Growth Mindset: Sharing Growth Mindset

I took this assignment as an opportunity to talk about growth mindset with one of my friends. My friend is an education major, so I felt that knowing about growth mindset and its applications would be very useful. My friend was pretty familiar with the idea of growth mindset, but she did not yet know it by this name. She felt that the entire mindset required to successfully incorporate growth mindset activities into a classroom is something that should be taught more in class. We also discussed this topic with my other roommate who was completely unfamiliar with growth mindset. He is going to try and incorporate growth mindset into his life as a student. Sharing growth mindset has been a success.

Growth 

Tech Tip: Countdown Widget

I added a countdown widget to the sidebar of my blog. I put the countdown as a countdown to the last day of finals for the end of the semester.

Reading Notes: Vasantasena a dancer

This story is about an evil king named Palaka who is trying to attract a beautiful woman Vasantasena. She is not interested in the evil king. Rather, she is interested in a poor man with a kind spirit. The poor man comes to possess some of her jewels but he loses them. Later, she gets her jewels back and her freedom is gained by her slave. The woman is caught by the evil brother in law of the evil king. The rival of the evil king escapes and takes the place of the woman in a carriage. The poor man is forced to go to a trial for a crime he did not do. The main thing that stood out to me in this comic is the pursuit of a beautiful woman by the evil king, but the woman was actually interested in a poor but goodhearted man. I think it would be interesting to write a story in which a woman chooses a nice man of a lesser social status over a mean rich man. The moral of this story is that a good heart is worth more than social status or money.

Bibliography: Vasantasena, a Dancer

Vasantasena 

Reading Notes: The Stolen Plow Part B

This is the story of two traders, one from a  village and one from a town. The village man brought his plow to the town trader to have it fixed. When he returned, the plow had been sold and the town trader kept the money. The town trader said that a plow had been eaten by mice. The village trader then took the man's son to a friend's house. He told the man that his son had been carried off by a bird. The man said this was impossible, so they went to a judge to get his decision. The judge said that it was not possible for a boy to be taken by a bird or for mice to eat a plow. The plow and the boy were both returned to their owners. I think it would be interesting to do a very similar story with alterations made to the characters and the tales being told by each man. This would allow some room for imagination in crafting a similar tale.

Bibliography: The Stolen Plow

Plow 

Reading Notes: The Three fishes Part A

This is the story of three fish. Their names are Very Thoughtful, Thoughtful, and Thoughtless. They used to live in a place where there were no humans interacting with their environment. They decided to move to a place that did have humans. Once there, they realized that it was not a very good place to be, so they decided they should go back to their old home. Very Thoughtful wanted to go soon. However, Thoughtful and Thoughtless kept putting off the move because they are lazy. Eventually, these two fish went swimming off on their own and were caught in a fishing net. Very Thoughtful splashed around to save them from the fishing net, and this worked. They all went back to their normal home. I think this would provide a great opportunity to write a story with perhaps three kids instead of fish. The kids are playing. Two of the kids decide to go play a game without waiting on the other kid. Along the way, these two that went ahead got caught in some sort of trouble. The other kid decides to save them even though he was abandoned by them. Eventually, the problem is resolved and they all play together happily.


Bibliography:  The Three Fishes

Three fish

Learning Challenge: I Wish My Teacher Knew

I read the "I Wish My Teacher Knew" article.  This article was truly eye opening. I was a bit shocked that such depth was coming from children in such a young age group. This proved that we really do not know what people are going through, and we should take every opportunity to be kind to others. I now believe that asking for feedback such as this, even anonymously, can help a teacher tailor her teaching style to the needs of the classroom. I have friends that are education majors, and I am excited to show this article to them. I think that more teachers, and more people in general, should seek feedback such as this in order to gain some perspective and empathy for others.

Empathy 

Growth Mindset: Bad Habits

I read the article 6 Bad Mental Habits That Sabotage Your Success. I found this to be very helpful as I am guilty of a few of these, and I know that I need to work on them. A few that I am guilty of are fearing the future, self doubt, and second guessing myself. I know that if I can work on conquering these bad mental habits, then I will grow as a student and a person in general. The cool thing about this article is that it pointed out things that I was not even consciously aware of that I do. It is hard to fix something if you are not aware that is a problem. I am glad this article brought these bad habits to my attention and I will work on conquering them this semester.

Growth Mindset