Mythology-Folklore

   ("Feedback;" Web Source: Pixabay )  I read How to Give Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk by Adam Grant.  I use the sandwich technique typically, and I thought that was the best method. It makes sense that people focus less on the positives and more on the negatives that you give. I didn't realize that the positives do not sound sincere. If you also just put the negatives in the middle, these may not even be read due to the primacy and recency effect. Grant suggests we need to explain why you are giving feedback on a certain area, take yourself off the pedestal, don't give unsolicited feedback, and be transparent. Honestly, I think that I do all of these when I give feedback. I typically give feedback to my friends on essays especially for applications. I don't give feedback unless someone wants it. I let people know that I am not the best person to ask. I try to explain precisely and transparently why I don't like something in the essay. I think it also h...

  ("Bow and Arrow;" Web Source:  Pixabay )    I really am interested in creating a storybook on Raja Rasalu from Flora Annie Steel's Tales of the Punjab.  The first story that really stood out to me is The King and His Two Queens. Raja, the king, had two wives. One had a son and the other did not. This story discusses envy as the one without a son attempted to rid the son of the other wife. He survives and answers people's prayers. The wife asked him for a son, and he promised her a son that would make her cry as much as his own mother cried because of this woman.  The second story that I enjoyed was How Raja Rasalu was Born. His parents were not allowed to look at their son for twelve years. However, he leaves on his twelfth year. He is naughty, but the king cannot do anything because he cannot look at his son. Raja Rasalu doesn't understand why his parents turn their backs on him.  The last story I enjoyed and think would go along the other two is ho...

"Bad Friends"; Web Source:  WikiMedia There was a very handsome man who was married to a rich woman, Joacima. His family was not very religious, but Joacima's family was. Joacima was very patient and generous. She had a very spacious home. It was so large that there was even a large garden outside. The garden was a popular meeting place in town. Many people would come over and hang out at the garden. At night, the handsome man loved to take baths. The women who would come over to their home and hang out at their garden thought this guy was hot. He had big biceps and a six-pack (not the soda kind.) He was handsome, and all the girls wanted him. He was married though, so these girls knew they had to keep their distance especially since he was married to a prominent religious woman. There were two girls that were even more particularly invested in the man. These girls were Joacima's best friends. They would hang out all the time with Joacima. Some days they would bake to...

("Susanna and the Elders"; Web Source:  Wikimedia ) Bible Women  by Laura Gibbs but taken from King James Bible  I am not familiar with Susanna's story, so this one intrigued me. After learning the content of this story, I  understood why I did not know this story because it involved a lot more sexual content. The story introduces Susanna, a beautiful girl, who was married to Joacim. Susanna and her family were very religious. Joacim was really wealthy and had a cool garden where people hung out at. Some of the guys hanging out at the garden had a crush on the wife. They even tried not looking at Susanna because she was hot. They liked looking at her but tried hiding their feelings. They were like let's go eat dinner and both were lying just because they both wanted to see her alone, like they were obsessed with her. She showered, and they watched. They snuck into the shower and confessed and blackmailed her. She decided to take the blackmail and maintain her integri...

My two favorite stories were Eve and Sarah. This was found in Bible Women by  Laura Gibbs  and original text from rom King James Bible.  (Adam and Eve; Web Source:  Wikimedia ) Eve:  God ordered Adam to not eat from the tree of knowledge.  God said to eat from every other tree. God gave him animals, and he named them. What names? I could add some here. Adam fell asleep, and he took out part of his ribs and made him Eve. How does he know what a father and women were already? They were naked, and it was fine. The serpent wanted Eve to disobey God's orders to not eat from the tree and was saying that she could get knowledge if she ate from it. She ate the fruit, and gave Adam it too. They made themselves aprons because they were ashamed and aware of being naked now. I could talk more about consequences here as well. God got mad, and Eve said serpent made me do it. God was like you are cursed because he said that Eve would bring children when they are sad and m...