Growth Mindset: Embracing New Challenges

With the end of the semester quickly approaching and having less than a month to prepare for my trip, I find myself panicking.  I am not prepared at all and I need to put some pep into my step. I know everything will be alright, but I truly dislike being unprepared. Being unprepared makes me feel lost, and although this may sound silly, it’s true. Everything will work out in the end, it always does. =)

I found myself overcoming roadblocks for the past two months with decisions dealing with both my personal life and education.  In these past few months I reflect on how much I have grown and I’m proud of myself. I learned that is okay to take time out for myself. Things will not always be the way I would like, but there’s a reason why matters don’t always work in my favor.  Moreover, I also learned that I am a HUGE procrastinator, and that this trait may not change. I’m not just referring to the upcoming trip.  I’ve lost out on time, a lot of time because I waited until the last minute to either complete an assignment, delay scheduling meetings for important events, and so on.  I used to never be like this.  I was the student that completed assignments a month in advance after they received their syllabus and planned out my outfits two weeks to a month in advance. 

During that period of my life I may have had too much time on my hands…or I was just great at scheduling and being proactive!

But back to my main point of this post….this new journey that I will be embracing after graduation is an exciting one.  I am open to the challenges that I will face, and I believe they will make me a stronger and better person.  I know that the choices that I make in life are not please anyone but myself.  With every choice I make there is a consequence.  Whether the consequence is good or bad, I’m ready!

I used to be an adventurous person who was ready to pick up and travel around the world, and lately I have been playing it safe. I miss this person and I’m seeking to find her. Hopefully, she will emerge when I step foot into a different world. 

Embracing Challenges Quote

Prisoners of War (חטופ'ם) Season Two

פרק שני

אני שמתה שאנחנו מתח יליק עונה שנה שוחטופים בפרק הראשון נורית ואורי הם ביחד. נורית לא עם יקי כי היא אוהבת אורי. אסף לא מאושר. הוא כועס על נורית ויקי לא מבין.

יש טרוריסט בשק עבד אללה. הוא עובד עם עמיאל עבור גימאל. גימאל. גמאל לא חיי אז עבדאללה ועמי אל מעל הארגון. הם לא אובים אחד את השני.

אורי רוצה למצוא שות עמי יאל. הוא מבק שה לעזרה מנמרוד, חיים, ואיריס נמרוד לא רוצה למצוא את עמיאל והוא לא גר עם משפחתו.

Episode Two

 This episode answered many questions that I had about last season and the first episode of this season. With Nurit and Uri together and Assaf is not happy.  Yaki does not understand why his Nuritleft him for Uri. 

Abdullah does not trust Ami, but is working with him only because Jamaal asked him to. Jamaal passes away on this episode, and Abdullah makes it known to Ami he does not care to work with him.

Uri wants to find Ami with Nimrod, Dr. Haim, and Iris.  However, Nimrod feels that they should not go looking for Ami.  His presence should be left in the past. 

Prisoners of War (חטופ'ם) Season Two

אחד קרפ

נורית ואורי גר'ם ימד. הם טובים ביחם. אורי רוצה לנסוע עם נורית בי הם תרננו את לפני שהוא נתפס. נמרוד לא עם טליה. הוא עזב את משפחתו. הוא הולך למסיבות ומוצא נערות צעירות. טליה עצובה היא לא יודעת מה לעשות אבל לישון. עמיאל ועבאללה קונים דבר'ם רעים. עמיאל טרוריסט.

Prisoners of War

Episode One 

[Episode one was intriguing to watch.  To see how the characters change for the better and worse was heart breaking, but I am ready to see what this season holds.]

Nurit and Uri are together and now live in the same home.  Uri wants this to be a fresh start for the two.  He wants to travel around Europe with Nurit and do the things they planned before he was held captive in war.

Talia and Nimrod are no longer living under the same roof.  They have separated, and he has found a place to live.  His life is consumed of parties and young girls, girls who are near Dana’s age and work with her. Talia is sad and confused. She stays in bed to sleep her problems away.

Ami (Amiel) and Abdullah buy bad things, and Ami is now a terrorist. 

Growth Mindset: Perseverance

Since Spring Break I have been able to set a schedule for when I need to complete assignments.  It has worked fairly well and now I am working on perseverance.

Last week I revisited a matter that many deal with, which is negativity. I consider myself a realist and I don't always have a positive outlook on things, and this past semester has had both ups and downs. More wins than losses.

With only a few weeks to go this semester I have began to procrastinate on assignments and my grades are reflecting the effort that I have been putting into my assignments.  Hopefully, taking time out for me and reevaluating where my time should be placed will help guide me to successfully completing my goals of graduating this semester.  

Perseverance

Prisoners of War (חטופ'ם) Season One

  (סיום) פרק עשר

מצב שיקר על הצבא. הוא לא רוצה להצטרף. מצב לא רוצה לה'חטף. דנה הרופא חופס אותו בחדר שלבנן שלו. אין לה בושה. חצב עובה את הבית וטילה מודאגת. נויות דברה עם יקי על אורי. היא דברה יקי מתלבל. אורי דיבר עם איריס. היא וחייק רצו לתפוס את אורי ונורית. יעק ואילן קרובים. היא לאר יכולה לראות את אחיה. פרק זה היה מאוד דרמטי. עמ אלחי. אני לא חובת שהוא היה. אני רוצא העונה השניה. אני רוצה לדעת אם עמיעל יחזור.הביתה עם איסמעיל, אואם הוא איש רע!   

Episode Ten (Season Finale) 

Hatzvah lied about his military tryouts and he does not want to join the IDF.  His sister Dana has no shame.  She is having relationship with her psychologist’s son, and while in her doctor’s, he catches her half-naked in his son’s bed. 

When Talia finds out that Hatzvah has been lying to her about his military training, he runs off and does not return home for the night. 

Uri and Nurit’s relationship has become less stressful, in a sense.  She tells Yaki about her feeling towards Uri and that she believes that Uri is the one for here.  Uri finally talks to Iris about his thoughts of her.

Yael and Ilan have grown closer and now are dating, but she’s heartbroken because she can no longer see her brother in her head.

This episode was dramatic to say in the least but now I know that Ami is alive and he is a bad man.  I wish that I was able to see season two!

Prisoners of War (חטופ'ם) Season One

פרק תשע

דנה צר'כה עזרה. היא רעהו. הרופא שלה לא 'כול לעזור לה. היא שוכבת מדי ויש להבעיה רצינית! נמרוד לא רןצה לפגוש אנשים על הבעיות שלו. טליה דיברה אל האנשים. היא פגשה חברה חדשה ושתיתה קפה איתה. אורי יודע על איריס. איריס רוצה לדבר עם ואורי עם עבודתה, אבל היא לא. אורי ונורית אוהבים אחד את השני. נורית לא רוצה לדבר עם יקי, אבל היא צריכה. יוחר מאוחר בפרק, נמרוד רואה אישה. היא יודעת שלאמא שלה יש סוד.

Episode Nine 

Dana needs help and her doctor may not be able to help her.  She continues to lie in her sessions.

Talia wants Nimrod to speak to a self-help group, so he doesn’t feel alone.  He’s not ready to share his feelings and he doesn’t believe that he is suffering from anything.  When he and Talia do agree to meet for the group therapy, he tells her that this is not what he wants, and he leaves her.  Talia stays and meets with one of the group members for coffee.

Uri finds out that Iris and he no longer wants to talk to her or about her job.  He realized that he and Nurit are in love.  She does not want to speak to Yaki about her love for Uri but she knows it needs to happen.  

Prisoners of War (חטופ'ם) Season One

פרק שמונה

נמרוד ואורי חוזרים אל העיר. הם הולרים לבר מצווה של אסף. טליה מדברת עם נמרוד והוא נשאיר. בבית הם מדברים עליו ואורי.נמרוד ואורי פגשו איש והאיש רצה כסף. נמרוד ואורי עזבו והלכו בעקבות האיש הביתה. הם פגשו אישה. היא לא אוהבת יהודים והיא לא מדברת  איתם. היא מכירה את גימאל. נמרוד יודע.

Episode Eight 

Nimrod and Uri return to the city and walk in during Assaf’s Bar Mitzvah.  Seeing Nimrod walk in, Talia urges Nimrod to speak to her.  Nimrod refuses to speak to Talia about his whereabouts and leaves the event.

[Before the Bar Mitzvah]

Nimrod and Uri met a man who asked them for money.  Not knowing who the man was, and the man mistaking them foe someone else, he asks Uri and Nimrod to leave his place of business.  As they walk back to their car, they see the man leaving the car garage and they follow him to his mother’s home.

Nimrod and Uri go into the woman’s home and ask her questions.  She realizes who they are and does not acknowledge them.  The woman does not like Jews and does not associate with them in any way, shape, or form.  Nimrod believes the woman knows Jamaal and she does.  

Prisoners of War (חטופ'ם) Season One

פרק שבע

חצב מלמד אבל להשתחת במחשב. הוא מחפש את גימאל. אילן אוהב את יעם. נורית חושבת על אורי ויקי יודע. יעל חושבת על מכירת הבית. היא היתה ביבת החולים וחושבת שעמי קרא לעזרה. אורי ואיריס קרובים. נמרוד רוצה עוד עבודה, אבל עופר אומר לו לא. נמרוד צריך לחכות. נמרוד ואורי עוזבים את העיר לחפש את גימאל.

Episode Seven

Hatzah (Nimrod’s son), teaches Nimrod how to use a computer to look for Jamaal. Nurit is conflicted with her feelings for her husband Yaki and Uri.

Yael wants to sell her home to escape her thoughts of Amiel.  She overdoses on pills and ends up in a hospital.  Ilan visits her and she wonders who called for an ambulance, because she did not. 

Uri and Iris are getting closer, and Nimrod is on a mission.  He wants more responsibility at the advertising company he works for, but his colleague Ofer tells him no.

Uri and Nimrod leave the city to look for Jamaal. 

Prisoners of War (חטופ'ם) Season One

פרק שש

בפררק שש, נתרוד מבקש מטיה כסף. הוא לא אוהב לבקש כסף. נמרוד מקבל עבודה, אבל טליה כועסת. הוא לא דיבר עם טליה עם עבודה עם חבריו. ישלדנה תור אצר פסיכולוג. היא אוהבת אותו והיא עוקבת אחריו. איריס מרגלת אחרי אור'. אורי חושב שנורית ואיריס מקנאמכי היא אוהבת אותו. יוסף רוצה אורי לחיות. אסף הזין את אורי למסבתו.

Episode Six 

In episode six we see how Nimrod’s attitude starts to reflect his feeling s with his wife Talia.  Nimrod wants to be more independent, but Talia wants to establish a relationship where he can depend on her for everything. One day Nimrod and Talia go to a coffee shop, Nimrod offers to pay but forgets that he gave his money away.  He asks Talia for money and she questions where the money she gave him went.

Nimrod despises asking Talia for money, and he winds up getting a job.  He doesn’t talk to Talia about it.  Their daughter Dana is seeing a psychologist for her problems and she soon finds herself stalking him.

Iris (a character who works for Dr. Haim) is spying on Uri.  Uri begins to have feeling for her and he meets his nephew Assaf who is Yaki and Nurit’s son.  Assaf invites Uri to his Bar Mitzvah.  

Prisoners of War (חטופ'ם)

Prisoners of War is an Israeli television show about three soldiers captured in war.  They spend seventeen years in captivity before being released back to their homes and families in Israel.  I started watching the television show last year for my third semester Modern Hebrew class, and I continued to watch it for this semester.  I found out that the American television show Homeland was based off of Prisoners of War.  The television show can be watched on Hulu.

If you like television shows that are suspenseful and dramatic, then I would highly recommend Prisoners of War.

Prisoners of War (Hatufim)

Every entry for this television show will be in Hebrew.  The entries start from season one episode six to season two.

Growth Mindset: What is it and Establishing Patience

In the beginning of the semester I learned about The Growth Mindset and I would like to incorporate this into this blog.  My professor in my India and Epics class suggested the students to try this out so we can track our progress over these next few months. 


The Growth Mindset was developed by Carol Dweck and it’s to challenge the basic mindset that people have set for themselves.  I have things that I personally need to work on to motivate me for this semester and this seems like a good method.

This semester I am going to work on improving my Hebrew, but understanding my personal limits.  I tend to pressure myself to intake a lot of information at once instead of pacing myself while I learn the language. I then blame myself for not learning all that I believe that I am capable of.  I understand that a language cannot be learned overnight and there isn't a easy way to learn one hundred vocabulary words in half a weeks time. I still have plenty to catch up on since last semester, and I continuously review my work from past semesters.  Because of this, and I end up mixing up information from old handout with handouts that have recently been distributed in class.

I'm going to get through this and pace myself! There's no room for failure, just greatness.

Growth Mindset

Beginning Hebrew

During my first two semesters of Modern Hebrew I used Youtube viand online textbooks to supplement the textbook that I was learning from. One of my favorite Youtube channels was "Learn Hebrew with HebrewPod101.com".  There were new videos submitted twice a week and they helped. The videos went over everyday conversational words to phrases that one would need when asking for help.

HebrewPod 101: Learning Numbers 1-10

I even went a step further and added the Traditional Hebrew music station to my Pandora.  The music was fine to listen to but it was very traditional , and Pandora played a lot of the songs over and over. So I stuck with listening to Matisyahu, which was cool since I was listening to his music before I started learning Modern Hebrew. I later found out that Miri Ben-Ari was Israeli, which is something I found interesting especially since she's featured in many hip-hop songs.

Advisory: Video contains adult language and content

 Twista - Overnight Celebrity 

Why Modern Hebrew?

This is my fourth semester in Hebrew and it is a struggle! It would be easy if I did my homework and reviewed the daily lesson, but I complicate things.

I find myself studying late and not functioning in class. Hebrew is not like any other language that I have studied. It requires more than just reviewing the vocabulary and grammar lessons.

For me, Hebrew is like math and poetry mixed.  There is different levels to this ish, but it is always rewarding when I understand what is being said in class and reading the language as it is being written on the blackboard.

This language is different and it is special to me.

זה הסמטר הרביעי שלי בעברית וקשה. זה יהיה קל אם עשיתי הבית שלי כליום ושיעורי סקירה, אבל אני מסבכת את העניינם.

אני לומד ולא מתפקצת בכיתה. עברית לא כמו שפות אחרות שלמדתי. צריך יוחר מאשר סקירה של אוצר המילים ועבודת הדקדוק.

עברית בשבילי הז כמו מתמטי קה ושירה. זה שונה ומכנים כאשר אתה מבין את הנאמר בכיתה.

.אני בחרתי עברית משום שהיוא שונה ומחדת לי

What is Modern Hebrew?

Modern Hebrew referred to as Hebrew or Israeli Hebrew, is the standard form of the Hebrew language that is spoken today.  There are roughly nine million native speakers in the language, and this number continues to grow.  Modern Hebrew should not be confused with Biblical Hebrew.  Biblical Hebrew is what is written in the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament.  It is primarily used and studied by those in partake in religious studies.   Biblical Hebrew is limited in vocabulary in comparison to Modern Hebrew.

Hebrew Pod101: Modern Hebrew Vs. Biblical Hebrew

The differences between Modern Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew can be compared to English and Old English.  The modernized language is more useful when communicating to other people and can be studied for academically and non-academic reasons.

There are twenty-two letters in the Hebrew alphabet, and it is written from right to left.  Here is a video that goes over the "Aleph-Bet"

Sesame Street Aleph-Bet

Introduction

Hi,

My name is Dijoun and as many of you know, I am a student at the University of Oklahoma.  This is my last semester at the university, and also the most important semester of my undergraduate career. This semester is not important because graduation is around the corner...it is important because this semester I am in nine hours of Modern Hebrew, and I will be traveling to Jerusalem very soon.

This blog is to document my progress in the language, and my experience studying abroad.  I will be immersed in the culture and language for a short period of time, but I hope to gain fluency and so much more!

My entries are as random as me, so I hope you'll enjoy them.

- Dijoun

Personal Photo: Clock Tower

!שלום

שמי Dijoun, ואני סטודנטית באניברסיטה של אקולהומה. זה הסמסטר האחרון שלי באניברסיטה, אבל הכי משוב שלי. זה לא משוב כי אני גומרת את הלימודיך. זה משוב כי זה סמסטר בו אני בתשא שעות של עברית, ואני אסע לירושלים בקרוב מאוד.
הבלוג שלי מספר על הכנקדמותי בשפה, והט'ול שלי. אני אהיה בתרבות ובשפה לזמן קצר, אבל אני מקווה להגיע לרהיטות.
.הבלוג שלי אקראי רמוני, זה מה שאני מקווה שתהנו מהם.

- Dijoun