The son of the turtle-spirit

After reading the tale, The son of the turtle-spirit', I enjoyed the story as it was entertaining, some sort of a love story. Furthermore, the language used in the text was rather simple, thus making it easier for me to comprehend. However, I did not like the maiden's character, in a way she was betraying her lover and caused his death. Instead of sewing thread onto his coat, the maiden should ask her lover personally in order to find out his origin. What she did was to trap him. Another thing that shocked me was the maiden and the spirit actually had a child. How can that happen? Spirits were not human beings.
The maiden's action was questionable when she asked her son to lie to the rich man and the grave-seeker by putting his father’s bones (the turtle) in the dragon’s mouth. I often thought that mothers were always the one who teach their children to do the right things and the not the other way round. Yet, the maiden’s intention to do it for her husband should not be criticized as it was part of the Chinese culture to find a good burial place for the deceased as it will affect the life of their children. In a way, the maiden wanted her son to have a good life. All in all, it was a good story to read for merely entertainment and cultural enrichment.

first tutorial class

To be honest, I was quite worry that I will not be able to understand Mr Omid's accent as this was my time having a foreigner tutor. Due to that, I made sure that i sat at the front so that there will less distraction. However, the minute Mr Omid spoke, I felt that I was worrying for nothing. His prounciation was loud and clear.
From the tutorial session, I learnt how to produce a good thesis statement. Mr Omid had conducted a few activities that was helpful in directing our mindset in producing a thesis statement for our position papers. I was really greatful when he praised me on the thesis statement that I produced about myself..hehe.."Uncontrollable desires make my life more stressful". Moreover, he also provided a few examples of good thesis statements and somehow I felt it was not that difficult to come out with a thesis statement...Hopefully I really can.
Overall the tutorial session was kinda relaxing and not as stressful as I thought it will be. What I learn about myself is 'DON'T THINK TOO MUCH'

my very first class of EDU 3234

"Readings and Project work for teaching literature in ESL contexts"..from the name itself, this course seem to be difficult and involves lots of work. With this kind of impression, I entered the course's first lecture with worries and anxious..The most dreading part of the lecture was during the discussion on what we were supposed to do for the assignments.
What is position paper??? For our first assignment, we were supposed to write a position paper on a topic based on a literary text or writer. It was until Dr. Edwin explained on the procedures and requirements needed, that I began to see the picture of it..believe me, it is not easy as it required us to have a great understanding of a literary text and then come out with a stand or thesis statement as well as supporting details. For me, it was easy to read literary texts and enjoy the stories. However, to take a stand based on the text was very much different and challenging.
Haih..besides the position paper, there was another difficult paper that we need to do for this course in order to gain 40%..the paper is research paper. Again, we need to get a topic for our research paper and the research was either on a writer or on any literary texts. Fortunately, we will get help from a supervisor...I'm seriously keeping my fingers cross so that I will be able to get a helpful supervisor that I will be able to click and learn from.
Again, regardless how difficult the assignments are, I won't be able to change it..all I can do is try my best because I really need to get a good gred for this course..Praying for lots and lots of luck!..