Syd's Thoughts

Yay! I made it! This is the home stretch of this semester and this class. I never thought I would make it. This semester has been nothing but difficult. I have worked so much this semester and have really struggled to get everything done. Honestly, I feel like I should have focused a little more on school, but now there is nothing I can do except move forward and do better next semester.  Despite this, I feel really proud of what I have accomplished and the stories that I have created in my story portfolio. This class was unlike anything I have ever done before, and I am pleased with how my website and blog turned out. My work was by far not the best in the class, but this was way outside of my comfort zone but I decided to embrace it and try my best.  I read so many amazing stories from other students in this class. Even though this class was mythology, I really think it allowed me to dive deep into my creative side. I might even keep my blog going or start a new one that wil...

Thank goodness this semester is almost over! I thought I would never finish. This semester has honestly been the hardest one for me since I have been at OU. I am not really sure why that is, but maybe because I have been getting promoted at work and have been taking 16 hours at the same time. I had some rocky points in this class and went a couple weeks while I was in Denver where I went without doing homework which really set me back.  I am so appreciative that this class has the flexibility that I am still able to recover and do well. This is why I think more classes need to be like this one at OU because sometimes things happen in our daily lives that professors don't consider. I really enjoyed doing the Robin Hood and Puss in Boots readings this week. For example, this past weekend has been another really tough time for me and I did not get everything I wanted to accomplish done. I won't bore you with the details, but I shed a lot of tears in the last couple of days and tha...

 As we are coming to a close on this semester I really wanted to do this assignment and just take a step back to reflect on this class in general. I really have loved this class and the assignments for it. When I first saw the work load I was a little overwhelmed and it took me a couple of weeks to figure out how to balance all of the assignments. However, I did run into a speed bump with my business trip halting some of my work in this class and I am disappointed that it had to happen that way because this class was never one that felt like a chore like my biology and psychology classes have. I am genuinely thinking about trying to take the Indian Epics class in the future because I know it would be awesome. However, it would not be the same teacher and if it is not run the same way I am afraid I would be disappointed. Overall, I am proud of the work I have done for this class and I have really allowed myself to be creative and explore that side of me that never really gets to com...

The last couple of weeks have been super chaotic for me. I went to Denver for 2 weeks with my boss where I was working open to close every single day. With the time difference too I was unable to do most of my homework in my classes including this one. I already reached out to Laura about this though and she was very supportive in telling me not to worry and that I can still get back on track for this class. I want to earn an A in this class, so I will do everything I can to get back on track so that is possible. I am going to make sure to do all of the assignments for each week and do all the extra credit that I can. I should be able to reach my goal when I do everything. In the past I have been lazy in doing all the readings, but now I cannot do that if I want to be successful. I am a little worried about being consistent and doing all of the assignments, but I know that if I put my mind to it I can do it. I look forward to the challenge and to working hard. Hopefully I can be succes...

Note to Self: You need to do better at making time for this class and it's assignments. This week has been very, very rough with completing the assignments because of your work trip to Denver. I understand that you have worked 55 hours in 4 days, but school needs to still be done. Even if that means staying up really late and waking up early it needs to be done. I did not complete any of the assignments for this class for the entire week. This cannot happen again. The readings are still my biggest issue when it comes to class assignments. I just need to make a better effort at setting time aside for this class. This next week I will not have to work as many hours, so it should be a little easier to find the time. I think Tuesday will be a good day to get some work done as long as I can focus. It is a little different having to live in a hotel with two other girls because I don't normally share my room with anyone; it is usually easy for me to have my own time and space to do th...

This week has honestly been rough for me. I did not complete either reading assignment just because I have been so overwhelmed. I have been working more than normal because people have been quitting my job. I feel really bad because this class sometimes gets moved to the back burner and it is not intentional but by the time I have time to sit down and do my work for this class, it is past midnight. I just really wish OU would have given us at least a day or two to have a mental health day because I could really use one. I have not been eating or sleeping regularly and I think that is also affecting my mental focus. I am trying to stay positive for this upcoming week but honestly, I think I will be even more overwhelmed because I have 3 midterms. I have not even begun to study for one of them and I don't think I will even get the chance to. I am going to try my best to do the readings for this week because I think it will lead to a more structured and successful week overall. I took...

 I did struggle with the readings for this week. I did not have time to do the first reading, but I did do the second one. I probably need to get a better jump start on the week starting on Monday. I will try to do that starting tomorrow. My best writing was done on The Enchanted Roses I think. I really got into that writing assignment and I think that it will be the topic of my project for this semester.  Tony's writing really impressed me when I read it today. He set the plot in 2120 which I thought was really neat and was very sci-fi with all of it which was a nice change from everyone else's stories. DKNK actually did his story from a version of the Beauty and the Basilisk like I did, but it was interesting to see how our stories were so different even though they came from the same source!  My other classes are very stressful and I think that is why I did not get to the first reading for this class in time. My biology class did not start out well and I ended up missi...