Famous Last Words: Getting the Semester Started!

This week's content of mythology and folklore really made me excited for what is to come. Making my schedule for the year exposed me to the wide selection of stories that I will be able to read, and I am more than ready to delve into reading. My favorite story I read while exploring was the one of the The Brahman, tiger, and jackal. I love short stories that have witty endings such as this short story where the jackal outsmarted the tiger. In addition, I was also able to experiment with commenting on my classmates' blogs. I really enjoyed being able to learn about the other students taking this class especially because this is an online class where I cannot really interact with others. Nevertheless, I look forward to being able to communicate with my classmates on our blogs! Also this week I was able to generate some ideas for my storybook. Reading the storybooks of past classes really inspired me to come up with unique ways to present the stories, and I believe I have four solid mediums to do so. This upcoming week I am going to evaluate each of these ideas and see which project is the most appealing to me. My classes outside of mythology and folklore have not been bad, but I think it is important to remember this is only the second week of the semester. I am still having to wrap my mind around the fact that I am junior and only have two years left on campus, so I am trying to take things day by day. I plan on going to the OU football game on Sunday, and I am so excited to have football back in Norman! I think the white-out theme will be something different and cool to see within the stadium, and I am hoping this is our year to win it all!

Wikimedia Commons: The Sooner Schooner will ready for this weekend1

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