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Feedback This week we are learning about giving constructive feedback to our peers. The two articles I read on this were very informative and really shed a light on the faults of just telling someone "good job." The first article I read was  The Trouble with “Amazing”: Giving Praise that Matters  and this article really showed me how detrimental generic praise can be. When you are giving someone lame feedback on something that could be improved you are allowing their work to be subpar. There is laziness that is associated with the majority of feedback in today's world and the majority comes from not trying to hurt someone's feelings. Another article I read just reiterated this point.  Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!"  is an article that gives alternative ways to give feedback without saying good job. I think that this is a really great way to get individuals to take constructive criticism better and it allows the populations to work to improv...

The Cowardly Lion Link The topic I have chosen to conduct research on is the Wizard of Oz Stories. I am very interested in this saga of books and how it differs from the films. As of right now, my understanding is that this story is similar to The Chronicles of Narnia in the way that different travelers take a journey to this separate world and watch it change over time. From Professor Gibbs email in response to my favored story topics, I have chosen a chunk of stories that seem very interesting. I have chosen the Third Chunk of stories to dive into and that chunk contains these stories; 12. The Search for the Wicked Witch 13. The Rescue 14. The Winged Monkeys 15. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible 16. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug.  Wizard Of Oz Stories I have chosen this chunk due to my familiarity with some of the stories, as well as my unfamiliarity with other story aspects. For instance, the wicked witch is a character who I know and understand, but when it...

Plane in Storm Bibliography: Noah's Ark is the story of how God asked a man named Noah to build an ark because he planned on flooding the earth. On this ark was Noah, his family, and a pair of every animal in existence.  Link Authors Note: I took the story of Noah's Ark and adapted it to a story of the future and God ridding the world of Technology. The year is 56,994 and the world is consumed with technology. People don't interact face to face any longer. The last time people had a need to conversate face to face was in the late 36th century. There was a movie released many many years ago that closely represents the state of the population today, I think it was called Wall-E. My name is Noah and I am one of the last of the unplugged. The unplugged is a group of individuals who would just rather not divulge in the technology of today's world. We are often accused of being a secret cult with plans to overthrow technology but we simply just enjoy life better wi...

Noah's Ark Link God gave Noah a book called the Torah which bestowed knowledge unto him on how to share the word of god after the flood. When the flood came the sinners tried to board the ark, but Noah would not let them even after they said they would turn to god. He asked why didn't you turn before? Why now? they tried to take the boat by storm but they were unable. The rains were boiling hot and they scorched their skin. Unclean animals outnumbered the clean animals and after the flood, they had balanced out back into pure species. One male and female of each species. The flood lasted a whole year. After the flood, Noah stayed in the ark until he was commanded by god to leave. But when it came time for him to leave, Noah was afraid to leave, He was scared that a flood would come again. God swore that he would never flood the earth again. Noah and his sons were appointed to be rulers of the earth. God presented a rainbow in the clouds as a promise that even id ma...