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Long ago there was a great powerful monkey who ruled the banks in the river of Beneres. He has many daily duties that required him to travel back and fourth form different islands that required him to jump from the safety of his bank to the brim of this rock that was risen from the water. He would jump across every morning to collect his food and complete his daily duties of grooming, hunting, and occasional naps. One particular day one of the monkeys rivals, a deadly crocodile arose from the depths of the water accompanied with his mate. The crock lurked the bank with obscurity and intentions of harm. The monkey still went about his day as normal. The mate of the croc said she would like nothing more than the heart of the monkey to enjoy for a feast. She was unable to hunt for herself since she has been with her young. The manly croc accepted the challenge of conquering his long time enemy to impress his mate. The croc pondered ideas on the best method to catch the monkey and notice...

Bibliography: Vanarinda Jataka, in The Jataka: Volume 1 translated by Robert Chalmers, The Crocodile in The River This takes place a story of the past during a story of the present where Buddha is a monkey and is plotting against by a crocodile. He starts off by mentioning that this is not the first time Devadatta has plotting against him and begins to tell a story of the past to his fellow monks. The  Bodhisatta reincarnated as a monkey and was large and strong. Every day the monkey took the same pattern from the island he rested on from a rock and another piece of land. We now see the monkey has developed a habitual routine of going from this rock to the land. The crock in this story has a mate that asked him to do her a favor by catching this monkey for her pleasure, so the crock perches on the rock to wait for the monkey-king to arrive back. The Bodhisatta noticed the change in the rocks height and calls to the rock and the crock returned with an answer back revealing his tru...

I have choosen option two of the Ramayana: the PDE. Mostly because I would like to read it and experience it as an audio tape as well. If you read and listen to something, you call recall details of the story better. I also like that its online so no need to leave my house. I would most likely enjoy the story of  Shiva Parvati  because I enjoy the topic of reincarnation and want to read a story about that topic. I also enjoy a good love story! The other comic that caught my eye is the  ancestors of rama . I enjoyed the summary of the story and think I would be intrested in that type of story or sacrafice. The first video that caught my eye was the was  The Story of Diwali  because I still watch cartoons and animated movies because they make me happy. The other video im imtretsed in is the  Underwater Cities . Im intrested in the city of Atlantis and Its always been one of my top wonders since watching Waterworld (1995). I enjot this picture because...

This will be my first class where you are given a weeks worth of assignments and told to manage them on your own time which I enjoy very much because I never know what is going to pop up in the day. I just started my new job as a server and asked for 15-20 hours a week and ended up getting 35 hours for just this week and a going to school full time. So, obviously this was unplanned so I will be doing work here and there when I can. I think this class will actually help me stick with my time management and staying on schedule like it mentioned in the  business insider  article. If you don't plan you won't ever get down a solid time management schedule. This article caught my attention from the title;  Eat The Frog First Thing In The Morning . I remember my mom always trying to get me up for school and saying ill feel much better when I get out of bed. I can't believe to this day how right she was. It's much better to do your work in the morning and get your big stuff ou...

I am most excited about learning about new methods of technology. I have always wanted to learn more techniques on my computer so I'm glad this class will help me with things around the spectrum. The only thing Ive previously done before this class is use image editing. I'm most excited for the website that helps you with your writing from the comfort of your computer. I would like to improve on my writing and editing skills this semester! This is what I though of when Laura was talking about her learning different computer skills growing up

My first about impression on the work load is that it is very consistent but very interesting. I've been wanting to improve my writing skills so I'm excited for what I come up with for my story telling. I'm mostly interested in our final project because the articles I read of other people looked very intresting. Just hoping I can create something as good as them! I think for the extra credit I'm most interested in HEART assignment and the extra commenting because I would like to engage with people and get to know them! Hello All!

This was the first time for me hearing of Carol Deweck and the power of growth mindset. I have heard of similar topics but never in this context. I believe it is a topic worth talking about because it involves how people raise their children and the mindset they grow up with. I think that I fall on the level between the easy mid set and the growth mindset, but I think it depends on the subject and how interested in it I am. For example... I really enjoy this class because I get to express my own opinion and each assignment is up to your own imagination so I work hard on these assignments because its something to be proud of. However, in classes like organic chemistry where it is really challenging sometimes, i found myself really discouraged and felt like a failure because I was only rewarding the end result and not my progress throughout the course. I do feel like Carol is missing a few key points to her argument. Americas schooling is in no way perfect, and we have certain standards...