Crystel's Myth-Folklore Blog

First off....I can't believe October is right around the corner. That means its low key time to start stressing out about class assignments and exams. I definitely felt that this last week. I've noticed that when things start to pick up in my other classes I tend to put those assignments first before this class, and its not helping me at all. I told myself my best bet was to just "stock up" on points over the weekends but with work and other obligations I haven't got that far yet. Honestly, trying to catch my wave in this class is a tad bit harder than I originally thought. I start off strong in the beginning of the week but by Thursday, I'm kind of mentally dead. Usually when I get home in the evenings after school/work I am almost brain dead and reading/comprehending isn't exactly a priority. However, I believe I am going to start getting up earlier in the mornings before my other classes, to work on the projects for this class. I feel with doing this, m...

Furr Baby Eyes by BloomerBlue The video confirmed for me that our brain produces those chemicals, oxytocin and cortisol, in response to how our surroundings make us feel.  The one new thing I learned is that you can judge, at least with 80% accuracy, which people are willing to give donations based on the levels of cortisol and oxytocin in the blood.  I'm curious to see how the people around me would react to being shown this video. I would play it to them and before the narrator goes into talking about the details, I would stop the video and ask how much would they donate (after being given some money for watching the video). 

Cicely Tyson To start my Wikipedia trail, I  begin with  Cicely Tyson ! I actually was drawn to learn more about her while doing a Growth Mindset extra credit assignment. Our professor, Laura, spoke about how she really enjoys Cicely's work and had a link to her Wikipedia page. I already knew of her but not about her achievements which led me to the next topic.  In 2016 (I believe) Cicely was awarded the  Presidential Medal of Freedom , which is the highest civilian medal given in the United States...impressive right?! It is given to those for "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors". It can also be awarded to one individual more than once or even after death. One such individual who received the medal  posthumously was,  Elouise Cobell , also known as Yellow Bird Woman. During her time alive she was a Blackfeet triba...

Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset Sprouts Video One thing this video confirmed for me already was how a open minded individual is better than a closed one. Having the ability to grow within oneself is so much better than being closed off to what you think you can only do. The one new thing that I really hadn't noticed before after doing the first Growth Mindset project was how nurture is better than nature. In the video he used the example of twins, one who had been adopted and the other who stayed with the biological parents. Just how nurturing the adopted one was better than automatically assessing the achievements of the one who stayed with biological parents based on their own success.  One thing I am going to explore is my thought logic on receiving exam grades back. Usually if its not what I was shooting for I personally put myself down and get into a fixed mindset of "I'm just not that smart". However I need to change that and start thinking about ho...

First to note, I really took interest in how the Bidpai was able to reduce such mass amounts of reading into four paragraphs that summarized the main points of all the readings for the king. Since I am using the story of Romeo and Juliet, the original story is sought to be quite long and therefore implementing something as condensation of the story to the more important parts will be beneficial. (Image:  Maharaja of Indore ) Secondly, the overall theme of testing ones values/beliefs for if they are good, the recipient gifts the other with good things. Once again relating to my project, this theme is one I would like to employ in one of my versions of Romeo and Juliet. Being that in the original story, it was mostly centered on the tragedy, I would like to incorporate the test of good/bad and having the consequences shown. Lastly, seeing in the story of Romeo and Juliet, the thoughts of being superior or having really big dreams instead of thinking about the current times ...