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Growth Mindset - Challenge #  10 . Multiple Intelligence.   Learn about Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences and think about which intelligence(s) you want to grow. According to Dr. Howard Gardner there are eight types of intelligence.  1. Naturalist Intelligence (nature smart) 2. Verbal Intelligence (word smart) 3. Visual Intelligence (picture smart) 4. Bodily Intelligence (body smart) 5. Musical Intelligence (music smart)  6. Interpersonal Intelligence (person smart)  7. Intrapersonal Intelligence (self smart) 8. Logical Intelligence (problem solving smart) As you can see there are a lot of different types of intelligence according to Dr. Howard Gardner. These are really important, in there own ways. People have different things the are good at which is why Gardner came up with this theory.  For example, a mathematician may not be good at playing the guitar, the same way a guitarist may not be good at may. They both are great in thei...

Project Plan The Song of Ch'un Hyang and Tartuffe were very insightful and powerful readings. In this project I will be using Love to really explore these readings. I will go really into depth with how the characters differ from eachother and how they are truly similar. For example, Ch'un Hyang is filled with so much love for her significant other that she refused to marry the governor even if it meant she was beaten and imprisoned. Elmire, on the other hand, was willing to put her marriage on the line but trying to prove her point and help her family. They both show love but in completely different ways. This may be because these two readings were written in different time periods. This may have to do with the author's view on love. This may even have to do with the setting and how love was defined in the part of the world these were set. I think the authors have a lot to say about love and that's why I would love to discuss and explore these readings further ...

Closed Reading - Week 4 I chose Candide because this was very entertaining tale for me. I think it may be because it was filled with drama and twists. I love when I have no idea what is going to happen when I'm reading. When I am surprised or shocked by what happened in a book then I know the author is doing something right. An example is when Cunegonde came back to Candide. I thought she had been killed by soldiers when they invaded her city. When she turned up again I was like "wait what!" It seemed that Candide had bad luck with people, I mean Pangloss died, we had thought Cunegonde died and he killed Don Issachar and The Grand Inquisitor. Candide seemed to take Pangloss' philosophy and messages pretty seriously until bad things started happening and then he was questioning it. As a philosophy student aren't you supposed to question people? Why they believe in certain things and such? I wonder why Candide didn't start question Pangloss until h...

Candide - Week 4 Author  Voltaire was an author who was exiled for his works. This seems to be a trend when it comes to this type of era. Voltaire refused to give up. Despite people not approving or wanting his work, Voltaire's passion and love from writing. Chapters 1-4  Candide was raised in Westphalia in the castle of Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh. Candide gets instruction from Professor Pangloss. Barons daughter, Cunegonde, if fond of Candide. Canegonde pretends to drop her handkerchief and her and Candide end up kissing. Baron catches them and Candide gets kicked out of the castle, literally. Candide goes to an inn. He is tricked into joining an army by two Bulgarian soldiers. Candide is then beaten and forced to learn the Bulgarians army military practices. He does well and is even treated okay for a while. Candide goes for a walk which was a mistake, he is accused of desertion. He is given the choice to be whipped hundreds or thousands of times or be shot in t...

Weekly Review The reading for me went great this week. I really enjoyed both of the readings. Tartuffe was probably my favorite because it had a lot of drama, which is so fun for me. I did like The Song of Ch’un-Hyang but it made me a sad when she was beaten so badly. I loved Ch’un-Hyangs passion though; the love for her husband was unconditional. They never made me feel bored or felt like it was dragging on which is always good! I’m sure all the readings will interest me. My best writing this week was probably in this class with my reading notes. I took a lot of time to make sure my notes were nicely written so I would be able to look at them in the future and be able to understand the reading. A good strategy for me is to pause in the reading and take notes as I go along, so I know exactly what I was thinking in that moment. And how my feelings change throughout the story. A lot of peoples work has been standing out to me, we have a lot of great writers in t...

I read the article, "Presence, Not Praise"  I found this article really interesting. It talked about how you should praise children for doing things they usually don't do. Like Sharing a toy or being patient. Not things like reading or playing. (Popova).  I think it is important to praise children when they do something difficult. Researchers say the praising children for things they should already be doing can hurt their self-esteem. But instead praise them when they do something they usually don't do by their free will.  I think I can give good feedback, I will always try and give someone pointers or things I do and see if it could help them. One thing I have always done is when I am reading I read a paragraph or so and then write some main points or things that stand out to me so when I go and write my notes it is already broken down by paragraphs at a time.  I actually have a hard time giving feedback, even though I think I am good at it. It takes me a...

I have decided I have going to write about the theme "love." I will compare Tartuffe and The Song of Ch'un-Hyang and see the similarities and differences. I will also go more in depth with how the stories are related to love and what it meant in the time period it was written. I decided to chose this theme because it interests me. I can write about it without being bored. It also fascinates me how love has changed over time, I could compare the two stories with how today society is. The possibilities are endless with this topic, that's why I was happy too chose it. I want to compare how Elmire and Ch'un-Hyang are the same and how they are different when it comes to love.  I could compare other characters like Tartuffe and The Governor are the same and how the are different.

The song of Ch'un -hyang  Ch'un- Hyang was a girl that was committed to Master Yi who went to war and never returned. She grows never sad.         Right off the bat I picture this being an older piece because he was sent to war and never returned and they didn't communicate will he was wrong. I also started thinking if they time period will change the direction of the rest of the story.  When a new governor comes and takes over her town, he is fond of her and he wants to be married. She doesn't want to be married to the new governor because she was still loyal and faithful to Master Yi who hasn't returned.           From this I can tell that Ch'un-Hyang is loyal and loves Master Yi. She wasn't going to go against her feelings to make the governor happy. This also makes me wonder if this had to with something from their culture. Does the governor think he can just marry her because of his title or is this something to do w...

Week 3 Analysis  - Tartuffe Themes In this story we see multiple themes. Some of them are Hypocrisy, Love, Family and Religion. I saw these through out the whole reading. Hypocrisy is the main theme for me. We saw it a lot. Every one called Tartuffe a hypocrite because they thought he acted pure and godly but they said it was all fake. They also called him a hypocrite because he had a "following" but was lusting after another mans wife. This is the definition of a hypocrite, going against your own words. We also see Love. At first Orgon had such a strong brotherly love for Tartuffe. He even went against his family to give Tartuffe the deed to their property. He also tried to force his daughter into marriage with Tartuffe. I believe Orgon has a big heart and it shows. He wants to see the good in Tartuffe when every one was rooting against him. We also know thatTartuffe has a fascination for Orgon's Wife, Elmire which could be considered to be under this theme.  Famil...

This reading was longer than others so my reading notes are really long, this is mostly just to help me since I always go back to look at my notes! The purple is my thoughts on certain scenes and moments in the reading. Act 1 Orgon is a middle class man that served in the war. He has a wife, Ermile, and two children, Mariane and Damis. His family doesn't follow Tartuffe, they think he is a hypocrite and a fake. Madame Pernelle goes over their house one day when Orgon was out of town and let Ermile know that she was not happy with the way the house was being ran and then went on to ridicule her grandchildren and her daughter-in-law. She called Damis a brat and told Mariane and him they didn't treat thier father with enough respect. She told Ermile that she worried about her appearance to much and she practically accused her of cheating on Orgon. The conversation quickly turns to Tartuffe. A religious leader that Madame Pernelle and Orgon follow. Madame Pernelle is trying to...

From a piece of fiction (short story, section of novel, or a play) choose a female character on whom to focus, and create a project that discusses some of the following questions: What is the author’s attitude towards her? (how can you tell?) What is your attitude towards her? How do (at least 2) other characters view her? How does she view herself?           I love when I can relate to a character. It's my favorite part of reading a book. It's what keeps me so interested in the book. With that being said I love the idea of being able to view a character and trying to see how they would view the character. I have never look at a book from that perspective so I think it would be really interesting. Also, relating the time period of the literature had to do anything with how the women in the reading were viewed.  Choose a reading. In your project, consider the following: What does this work reflect about its histori...

I think feedback thoughts are very important. They can help you a lot when writing. I remember the first time I received bad feedback was in the 9th grade, it was my english teacher. She told me that I was really unorganized in my writing. I didn't know what she meant at first but after reading my own paper I knew she meant that I go all over the place. I go from thought to thought so quickly without splitting up the paragraphs. I still work on it to this day. It's something that I have always been cautious about. I've gotten a lot of positive feedback, but they don't stick with you like the negative ones. For every good compliment there is always that one negative one that you can't forget. This is why I think feedback is important. It has help me in my writing. I know when I receive good feedback I am doing something write and when I get bad feedback, I know its something I can work on to improve.