Famous Last Words: Thanksgiving Break

This is the first time I am doing one of these post so here we go! Better late than never right?!

Through going through and doing extra commenting I found a lot of people that I hadn’t read their introduction yet. I thought it was very interesting to read their intro after being able to read a lot of their throughput the semester. I think a few of their writing style definitely showed through what they have experienced personally. I was also able to go back and read some storybooks that I haven’t been able to follow up with in a while and I thought they were awesome! I really liked the storybook about “The House to a Wife of Many”. This was a story book that I was only able to read the intro in the first few weeks and this past week I was able to read the entire thing!

Outside of school this week was Thanksgiving break so that was a great time! I was really able to have a much needed break from school to get motivated to push through the last bit! My sister and her husband were able to come up and see my family from Tennessee for the first time since the summer and I really enjoyed their company! I was also able to see my grandma for the first time since last spring so it was great that she was able to stay at our house for 3 or so day! Overall it was a great break of being able to see family, friends, and enjoy eating a lot of food. The only thing is that I didn’t get to do as much homework as I wanted to get down over the break. I guess that is what break is really about, just avoiding homework for a few days until you have to rush and finish all in the last day. (=

"Thanksgiving":Source

Wikipedia Trail: From Bhima to Baro-Bhuyan

Well I started off my search in Bhima. He is one of my favorite characters that I have read about in this class so I just started this search with him!
Going through all that was in Bhima's page I was just kinda looking for something new or something that I had written about so that I could have a chance to go a little deeper into that if I could. While reading in this article most of everything in it was stuff that I had already read about him so once I saw Hidimba I clicked on that link.

Reading through my second link on Hidimba I found a few new things about him. Like he stood around 12 feet tall in his story with Bhima. That and he was apart of the great family of Bamun family of Nalbari Kamrup. Which lead me to the next link that was Kamrup.

I learned that Kamrup is an ancient kindom that now in the modern region of Assam. In the Mideval Kamrup lost a lot of their political rule which forced them to merge with other kingdoms and on of those were the Baro-Bhuyans. And that was my final link.

The Baro-Bhuyans were warrior chiefs and landlords in medeval Begal and Assam who maintained a independent confederacy. They were the ones that most of the time took care of aggressors, but in peaceful times kept their sovereignty and also kept a strong King in place of their confederacy.

In conclusion I though it was very interesting that Bhima lead me to another type of warrior and aggressor just like Bhima!!

Ancient Kamakhya Temple:Source

Links.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhima
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidimba
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamrup_region
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baro-Bhuyan

Learning by H.E.A.R.T.: Attention

I chose the topic of attention. In this I chose to learn about attention from a video channel on youtube called  @breaincraft. In this video they express the the fact that our attention in not as great as we think it is. The video starts off with a challenge about counting the number of passes a team makes by the end of the video they show that through all the counting and attention hardly anyone will be able to see a person dressed as a gorilla walking through the middle of it. As I was watching it I had a feeling what was about to happen to I actually saw the gorilla but what I didn't see was that they explained to me even if I had seen the gorilla I didn't see the back ground change twice and a member o the other team leave the screen. This goes to show that our attention can only be split so far before we can no longer pay attention to new things around us!

"Are you paying Attention" :Source

Video source: Are you paying attention?

Growth Mindset: Learn More about Mindset

For this week's Growth Mindset challenge I chose to learn more about mindset! In this challage I stumbles upon a Ted talk on youtube video called, "Try something new for 30 days" by Matt Cutts. In this video he started off by staying. "he felt like he was stuck in a rut". The way he figured out to get out of this rut was by starting something new for 30 days. He claims that the idea is really simply you start off by thinking about something you either was to add or subtract from your life, then complete that task in just 30 days. By doing this these challenges the he found that time didn't fly by so fast and that is was much more memorable. On top of all of this after each challenge completed he could feel his confidence going from very little to sky rocketing to were he think he could do anything for 30 days! I think this idea is great and something I would live to try in the next few weeks. I'm not really sure what that would be but I really feel like this would be something I would love to complete.The biggest thing that I learned from Matt in this video is that small changes = sustainable. That some small changes that you make will stick resulting in big results!

Source:"Small Changes Bring Big Results"

Video source:Try something new for 30 days- Matt Cutts

Tech Tip- Canvas Mobile App

Today I chose to do a Tech Tip on the Canvas Mobile App! I thought it it would be a good idea to download this app to my I-Phone now since the whole school will be using Canvas next year. As of right now it seems pretty easy to use. I really like how it is able to give you a quick look at what your grade percentage is by just pushing a button! Now that I have downloaded this app I kind of wish I would have done so sooner, because I believe it would have made my life much easier thought the semester to look on my phone for due dates rather then get my laptop out every time.

I would recommend everyone to download the app as soon as possible it makes life just a little easier!

Reading Notes: The Giant ans the Dwarf

This story is about a dwarf they called him the Little Bowman. He was trying to get into the Kings palace to offer his services. However, no one would take him serious if he was to show up by him self. So he went to find a huge man named Bhimasena to accompany him to serve the King. The King took in the Little Bow man as a servant to Bhimasena and they began there service. For there first task they asked Bhimasena to go and kill a tiger in a local village. Bhimasena had no experience fighting or in war so the Little Bowman being very clever devised a plan to beat the tiger. As Bhimasena went out by himself he was able to beat the tiger. As he came back to the Little Bowman and the King he took all glory and it got to his head. Soon he would not talk to the Little Bowman and he thought he could do everything himself. Months later another kingdom came for war but they only wanted to have the champion vs there champion to fight with each other. Bhimasena having no war experience and having a big head went to go fight their champion. The Little Bowman went with him to save him from this challenge. While they were up there Bhimasena freaked out and ran away then the Little Bowman took over and took care of the situation while also taking the other King as a prisoner. After the Little Bowman was honored and Bhimasena was never seen again.

I liked this story a lot it was very interesting to read! The point of this story that at least I got out of it was to not let glory go to your head, and that it doesn't matter what your sizes. I would want to put a modern twist on this story and show the lesson in it.

"The Giant and the Dwarf"-Source

Author-Luis Fernades. 

Book found in Bizzel Library 

Reading Notes: The Tortoise and the Geese

I found this story to be a little strange but still very good in its lesson. Starts with 2 geese and 1 tortoise that live in pond until the pond dries up and the 2 geese decide to leave so they wont die. However the tortoise doesn't want to be left to die in the pond. After discussion on the matter the geese agree to take him but he must not speak at all because the only way they could get him there is if he held on to a stick while they fly. Once they had almost made it to a new pond they went over a few people then they started laughing at the trio so the turtle got mad and yelled at them which resulted in him dying. I think the lesson is this is to not be to quick to anger because it could result in bad things. I would like to find a way to make this modern somehow and have some back story to really represent the lesson of this short story.

"Tortoise and the 2 geese"- Source