Alex Lagge's India Adventure

There once was a grandmaster named Caleb. He was the wisest man in that land. Not only was he so smart he was also ridiculously rich that Mansu Musa would have looked like a simple peasant. Caleb knew that even with his vast wealth he would not live forever. He wanted to do something that would allow only the purest and kind heart person get the wealth. Caleb decided to have a contest in which people could have a chance at gaining his fortune. Caleb decided that he would make a challenging course that would cause people to use teamwork not only to make it out. He thought this was the best way to make it go to a real team who would not be overtaken by greed. "Woah! Check out what the paper says," Alex said to Sebastian. Alex slid the paper over to Sebastian. "ZOO-WEE-MAMA!" Sebastian screamed. "Someone is going to have a chance to win all of Caleb the Great's treasure!" The men could hardly believe it. They had been looking for a break and a cha...

The crow and the pigeon is a good story about greed. I like to think of my self when I gamble and what not. I could be ahead with like 10$ and if I stop I will have made money, but if I am greedy like the crow I usually lose. Also, it shows that it is important to live up to your commitments. The crow said he would only have his own food, but then he lied and got so fat and greedy that he died. The Robber's and the Treasure: Another great story about greed. This story is funny since they all end up killing each other over and over. I think the way Buddhism is makes people not want to be as greedy. That is probably why they keep giving stories about it. I also liked the imagery of having so many people die all of a sudden. I could think of it as a good idea to have a large battle over one item. Are you a pigeon or a crow?  Bibliography:  Jataka Tales  H.T. Francis and E. J. Thomas

The Little Gildmaster: I  really liked this story. It was a story about being smart and cunning in able to get ahead. I think of this as a story about doing a little will eventually end up as a lot. Every little investment you put into yourself slowly gathers up into a major change. Just as you won't get an A by studying for a week in the end. It is a better idea to study a little throughout the semester as opposed to cramming. It's much easier to have a hot bod for the beach if you start going to the gym the summer before not a month before. You don't become a millionaire by winning the lottery you do by saving up little and little throughout your life. This story makes me think of the legend about the girl who asks for one grain of rice to be doubled on the chess board. It looks as if she's going to have no rice, but by the end of the board there isn't enough rice to give to her. I believe that is also an Indian story, but I am not super sure.  I also am takin...

Using the grade book is helpful in this class because we need to get to a certain amount of points to get an A. We can reliably track where we stand in the class. I also like having it for my other classes. It's nice knowing where you are in the class and what you need to do to do good.