Legendary Myths

Story 1 || 2 sentences: Wanting a meal, Buzzard tricked Rabbit into his home. Rabbit tried to escape through the open door, but Buzzard slammed the door on his own head and Rabbit's tail, turning his head bright red and cutting Rabbit's tail off. Story 2 || 50 words: Buzzard was very hungry. He sought make a make a meal of Rabbit. So he tricked Rabbit into his home and locked him in. When Buzzard opened the door to his home, Rabbit leaped out. Buzzard slammed the door, cutting off Rabbit's tail and turning his own head bright red. Turkey Buzzard - Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Author's Note: For this set of microfictions, I chose to create my own renditions of Why Turkey Buzzard Has a Red Head. The original story tells of there was once a very hungry Buzzard who sought to make a meal of Rabbit. So he lured Rabbit into his home and locked him in for three days. Coming back after another three days had passed, Buzzard heard no answer and opened the door. Rab...

I am a proud Dakota in my village. I'm happily married to my beloved wife, and help support my father in his old age. In my village, there was word of a grave scaffold up on the nearby cliff. There, a Dakota was put to rest by his parents, who built the death lodge to honor him. One night, while my father's old friends were over sharing a smoke, I overheard their conversation. My father put forth the idea to venture out to the death scaffold and cut off the tent skins for robes. Hearing this, I jumped up into the room and expressed my utter dismay. I had much pity for the poor soul who rested there on the cliff, for his parents had nothing else to give him and left him on the death scaffold. My father persisted and his friends agreed to venture forth to the cliff to tear apart the skins for robes. Knowing I could not stop them, I reluctantly let them persist with their plan, watching them silently get up and leave into the night. Upon their absence, I immediately search aro...

Coyote was traveling by himself across the prairie when he heard a voice calling out to him. Coyote looked around, but he saw no one and continued on. Yet, the voice called out to him again, telling him to walk around him. Then, Coyote saw Snake, down below under his feet. Coyote scorned at Snaked, and told him to move out of the way. Still, Snake resisted, stating that he shall not yield to anyone for he was here first. Coyote threatens to walk over Snake if he shall not move out of the way. Snake then proclaims that if Coyote steps on him that he shall die. Coyote doesn't believe that he shall die, for he was undying and nothing could kill him. So, Coyote steps forward on Snake, and Snake bites down on Coyote. However, Coyote doesn't even feel the bite and mocks Snake for his empty threat of death and suffering. Snake makes no reply, and Coyote continues on with his journey across the prairie. Coyote eventually comes to a creek, where he decides to have a drink after ...

Long ago, a Dakota died and his parents made him a death lodge for him atop a cliff. They laid his body on a grave scaffold within the lodge and paid their respects. Now, in that village lived another married man who lived with his father. His father often old his other old friends over to smoke with him and chat. One night, he proclaimed to go to the death lodge and cut apart the tent skins for robes. At once, the young married man opposed his father's idea. He pitied the man who died, and his parents had given all they had to prepare the death lodge for him. Still, his father persisted and convinced his fellow friends to partake in the endeavor. So, his father and friend departed the home to head up the cliff towards the death lodge. Meanwhile, the young man asked his wife for a piece of white clay, to which she declined. After much persistence, she hands him the white chalk, and he spreads it upon his face, making his appearance resemble that of a ghost. He set out in th...

For this post, I used the following article: It's going to be okay. A cartoon by Matthew Inman. This article confirmed that our journeys on this earth are short. Time is often a limited resource is our busy lives, and we struggle to cram everything into our daily schedules. This usually induces an abnormal amount of stress that we must deal with in our day-to-day lives and stops us from seeing the big picture with everyone we interact with in society. This article taught me to use the most of our lives to help other people. Instead of being absorbed with helping ourselves and our own personal activities, we should take the time to help other people, especially in their time of need. After all, we are all human, and we should help each other to prosper. I'm curious to start opening thinking about how I can contribute to helping other people. I could start small by comforting my friends going through a failed test or bad break-up. By helping other people and showing compassio...

For this post, I used the following article: Students' View of Intelligence Can Help Grades This article confirmed that all students and children can continue to learn through extensive schooling. Personally, I have been through 16 years of formal education and don't expect to stop learning anytime soon after graduation when I start my career. This article taught me how teaching students that their intelligence can be developed through continued learning can positively impact their academic performance in school. This ties back into the growth mindset proposed by Carol Dweck. By telling students that their intelligence is not fixed but can be improved, it greatly increased their opportunity to learn in school. This is evident by their grades as shown in Dweck's experiment with the class of 7th graders. The students with the growth mindset had their grades increase while those with a fixed mindset saw a decrease in their grades. I am curious to learn more about how I can...

I enjoy using Canvas Gradebook to help keep track of my performance in my various courses. Canvas Gradebook allows me easily view total points for a class or the overall weighted value of each assignment group. I also like how I can now sort graded assignments by various parameters, such as due date, module, title, or assignment group. This allows me to easily find grades for a particular assignment. Canvas Gradebook also denotes newly graded assignments with a blue dot, which makes it significantly easier to locate and check on recent assignments. Sometimes, I am also able to "test" potential scores on the final exam to determine my final grade in the class. Ultimately, I am only able to perform this test whenever the final exam is entered as an assignment in Canvas and all other assignments are graded and entered properly. Also, some instructors do not utilize the built-in assignment weighting calculation within Canvas so grades are entered into the system on a pure point b...