Pranali Patel's Blog

I did the learning by HEART challenge and picked the video ‘ Be Happy! ’. I think this is a very important video because it is very easy to feel sad when little things happen in life. If we focus on the better things and positive things in life and do things that make us feel good then we will be happy. I like how the video listed simple things that anyone can do to be happy like doing things you are good at or just setting goals and reaching them. Little things really make a difference. I knew that doing things that you like can make you happy but the list of simple things in the video gave me ideas on what I could do to be more happy. I didn’t think facing my fears would make me happy but it would make me feel better when I achieve something. One I really like is ‘Live in the moment’, which is hard to do sometimes for me, because I worry about the future a lot. I want to explore how much of the stuff I would actually do if I made a list. I will make an a list and see how I use this l...

There were many good articles that I found for feedback tips and strategies that seem really useful when giving someone feedback. One that I really liked and found most helpful was ‘ 7 Key Characteristics Of Better Learning Feedback ’ by Grant Wiggins, gives good examples on what exactly each of the 7 characteristics that were listed for better feedback meant. I like that he said to be specific, say exactly what to do, more or less or what would make it better. The article I liked about praising that was very interesting was ‘ A Troubling Side Effect of Praise ’ and the research done on kids was very interesting. Praising for efforts and for the correct answer caused most of the kids to cheat. This shows that it is not a good idea to praise someone, even though it may seem like a good idea. I think the best feedback strategies would be to be honest but saying helpful things on how something can be fix, give examples rather than saying, 'it could be better' or just saying 'g...

I want to use Ganesha and Kartikeya, his brother, as I tell stories. I want to use these two brothers and tell some interesting stories about their childhood because to me that is the best time of our life. I think these two characters would be really fun to change up and create stories about.  One story that I would want to create is when the two brothers want the same things, one of them outsmarts the other into getting it but that never effects their relationship. Such as they both want the same food but there is only one of it. I would want to recreate the story of the race around the world but use different object rather than a mango and a different outcome. Source .  Another possible story would be Ganpathi bringing home a girl for the first time to meet his family and how nervous he is because he doesn't want to disappoint his family. The girl is three years older than Ganpathi, which is not the ideal relationship, which is the reason both of the...

Link to Portfolio . PDE Ramayana: Shurpanakha and Rama . Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913) I kept the same main characters, and kind of the main idea the same but changed it up to the modern day story and how it would happen compared to how the story was told. Once upon a time, on a normal sunday afternoon, or what seemed to be a normal day to Rama and Sita as they went on their daily walk to the park. It was not just any normal park though, it was the famous central park in New York. Rama and Sita are newly weds, they have only been married for a month now and are trying to figure out things to do in New York, since they are both new to the place. Rama is from Florida and Sita was from Texas, I bet you are wondering how that happened. They had an arranged marriage, It was almost a typical arranged marriage, their families knew each other for decades and so the family decided to introduce Rama (a very handsome man) to Sita and they started to get to...

PDE Ramayana: Shurpanakha and Rama . Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913) Shurpanakha who is the sister of Ravana, fell deeply in love with Rama. She was described really badly, she was said to be ugly, and her voice was very harsh and ‘unpleasant’ so she was someone not so appealing. Shurpanakha also seems to be very determined, when he started loving Rama she wanted to do anything to make Rama love her back. She even took a different form of looks so that Rama would leave Sita and be with Shurpanakha. She changed her look from ugly to beautiful. She even started talking bad about Sita, just to get Rama. This shows that she would go to any level to get that she wants, she doesn’t care about making up lies. This shows how good Rama is, he was always loyal to his Sita. To get Shurpanakha off his back, he suggested her to marry Lakshmana. I think Shurpanakha would be a really good character to change in a story which would change up the whole story. I would want t...

PDE Ramayana: Rama: Avatar of Vishnu . Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913). Lord Vishnu, was very determined and helpful to anyone who came to ask for help. When Indra and other gods went to heaven to talk about how the Rakshasas were in Lanka and were making trouble, he was ready to help. Vishnu right away said ‘don’t worry, I will take care of Rakshasas that are causing trouble'. He choose to go as four parts, so he divided himself which I believe was a really good idea because he could be in 4 different places at the same time. Out of the four avatars of Vishnu, Rama was considered the most beautiful for everyone. He was pretty much the main one and one that his father was attached to the most because brahmin said that Rama had the traits of Lord Vishnu. There are many ways I could retell the story but one way I think would be really nice is if I kept the Brave Rama the same, with the same characteristics and show him in the modern life. Puttin...

Seven Ways to Crush Self-Doubt in Creative Work  - This blog is very helping and can be used in any situation. Many times you learn things that only work for school but you can use this for anything in life. I really liked what John Spencer said, I think it was spot on. I really liked the examples that were given in the blog, especially about how a baby falls many times trying to learn to walk but the baby still gets up and tries to walk again. If babies can do this then why can't we do what we desire. I try to think of how no one is born with a lot of the skills we learn in our life time, we learn as we age.  Why rejection hurts so much — and what to do about it - No one likes rejection, no matter how old you are and no matter what situation you are in, rejection hurts. This was also a very helpful blog to read because rejection happens everywhere not just in college. Many people, even I would want to give up because of course it doesn't feel good to be rejected. It was a i...