Progress Assessment

The assignment that i liked the most was the first assignment the Strengths and Weaknesses essay. The reason i favored this assignment was that it cause me to stop and analyze myself and my behavior. It caused me to take into account the good qualities i have and my faults. I dont remember ever being asked to write about myself, about my life where i am and where i want to be in the future. It was foreign to me to have to write and share with my class mate the bad things about me in the good. I had a hard time doing this, i am glad i participated even though i was reluctant to open up to people about my life. I got a chance to "self assess"  and think about the consequences of my actions and what is necessary for me to improve in order to succeed in my endevours. I feel that i have improved my organization, managing my time properly, and my math has also improved. I think the reflection led me to observe myself and i am trying to make myself a better student. Step by step and with patience i am making an effort to have more attributes and less flaws. The rest of the assignments i thought would be easy like the fairy tales i never really had written any so i really was not aware of the format and the creativity it takes to write one. I hope that my feeble efforts turned out ok and i am open to any suggestions and constructive criticism.

How Does the story of precious relate to Fairy Tales

The story plot of the was dreadful. Precious was a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, she faced devastating emotional trauma as well as life consequences that resulted from her rape from her father, and continuous abuse her mother. Her mothers indifference and abuse hindered precious from making any improvements in her life. Precious's aspired to finish her education, go to college, work and take care of her children. The product of her fathers rape. Precious had a million obstacles get in her way of her dreams. I believe that the characteristics the character of  precious that related to fairy tales is Evil v.s Good, pain inflicted by others, Jealousy bacause her mother was jealous of precious, she was a victim of peoples bad behavior and mistreatment. Another trait i also believe is the resilience trait. All the characters in the fairy tales went through tough situation and came had positive endings. Even tough precious had a really terrible circumstance she continued to improve her wrtiting and try to get her GED and try to move forward in her life.

My fairy tale Ana

Once upon a time there was a girl that was so clumsy, and shy, she had big ears, a unusually big head, long neck, long skinny chicken legs. She was taller than most people in her class, and a total tom boy she loved sports, hated to wear makeup or dresses like normal 12 year old girl. She didnt play with doll houses or baribie. Ana  preferred to watch a Yankees game than talk on the phone and chase after boys like most girls her age. she even dressed like a boy. Her usual wardrobe consisted of a Baseball cap, t-shirt, sweat pant sock and a pair of sneakers. She was in the soft ball league and liked listening to rap and hip hop. She liked being with her family and hanging out with her brothers friends. She did not have friends at school her only friends were her brothers friends that played in the boy baseball division. When she was in school she did well when it came to school work, her teacher Mrs. Daisy liked having her in class bacause she was helpful , her erased the board, pick up after other students and passed out the assignments.

 Ana did not always hand in her work on time so she needed extra credit somehow.  Ana tried extra hard to keep up. Ana liked to participate in class. The flaws that Ana had were she was not graceful at all and she looked weird. She would often drop things whether it was her books or her lunch. She was no that developed physically either she was a late bloomer. These things  gave her problems amd the reason why people rediculed her. Because she dressed and acted like a boy she was called gay, flat chested girl, giraffe, loser because of her height, and suck up because she did extra work and helped in class.Some kids even thought she was conceited because she kept to herself. All ana wanted is to be left alone and to have at least one  friend, that would be a she could talk and be friends with in school. Someone she could relate to and talk to about her troubles. Ana was a definite outcast in her school of P.S. 145. School was hell to Ana. Ana felt alone and rejected and she wanted someone she could relate to. It was the same monotomy until autunm. It was October 9th the day of her 13th birthday.

 Her family gathered thrown ana a surprise party her entire family attended. When it came time to blowing out the candles on her cake she made a wish. She wished for a friend that would defend her from the bullies and would be her best BFF Forevers. But she wished for a tom boy just like herself that loved sports. Well before she end of the month a girl named Jaime a new student from chicago entered P.S. 145. She was  a entirely liked Ana wanted a friend to be she was nice, loved baseball, and wasnt at all like the other girls in her school. She was friendly and introduced herself to Ana at lunch. They hit it off immediately and Jaime even even joined the softball team. Ana and Jaime were invincible they together confronted the girls that teased and rediculed Ana and got the behavior to stop.  Ana learned from Jaime to be less boyish, and got her be more social. Ana and Jaime enjoyed school and even made friends with some of the people that used to make from of Ana. Years went by and they both grew up to become respectable young ladies and graduated school together.

3 Fairy Tales

Cinderella: As the story is told Cinderella was a girl that came into a family because her  father remarried a widow that was of cruel intention and of a bad character. Her step sister or the "UGLY" step sisters were vain, lazy and mean to Cinderella. The tragedy that occurred was that her father passed away and left Cinderella alone with only her step family to care for her. They forced Cinderella to do all the house work and treated her as if she was a servant in her fathers house.Cinderella was insulted, forced into servitude as if she were a maid to her step family and was never allowed to attend any balls or do anything that was of her liking. One day she became aware of an important ball in the kingdom that was being held so that the Prince would chose his bride the future queen of the kingdom. Cinderella wished to attend this event, but her ugly sister denied her the choice to go. Her step mother lied and told her that if she would do all her chores she would allow her to go to the princes ball. Once she had kept her end of the bargain, the step mother denied her what they had agreed on. Cinderella with her magical mice had made a dress that was beautiful and fitting for Cinderella. When the step sisters saw her looking so beautiful and ready for the ball they became jealous and destroyed Cinderellas dress.  To the rescue came the "Fairy God mother"! hearing Cinderellas weeping, she magically transformed Cinderella to a radiant and enchanting princess bride. She made a carriage from pumpkins and turned the mice into horses. And one of the mice a chauffeur. She set a spell that when the clock struck 12 the spell would cease.Once she attended the ball the prince saw her and became enamored with her and they danced and instantly fell in love. When midnight came Cinderella ran off back to her home before the spell wore off and her sisters would notice she wasn't home. Accidentally, Cinderella left her glass slipper behind.  The slipper was all the  prince had left her, since he did not get a chance to get to know who she really was. Cinderella returned and remained  unnoticed by her step family, that she had attended the ball. The prince convinced that he had found his bride searched for the owner of the glass slipper. In all the kingdom not one girl could fit her feet into that shoe. Even the ugly step sisters attempt to fool the prince was unsuccessful, for their feet were much too big. Since the step mom had been suspicious that Cinderella could have been to the ball she locked her in her room so that she did not try on the shoe. But once the prince put the shoe on Cinderellas feet it fit perfect. And Cinderella showed him the other glass slipper. Cinderella became his wife and a they lived happily ever after.and  classic folk tale composed of a myth element of unjust human treatment and the resulting success of courage and that resulted in reward.  The main character is Cinderella a young woman living in rough circumstances. She received mistreatment from people that people that were suppose to be her relatives. Cinderella was in distress when the fairy god mother came to assist her so that she would be able to attend the princes ball. Human indignities, unfairness, unjust treatment of Cinderella. Bravery and willingness, or resulted in remarkable fortune. Folklore, myths that have transcended through many years, languages cultures, and many cultures can relate to its moral theory. Evil v.s. good, the knight in shinning armor, true love, Magic human troubles, pain inflicted by others

Sleeping Beauty: At the christening of a long wished princess, fairies invited as godmother offered gift to the new born princess. Some of these gifts were beauty, wit, and musical talent. Suddenly a wicked fairy that arrived unnoticed put a curse on the princess. The curse was that upon reaching adulthood the princess would prick her finger on a spindle and die. A good fairy god mother unable to reverse the spell, change the curse and said that the princess would instead of dying would prick her finger and be asleep for 100 years, until awaken by true loves first kiss. The king got rid of every distaff or spindle in existence throughout the kingdom to prevent the curse from falling upon his daughter. All this in vain, unavoidably. when the princess turned 16 she saw a woman in the castle spinning and wanted to learn the art. once she allowed the princess to try the spindle she pricked her finger and the wicked fairy curse was fulfilled.The good fairy god mother returned reversing the spell and putting princess Aurora into a deep slumber, and also everyone in the castle to sleep.
A forest of full of thorns and tree barriers blocked the entry to the castle protected it from the outside world and also making it a challenge to reach the princess. After a hundred years passed, a princes that had heard the story of  the enchanted forest, took the journey and braved the woods and entered the castle. He fell to his knees when he saw the princess, kissed her then she woke up. When the princess awoke everyone in the castle arose from their slumber and continued with the work they had left undone 100 years ago. Princess Aurora and her knight in shinning armor married and lived happily ever after. A curse lack of humanity, jealous, bad intention, from the wicked fairy, good fairy caring, Bravery and willing from the prince, Evil v.s. Good  Folklore  transcended many cultures  myths, human troubles and issues, true love, Magic, pain inflicted by others

Snow White: Once upon a time a queen sewing at her window pricks her finger on her needle  and three drops of blood on the snow that had fallen on her ebony window frame. She contemplated the blood on the snow and thought to herself " how i wish that i had a daughter that had skin as white as snow and lips as red as a rose, and hair as black as ebony. She gave birth to a child, who had all those traits and they name her snow white. As soon as the child is born the mother dies. Soon after the king and father of snow white remarries a new wife, who is beautiful but also very vain. The new queen possesses a mirrors that answers any questions asked. The wicked queen always asked mirror, mirror, on the wall who in the land is the fairest of them all. to which the mirror replies you my evil queen. But as snow white grows she becomes a beautiful. When the queen asks the mirror who the fairest in the land was the mirror says it is snow white.  The queen becomes jealous and order a huntsman to execute snow white in the woods.  huntsman unable to execute snow white lets her flee, never being able to return to the castle. In the forest snow white discovers a cottage the home of the seven dwarfs where she rests. The seven dwarfs take pity on her and allow her to stay as long as she does the house chores. The chores were cook, make beds, wash, sew, knit, keep everything clean and orderly. She dwarfs warn her to keep out of the woods and don't trust anyone. She stays with the seven dwarfs and everything is fine. The queen  thinks that snow white is gone for good. Until one day the evil queen asks her mirror again mirror, mirror, on the wall who's the fairest of them all. The mirror continues to reply snow white. The evil queen searches and finds snow white.  Determined to kill snow white out of jealousy. The evil queen disguising herself as an old lady she fools snow white into eating a poisoned apple. Snow white unconvinced by her disguise and also taking into account the warning the dwarfs gave her she hesitated to have the apple. In order to gain snow whites trust the evil queen bites tastes the apple and then snow white eventually gives in and eats the apple.  The fairy god mother arrives and puts an enchantment on snow white. the condition of the spell is that snow white would not die but be merely asleep awaiting her true loves kiss. In mourning of what the dwarf placed snow white in a glass casket. Until one day a young prince wondering the woods finds snow white and falls in deep love with her. Kisses her lips and snow white awakens, also falls in love and they return to his kingdom and live happily ever after. True love, Magic, struggles, pain inflicted by others, knight in shinning armor charm.