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Feedback Strategies 2

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One of the biggest questions I had regarding giving feedback was how to not sound like a jerk. That is why the first article I read was How to Give Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk . One of the best advice I have seen from that article was explaining why you're giving the feedback. I think this is a great way to let people know that you actually mean well whenever you are giving negative feedback rather than try to knock them down. Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback that Fosters a Growth Mindset also has some great advice, although it was moreso how to give good feedback rather than talking about ways to tackle giving bad feedback. The five qualities of feedback was actually extremely helpful. Those five qualities were be specific, focus on what they are doing, focus on the process, make sure it can transfer, and take yourself out of the feedback. They were really helpful advice and I hope to use these strategies to help my classmates improve their stories. Feedback can vary ...

Topic Research: Ramayana

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For my storybook project, I am leaning towards the Ramayana. There are a lot of stories that I could use for my project and I think it would give me the most flexibility. In addition, the brief stories that I've read from the Ramayana were very interesting. There is obviously the public domain version that we were using for the previous assignment. There is also another free version from Freebookapalooza called The Iliad of the East: Ramayana by Frederika Richardson Macdonald. The best part about this version is that there are supposedly illustrations so it can help me visualize some of the stories better. The version on sacred texts seems very long but it could go more into detail which can come in handy when creating my storybook.  About to dunk on this project Wikipedia Commons

Week 3 Story: Dasharatha's Sons

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Author's note: This is an alternate retelling of Dasharatha's Sons by Donald A. Mackenzie. In this story, King Dasharatha does not yet have an heir, so he performs Ashwamedha (horse sacrifice) so that the gods will grant him an heir. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra, and Maruts came down and promised the king that he will have four sons. Dasharatha's Sons , Donald A. Mackenzie King Steph Curry is desperate for a ring. The year is 2010 and although he has only been in the league for one year, he is desperate for a ring. Curry resolved to perform the secret ritual: tanking. He will purposely lose games so that the lottery gods will grant them a high draft pick, thus boosting the potential of getting a star basketball player. When he told the rest of his teammates, their faces lit up with joy. King Steph Curry, trying his best to lose basketball games Wikipedia Commons On the night of the full moon of the month of October, Curry and his team decided to tank. As was ...

Reading Notes: Ramayana Part B

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Bharata Returns , Donald A. Mackenzie Bharata was informed of his father's passing and was extremely upset. He wondered where Rama was and Kaikeyi told him that Rama was exiled and he was to be the new king. She also told him that she was the reason Rama got exiled. Bharata refused to sit on the throne and went to go retrieve Rama. Rama fighting the demons Wikipedia Commons Dasharatha's Funeral , Manmatha Nath Duth Bharata performs a funeral rite for Dasharatha Rama and Bharata , Donald A. Mackenzie Bharata tries to convince Rama to go back and become the king. Rama, however, said that he will respect his father's wishes even if he was tricked to do so. Therefore, he will stay exiled for 14 years. The Sandals , Donald A. Mackenzie Bharata gave Rama some really nice sandals that are the symbol of royalty. Anasuya , Romesh Dutt Sita talks about her birth story. This one was a little hard to read and understand again. Viradha , Manmatha Nath Dutt Vira...

Reading Notes: Ramayana Part A

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King Dasharatha , Donald A. Mackenzie: There were two kingdoms, Koshala and Mithila. Koshala was ruled by King Dasharatha, the father of Rama, and Mithila was ruled by King Janaka, the father of Sita. Dashratha, despite having everything in his palace (strong soldiers, priests, protection, prosperity), he was upset because he does not have a son. A compilation of Rama Wikipedia Commons Dasharatha's Sons , Donald A. Mackenzie Dasharatha performs Ashwamedha, a horse sacrifice, for the gods so that they can give him a boy. The sacrifice also required the wives to sit beside the horse and give portions of its body to the fire. The gods answered the ritual and promised that he would have four sons. Rama: Avatar of Vishnu , Donald A. Mackenzie A couple gods went to fight Ravana, so they consulted Vishnu. Vishnu then split himself into four which became the four sons of Dasharatha. Before he did, he told the gods that as a human, he will go fight Ravana and at that point the ...