Elizabeth DiSalvatore - Myth-Folklore

There are lots of areas of my life where I experience Growth Mindset a part from school. Perhaps the area where I experience the most is my internship at St. Andrew's United Methodist church. I have been interning here for 3 and a half years now. I work with the youth group, 7th to 12th graders. They are a blast. I have so much fun investing in their lives. They have all become such good friends of mine. This job is not always easy, for I am often having to help students through rough patches in school, family, work, etc. I enjoy being there for my students, but it does get mentally exhausting. I am challenged to show empathy and help students through a variety of issues. I have learned a lot about what type of help works and what doesn't. I have also learned how to communicate efficiently with students and their parents, for they are different. These skills that I will use in my future profession in healthcare. Source: Meme Staff 

I have backed up my blog. This was a good skill to know, for I was wondering how to do that. I plan on going and backing up my Storybook on Google sites so that I do not lose all my work if something were to happen! As I was exploring the past week's announcements I was surprised to see how many people have already finished the course by looking at the progress meeter! I also love reading the news tweets. I have not been up to date on Twitter lately, but I would like to use it more. This week is Homecoming week (Oct. 23-28) and there are tons of activities this week for OU students. Below is a graphic full of information you might be able to include in this week's announcements: CAC Homecoming Reunion Week 

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Authors Note: This week I read tons of  Nigerian Folk Tales . Most of these stories came from  Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria  by Elphinstone Dayrell. I found these stories to be very engaging, for most of them provided and explanation of why something is the way it is today, like thunder and lighting for example. I would like to write my own folk tale to explain something, using the models of several Nigerian folk tales. I did some research and found a page called  Gateway Africa .  African folk tales usually have a moral point to them or are used to educate, entertain, or explain an animal behavior. In animal tales, a certain animal would always have the same character role in each story as to limit confusion. For example, the Hare is always the trickster, while the Hyena was always being tricked by the Hare. I decided to write a story explaining how the hyena got its laugh. Long ago in the Sahara Desert lived a family of royal hippos. These hippos live...

For this weeks reading, I decided to explore readings from the Congo. These stories all came from Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort which is a collection of stories collected in the late 19th century by R.E. Bennett. These stories were full of motifs and many stories involved the wife as the main character. One of my favorites was How the Gazelle Got Married . Many of this tales from the Congo were about discovering the Princess's name in order to marry her. In this story, a dog and his master try over and ever to discover their names. It was entertaining and a fun read! The Wicked Husband was also a fun one, but boy was it wild! A husband got mad at his wife, and took her to the woods and cut off her arms and legs and left her there. Eventually, the King heard rumor of this and ordered all the husbands to bring their wives to him. When the husband could not they had him killed and then cooked both him and his wife over the fire. MORBID!!! My favorite story from this secti...