.  She would tell him that there would be a point of time where he will need to put forth more effort to achieve at a high standard.  When Ben’s senior year rolled around he still had no fear that someone would beat him out of his spot.  He knew that this year is time that really mattered at being first, but he still gave little effort.  After two months of being a senior Ben and his fellow classmates received a new student.  His name was Matthew.  Even though Matthew was placed in all the same classes as Ben, Ben still didn't fret that he would get his spot taken.  It came down to be two months before graduation and Ben still wasn’t worried that is until his teacher informed him that he had moved down a spot by half a point.  Ben was angry and knew there had to be a mistake. But his teacher told him that it was because Matthew did 10 points higher than him on the last exam.   When Ben’s mom found out about him dropping a spot she was furious and told him he better get is act together for the last two months.   Ben didn’t take it seriously and instead of studying after school he would play basketball all night.  The shot for his spot back depended on the last test of the semester.  All Ben had to do was get 10 points higher than Mathew on this test.  When the results came out Mathew ended up doing 12 points higher than Ben.  Ben then realized that it was all his fault by not working harder when he should have.  His family will always be upset with him for ruining the family tradition. 

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Bibliography:  “TheTortoise and the Two Ducks”  This story is apart of the La Fontaine unit.  The Fables of la Fontanie translated by Elizur Wright (1882)