Wednesday, April 4

Today is Wednesday of Week 11. The second part of the reading is due today, keeping an eye out for a story that you want to retell for this week. Here is a link to the Week 11 assignments.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Success Tip: Eat the frog first. This eat-the frog strategy is often attributed to Mark Twain, “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” Mark Twain or not, this is good advice for getting stuff done; find out more at Lifehacker: Eat the Frogs First - A Guide to Prioritizing.

Project Stack. If you turned in something by 6PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and while you are waiting on comments, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. One of the growth mindset challenges is to make a motto, and here's one that Caitlyn made, inspired by a speech in Tolkien's Two Towers: My Motto: But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.

Myth Item. I thought this "Folklore Generator" was fascinating: click for ideas. You can find out more about Andy Purviance at  Twitter.

India Video: Here's a video from the Times of India newspaper: Fascinating Women from Mythology. Find out more at the Times of India website.

Here are some of the most fascinating women from mythology. How many had you heard of? pic.twitter.com/ngU1edJVNT

— TOI Books (@TOI_Books) April 3, 2018

Myth Book Online: Today's free book is The Path on the Rainbow: An Anthology of Songs and Chants from the Indians of North America edited by George W. Cronyn. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents.

Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is like setting the fox to guard the henhouse... but with cats: Don't set the cat to watch the cream pot. Find out more at the Proverb Laboratory.

Writing: Here's a good way to think about writing, sentence by sentence.

H.E.A.R.T.: Here's advice for a day when things are not going well: Something Good in Every Day.

Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat is learning from mistakes: You haven't failed ... you've learned. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.

Video: This is an RSA Animate adaptation of the social philosopher Roman Krznaric's ideas about empathy: The Power of Outrospection. You can follow Roman Krznaric at Twitter.

Event on Campus: Come learn some Survival Foreign Language Skills in French, Spanish, and Arabic from 1:30PM-3PM in Farzaneh Hall 145 (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

April 4: Maya Angelou. Today marks the birthday of the poet and writer, Maya Angelou, in 1928. You can read about her remarkable life and career at Wikipedia, and you can enjoy her poem Phenomenal Woman below:

And here's a video of the poem:

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