2. Essay: Consider these two-course objectives, found in the course syllabus. The student will: Understand cultural, ethnic, and national differences through reading literature Understand cultural, ethnic, and national similarities through reading literature I’m convinced that much learning has occurred in this course, both on your part and on mine. So I’m most interested in your telling me what you have learned, rather than asking questions on this exam that require you to demonstrate your learning. So, look back over the course and compose a page each on what you have learned about each of these course objectives. For the first course objective, throughout different lessons in the course, I learned that not all cultures are the same or have the same values. In older European countries when Grimm’s brothers collected and told stories, the society was patriarchal which is reflected in the fairy tales as well. The girls are passive, damsels in distress, who are unable to save themselves but instead they need to wait for the man to help them. Nevertheless, in different tales like Tatterhood which was created at a later time, women have been given more power and they are active. Furthermore, another major difference between different cultures (American vs. Jewish, Mexican, African, Islamic) is the endings. The American stories, along with the other fairy tales always have a happy ending, while the Islamic stories and the Jewish stories differ from that in the sense that they do not have “happy ending.” Native American fairy tales along with Aboriginal fairy tales were unique stories that delineated cultures that not everyone has had exposure to. Each of these cultures was similar in the sense that they focused on nature loving... ... middle of paper ... ... you deserve a great grade for your writing. Develop your answers accordingly. Questions? please ask This course is not a course where you don’t need to put in any effort. It is time-consuming and it involves a lot of reading. One of the advice that I would give future students is time management. Always plan ahead and make sure to read all the assigned readings to get a better understanding of what the question is really asking about. Furthermore, this course is not a course where you regurgitate facts, instead, it is a course that provokes your thinking, and forces you to think outside of the box. Each of the questions allows you to really dig deep into the stories and find similarities and differences across cultures. Another advice that I would give future students is to ask questions when they do not understand the material because by asking one can learn.
One thing that I learned from this course is to follow directions. In the first assignment, we were told to write a personal story of what shaped you as a whole. At first, I had a difficult time thinking of a topic to write about, but after viewing other students’ essays, I finally understand what the professor was asking for, and I came up with an idea of writing how I got my cats and wanted to become a veterinarian. Writing this type of essay was difficult because I am not good at expressing myself. Therefore, I always did a bad job in describing my feelings, my thoughts, and etc. Since English is my second language, I know I have a lot of mistakes with my writing. Thus, I went to the Writing Center to ask for professional help. The tutors are very nice and willing to give you academic advices. After going to the writing center, the essay turned out to be my favorite essay that I have even written. However, the assignment was not asking to tell the story, the main theme is to write what shaped you as a whole. As a result, I got a poor grade and realized that this college level course was not the same as a high school writing course. In high school, I was only satisfied in completing the essay and receiving an A. What really ...
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Fairy Tales have been around for generations and generations. Our parents have told us these stories and we will eventually pass them down to ours. In this time of age the most common fairytales are Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and The Beast and many more. Children idolize their favorite character and pretend to be them by mimicking everything they do in the stories. The character’s behavior is what is viewed as appropriate in society. These fairy tales show a girl and a boy fall in love and live “happily ever after”. The tales in many people’s eyes resemble a dream life that they would want to have of their own. However, have you ever really looked at what makes up a fairy tale? Many things are unrealistic but the most unflattering aspect of these tales is how women are depicted in them. Fairy tales give an unrealistic view to how women should look and behave in real life.
5. How will you use what you have learned in this class in future classes? After taking this class I feel that I will be able to use the writing strategies I learned in writing better essays and research papers. I will also use my new writing skills in discussion boards.
5] Please outline in your own words, one other new thing you learned this week in the course. How does it apply to your life?
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Sagas about princes and princesses, beauty, magic, and love, fairy tales like Snow White and Cinderella among others have become children’s favorite bedtime stories. However, as parents tuck their sons and daughters in, they fail to realize that there is a much more daunting purpose to these stories. American writer and poet, Jane Yolen suggests that fairy tales indicate life values. Furthermore, Yolen insists that these tales are “thumbprints of history” (Yolen 27). Studying fairy tales in depth, she proves that the “functions of myths” consist of “creating a landscape of allusion [and] enabling us to understand our own and out culture from inside out” (Yolen 18). Yolen confirms that these stories comment on, “the abstract truths of our common human existence” (Yolen 18). To Yolen, fairy tales inform the audience about significant themes and historical events.
In the past, people saw fairy tales as all-powerful, because they are extraordinary， imaginative, and enrich people’s spiritual worlds. People need fairy tales to satisfy their need for leisure, which is an alternative way for them to escape their repetitive daily tasks. Watching movies can educate individuals about fairy tales. Fairy-tale stories are better read, than when being viewed as movies. Parents read ‘’Little Red Riding Hood’’ with children in order to teach them more traditions from older generations. Teachers require students to read “Snow White’’ to improve their creativity, and “The Three Little Pigs’’ to teach children how to cooperate with others to build their character.
The next month after this training seminar were spent studying the comprehensive exam which consisted of the classes of Adult Learner, Research Methods, Administration of Adult and Higher Education, and Critical Literature in Adult and Higher Education. The day of the comprehensive exam arrived and even though I was a bit nervous it seemed to go very well. When I read the questions, I felt confident in my abilities. Each student only had to answer 2 out of 3 questions correctly because Adult Learner and the Critical Literature question w...
My thought about this course that I was expecting so far , was that it’s going to be easy. But a little bit challenging and it’s exactly what I thought. It’s also very organized, to make it easier to find all the weekly content, discussions, assignments and quizzes. They have the categories labeled so you can know what items go with the lesson. The most useful success/study strategies I applied during week 1 was to first read over the lesson and objective , also the announcement to get an head start of the lesson to be able to know what to expect to learn. After I read of objectives and the rest, I will take the knowledge practice problem to learn what I may know and don’t know to work on. The most interest concept covered so far all of week
In this essay I will write about fairytales. Fairytales are always not true and they have always stereotypes about women and men. Sometimes they can be not true and not fair. One example is when women need to cleen the house , make food, wash clothes and many other things that you need to do at home. This is not always true, but it can be true. For men it is like they need to have money and keep the family safe. This is also not always true, but also it can be true. More spesifectly I will compare two cindirella stories which are the norway and the france story. The france trory is original and it’s name is only ”Cinderella” and the norway story is named totaly diferent: ”Katie wodencloak ”. They are mostly diferent, because in the katie wodencloak it is very much traveling and in the cinderella story is not.
It is easy to sit in a class as a Professor gives a lecture and to regurgitate the information on assignments; however, the real challenge is internalizing the information and applying it to the real world. The great part of this course was that we were given specific
Final Reflection Question: And finally, I would like some reflection on your overall course experience. What have you found to be especially meaningful? What have you disagreed with? Was there an issue or a controversy that you became aware of in conjunction with this course content? Here are some specific questions for reflection. Please be brief, but concise. Please don't exceed one page in
Reflect and discuss how the content in Module 1 prepared you to demonstrate mastery on the assignment in Module 1.
When you where a kid did your parents ever tell you stories about your culture or about your family’s values? Chances are they where telling you a folk tale. Folk tales are stories passed down usually by word of mouth but often they are written down. Folk tales teach a valuable life lesson while entertaining the reader or in some cases the listener. This essay will give examples of three folk tales and go into depth on how they teach lessons and still remain entertaining for children and even adults.