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 1) The Trouble with “Amazing”: Giving Praise that Matters https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/the-trouble-with-amazing/ I chose this article because I often use the word "Amazing" to describe people and their actions. Now the title discouraged me a little and I felt guilty for all the times I have used amazing as praise for my peers but once I read the article I remembered that just because I have not given great feedback so far does not mean I cannot learn. I really liked how the author explained that using just the word amazing can often generalize success. One of the main stories in this article that stuck out to me was when one friend told another they looked pretty and the response was "why?" This resonated with me because I need to describe why I thought the story was amazing and not just generalize the whole story. Knowing why one is succeeding is much more important than just the fact of success. This article also made me realize that I can give some advice on h...

 The topic I chose to explore more is "Weapons of the Gods." I want to investigate the various weapons because I find them interesting in how they are often given as gifts and the recipients of these gifts are (in a way) given a divine power through these gifts. Another influencer in my decision of this topic was the story of Ravana confronting Shiva ( https://sites.google.com/view/tinyramayana/part-a/page-1 ). In this story, Ravana (at that time called Dashagriva) enters Shiva's home despite warnings, and expected to conquer this powerful God. To Ravana's surprise, Shiva used just a toe to pin Ravana under a mountain. This caused Ravana's devote love for Shiva, and in turn Shiva gives him the indestructible sword Chandrahasa. The sword has a moon-like shape, which is interesting because I read in another story of the Chandrahasa that Shiva carries the moon on his head ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrahas ).  The parashu is a weapon with either a double or s...

 There was once a pair of twin sisters who were complete opposites of one another. The first sister, Kalyn, was a lover of the world who wanted to spread happiness and help people love themselves. However, her sister Roxie did not share the same love. Roxie wished for everyone to envy her, she placed herself above everyone else.  The two sisters attended the same school, and it was time for fundraising week in which Kalyn was very involved. Roxie liked to think of herself as involved, but she mostly wanted pictures to post on her social media platforms to gain followers and more attention. This angered Kalyn, and since Kalyn was head of fundraising she avoided including Roxie in any of the plans.  These actions greatly upset Roxie, so she devised a plan to ruin all of Kalyn's plans and make it look like it was Kalyn's fault. Roxie decided to switch the meeting location for the fundraiser by sending a message from Kalyn's phone while she was sleeping. Roxie emailed all peo...

1) Structure: The structure of this edition was incredibly easy to follow. The stories are divided into "tiny tales," and within these tiny tales are line breaks that distinguish different parts of the tale. This allowed the stories to be connected but distinct from each other. This helped with understanding the many characters involved in the tales. I could follow the story of Ravana and see his development through the stories. The extra tid-bits about how characters that appear in one tale will be important in another tale helped me make a mental note to be ready for that character again.  2) Point of view: The third-person point of view in the Tiny Tales helps the reader follow along and understand each character. Third-person point of view is very beneficial for stories with many characters intertwined.  3) Dialogue: The dialogue was very rich in this story and had a lot of passion in few words.  4) The start: Every story started with a connection to the previous stor...