Reading Notes, Turkish Fairy Tales

I never had the opportunity to read a story from the Middle East so for extra reading this week I decided to explore it a little bit. I chose to read Turkish Fairy Tales. I thought that these stories were very hard to read, and understand so an idea I had to write a story is to translate it into a way so that I and other readers are able to better understand it. My favorite story in this compilation is The Fish-Peri. Peri means fairy in Turkish, and this story is about someone who finds a fish and takes him home. He digs the fish a well and gives it a home, and in return the fairy fish cleans its owners house.

(The Fish-Peri)

Bibliography: Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignacz Kunos link to reading

Week 8 Growth Mindset

(Image from Cheezburger)

Reading the chart and comparing my mindset in this class and in my life to earlier this semester I noticed a lot of changes! For example at the beginning of the semester, I focused on grades now I know to focus on learning and the grade I deserve will come. A couple of my strengths in this class are being open to any and all feedback, being always ready to learn more and focusing on my own progress. Some of my weaknesses are I tend to do the minimum in the class to get the grade I need, and doing things at the last minute. One of the things I tend to be really good at overall in my life is being ready for things to change, and being willing to try new things. I think this is because I moved a lot growing up so I had to get used to doing these things. My weaknesses in life I think include playing it safe and comparing myself to others. To grow and improve myself I need to change the way I think so that I can start planning ahead in the class and start thinking of myself as an individual to stop comparing myself to others!

Week 8 Reflection

(Reading)

After reading back through the reading notes I have written this semester I have realized a couple of things. The first of which is the stories I have chosen I have not only enjoyed, but they have been very varied in their written styles and their topics which is a good thing. I have been able to experience many different authors and topics because of the stories I have chosen to read, and even though they are different it has not made me dislike any of them. The reading I have enjoyed the most has definitely been from week 1 and was Cupid and Psyche. This was because I really enjoy Greek mythology stories and it allowed me to read the original story that Beauty and the Beast was based on. My reading schedule and reading place have both been good and have allowed me enough time, and a quiet place to read each week. Each week after my morning classes I go to the library and complete my reading and reading notes. My reading notes started out making it easy for me to transition into writing stories but as the weeks went on I noticed I began to write more of a summary than ideas for my story that week. So that's something I need to work on for the second half of the semester.