Epics of India - MLLL 4993-996

Possible Topics for Project Rama - Topic 1 From Wikipedia Rama is a major deity of Hinduism. He is the seventh avatar of the god Vishnu, and is sometimes considered the Supreme Being. He married Sita. Despite being royalty he was faced with many challenges such as being exiled and the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana. Possible topics are duties, rights, and social responsibilities of an individual. 1 From Projects Tales of Rama 2 - "They all somehow have a connection to this Rama guy and each one of their stories is different. I think the stories are helping them get along here. In all the rough times these stories seem to bring some sense of unity to the group." This quote seems to embody the ideas that have been mentions about the Indian story-telling traditions. I found it neat that each story had a different theme and each were applicable to those stranded on the...

The Timid, Foolish Student Once upon a time, a student was visiting a college. While he was there he thought, "What if I have to go to college! What then would become of me if I couldn’t succeed?" Later that day the college recruiters came to talk to him. Hearing them talk, the student said to himself, "I must go to college!" And he focused and studied as much as he could, without even looking back to see other possibilities. Another student saw him studying, and asked him, "What are you studying so much for?" "Don't ask me!" he cried. But the other student ran after him, begging to know what was the matter. Then the first student said, "Don't you know? We have to go to college, it is the only way!" And on he  studied , and the second student studied with him. The next student they met also studied hard with them when he heard that college was to only way to succeed. One student after another joined them, until there were hund...

Definitions Buddhism - Buddhism is a religion and dharma that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted philosophies. Jataka Tales - a voluminous body of literature native to India concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form. "The Jātakas are a textual division of the Pāli Canon" 1 "The word 'jataka' means 'birth,' so the Jataka Tales are actually stories of the Buddha's previous births, and in the traditional version, each Jataka has a little poem that conveys the moral of the story, as you will see here." 2 Full Reading List The reading list for this assignment can be found here . Possibilities for the Story The Foolish, Timid Rabbit (Babbitt). I found this one to be the one with the most relatable story (I will describe this more in my story-telling post). The story itself was ...

PDE Ramayana  - I think I will be reading the online versions of the PDE Ramayana found here. For one they are free, which is always appreciated. Secondly, they are very easy to access and each story has a preface explaining what the section is going to cover. Pattanaik. Ganesha - 99 Thoughts on Ganesha  - I feel like reading this in the second half of the semester would allow me to better understand the influence that Ganesha has, and the 'multiple meanings' that he embodies. Elephants are cool, the extra arms help too. Amar Chitra Katha - Kumbhakarna: The Sleeping Giant - Okay, so ignoring the entire context of this picture (war, picking up/stepping on people) Kumbhakarna looks really happy to be awake. I think it would be fun to read this ACK Comic book from the Bizzell Reserves and learn more about him. The image is from here .

Articles I read: "The Myth of Too Busy" "3 Steps to Recapture Time" by @JOYNICOLEM What I Learned I really enjoyed reading "The Myth of Too Busy". It had a really good topic that was very intriguing to read about. I find myself often thinking that I am very 'busy' as well, but every time I have felt that way there has always been a way for me to find more time. In most cases where work is pilled on I end up avoiding my hobbies until the work as done, but now I think that if I look closer I will be able to find dead time that needs to be properly utilized. For this semester I will doing most of the work for this class in-between my other classes on campus. These natural 'breaks' during my days have formed a perfect block for me to get work done and then some if necessary. "3 Steps to Recapture Time" suggested to use the first 5-15 minutes of the day to plan out what needs to be done. I feel like this is a very use...

To start I have never blogged before, nor have I ever used social media extensively so posting updates this frequently is something new to me. However, Blogger seems very user-friendly so I have had no problems so far. I have used Google Sites before in a limited manner, but I generally know my way around it. My former Boy Scout Troop used it to maintain a website of events and a picture gallery (see here ). I also tried to place my notes from last semester on a site for centralization purposes, but I found it too time consuming to update. While the information I had displayed on it look good, there was no easy way for me to automatically add additional pages as necessary, and the manual process was very tedious. I actually think it would have been easier to use Blogger, rather than Google Sites, for that specific goal. The below picture summarizes how a majority of websites function, and as CS Major I have seen code bases that adhere in the exact same fashion.   Licens...

I really like the layout of the Epics of India class. The personalized schedules are very helpful to all students of the class. One thing that is very surprising to me is the abundance of extra credit assignments. So far in my time at OU I have only had one other class that has had extra credit, I nearly thought it was a legend of the past. In addition, I enjoy how all of the class assignments end up being posted on the blogs. In most classes, after an assignment is turned in it disappears and is only seen after grading; however, in this class we get to see our past assignments every time we edit our blog. I have a feeling it will start being more impressive as the semester goes on. One last thing I love is the fact that the individual schedules are subject to change, just to match everyone's crazy lives. Source

I had never heard of Carol Dweck's growth mindset before. However, I have always thought that intelligence wasn't something that people were innately born with, but rather it is developed. I tutored math briefly during high school. In that time, I realized that most of the problems students had were that they had no confidence in their own ideas. Therefore, despite being fully capable of completing the problems, they didn't think  they could, so they didn't even try. Fostering a growth mindset seems to be a very beneficial thing to do. Despite my leaning towards a growth mindset, during my time at OU I have felt a tendency for returning to a fixed mindset. Personally, the pressure of maintaining scholarships and finishing the required courses makes even major-specific classes seem like I am simply checking the next class off the list. I feel that learning about the growth mindset has pulled me out of a rut of my own manufacturing. Reminds me that each person is di...

About Me Hi, my name is Logan Tibbetts. I am currently a Computer Science undergraduate at the University of Oklahoma. I plan to finish my Masters by spring 2020. My hobbies include solving twisty puzzles , and playing video and board games with friends. I am not a total hermit locked inside as I do go camping or hiking from time to time (although not as much as I should). The Rubik's Cube I got my first Rubik's Cube when I was 7 years old, and I have been hooked ever since. My desire to solve the Rubik's Cube quickly originally derived from simple competition with my older brother. However, I continued to solve them even after he stopped. I have only went to one official competition back in 2014 with a Single Best Time of 22.33s and an average of 28.23s ( My Record ). Unofficially my PB for a single solve is 14.72s. Twisty Puzzles...? It is a weird to call a Rubik's Cube a twisty puzzle, but that is what it is. I say this because there is a large amount of...