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(Image Information: Feedback,  Pixabay ) The two articles I read for this assignment were: Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback Why Do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise? Try Feedforward wrote about a different way of providing helpful feedback in which people focus less on what they can do to improve from their mistakes and focus more on what they can start doing today to work towards their goal. The Feedforward focuses more on polishing up what people already have, rather than trying to figure out exactly what they are doing wrong and why. I think methods based on positive mindsets like this one are innovative and unique and they often produce positive results. I think I gained some good ideas from reading the article about how to approach giving and receiving feedback for the future. Why Do Managers Avoid Giving Praise was an interesting read and pointed out that managers more commonly give out negative feedback than positive feedback. This is something I hav...

I would like to retell the stories of some of Apollo's best-known lovers: Hyacinthus, Daphne, and Coronis. Apollo and Hyacinthus's story is a tragic one, in which Hyacinthus's death is inadvertently caused by jealousy. Apollo and Daphne's story is probably the most well known "love" story involving Apollo. It portrays Apollo in a bad light as he chases this nymph and forces her to turn into a tree to escape. Of course, there are various versions of this story and could be spun in different ways. Apollo and Coronis is a story in which Apollo's love cheats on him and so he commissions his sister to kill her. All of these stories are slightly dark and have tragic endings. I think this storybook could go in a few different directions, depending on whether I write Apollo as a sympathetic character or a repugnant one. Sources: Theoi/Hyacinthus Theoi/Daphne Theoi/Coronis Wikipedia (Image Information: Apollo and Hyacinthus, Wikipedia )

(Image Information, Cupid and Psyche,  Wikipedia ) Once upon a time, there was a princess named Psyche. She was so beautiful, that strangers from all over the world came to her city to see her. When Venus noticed that people had stopped visiting her temples and instead were focused on the beautiful princess Psyche, she became very angry. S he called to her son, Cupid, and commanded him to punish the girl. Psyche's father feared for his daughter. He visited an oracle for advice and received bad news. The oracle told the king he must take Psyche to the top of a cliff and abandon her. The king refused to do this to his daughter and tried to come up with a different plan. However, when Psyche heard, she insisted that it be done. She could not bear the thought of burdening her parents with Venus's wrath. The next day, she was taken to the top of the mountain.  Left alone, Psyche prayed to Venus, asking for mercy. While she was praying, a gentle wind caught her and c...

Cupid and Psyche , by Tony Kline.  A Translation of: Apuleius's  Golden Ass. (Image Information, Cupid and Psyche,  Wikipedia ) Plot Notes: Venus is angered and on the hunt for Psyche. Psyche goes to Juno and Ceres for help but they turn her away. Venus catches Psyche and tortures her and makes her complete four tasks. First, she must sort grains. Secondly, she must shear wool from sheep with golden fleeces. Thirdly, she must collect a vial of water from the River Styx. She completes all of these tasks with help from animals. Her final task is to go to the underworld and ask Proserpina for some of her beauty. She gets the jar of beauty and must return it to Venus but is tempted by curiosity and opens it. She falls into a deep sleep but Cupid rescues her. Cupid then goes to Jupiter and begs for help. Jupiter agrees and they have a wedding. Psyche becomes immortal and has a daughter.  Other notes:  Psyche is helped by ants, a g...

Cupid and Psyche , by Tony Kline.  A Translation of:  Apuleius's  Golden Ass.  (Image Information, Cupid and Psyche, Wikipedia ) Notes on Plot: The story is about a girl, Psyche, whose beauty rivals that of Venus. Venus becomes jealous and enraged when mortals start to praise and worship Psyche instead of her. She invokes her son, Cupid, to get revenge for her. Psyche's worried father goes to an oracle and receives a prophecy that bears bad news for Psyche. It tells them to take Psyche to the top of a mountain and leave her there. They do so and wind spirits carry Psyche to a place of riches. Psyche is cared for by invisible servants and at night is accompanied by an invisible man. Psyche gets used to her situation but begs her husband to let her sisters visit. He agrees but warns her not to tell them that he is invisible. They visit and become jealous. She tells them about her situation and they use the information to plot against her. They...