Famous Last Words: Week Before Dead Week

 I did get both readings done this week. I have found that reading two or three of the stories involved in the readings, and then doing another assignment for a different class, or doing a chore around the house, before going back to the readings and repeating the process works best. In my opinion, I did my best writing this week in this class. I am very proud of the way my Storybook project is coming along. I especially like the chapter I revised this week, about Andromache. I think that I did a really good job of telling their stories instead of the story of the Trojan War. I also think that I managed to give Helen, Cassandra, and Andromache thoughts and emotions—to give them life—while still staying true to what we know of their stories. I tried not to change too much of them. I have not noticed connections between what I am doing for this class and what I am doing for other classes. This class is very much unrelated to any of my other classes. However, I have noticed that my writing has been getting better for my other classes, even though I am not writing fiction stories for the other classes. My essays have been getting better and they have been getting easier to write, which is good. Something very exciting happened to me this week, actually. I got accepted into my Masters program! I start the Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice program at the University of Oklahoma in the fall. I am very excited! Of course, I do have to graduate first. I should graduate (knock on wood) this summer, after I finish the two additional classes I have to take. Next week is dead week, so I hope that everything is calm and I manage to get everything done without stressing too much.

                                                 Dreading Finals Week




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