Famous Last Words: Week 15

After it has all been said and done, I really enjoyed this class. I got to read so many stories, both original folk tales and second hand stories, that I would have never come across had I had never taken this course. I also found that I really enjoy creative writing. Having the opportunity to let my imagination run wild and create stories how I thought they should be is something I have not really gotten a chance to do in other classes, or in any setting. And the coolest part about creating your own stories is seeing that other people actually read them and enjoy them. I liked getting feedback and learning from other students' writing styles and techniques in order to better my own. My only regret is that I didn't buckle down like I should have early in the semester. I have caused myself unnecessary stress by putting off work until the end of the semester. But despite my procrastination, I genuinely feel that I learned so much in this class about reading, writing, myths, mindset, technology, and more. Thank you Professor Gibbs for teaching me this semester.

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Famous Last Words: Week 14

Most of this semester has been quite hectic. On top of trying to keep up with school work, I have been traveling across the country with the softball team. But this week was especially hectic. Typically, we leave for our weekend series on Thursday afternoons. This week though, we left early Wednesday morning to play a mid week game in Wichita and left straight from there to Ames, Iowa. In any spare time I happened to have, I tried to chip away at the vast collection of homework I had, including all the extra credit assignments in this class (because I still haven't given up on getting a B in the course). I have tried extremely hard to keep my procrastination to a minimum and I have missed out on a LOT of sleep but I think I managed to get everything accomplished. I am proud of the story I wrote to wrap up my storybook and hopefully I spent enough time on it so that I might not have too many revisions to make. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to catch my breath. This coming week looks to be just as hectic and I have just as much, if not more, homework than this past week. To be completely honest, I'm kicking myself every time I think of how much easier it would have been if I had just gotten hooked up earlier in the semester. I would be considerably less stressed and would still be a normal sleep schedule. But I understand that those are the consequences of prioritizing things other than school. But I am determined to see it through to the end of the semester. Somehow, I will try to find a way to get everything done. I can smell the finish line and rest is just around the corner.

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