You don't know yr fables from yr sayings, never mind parables.

Thanks for the tip. I guess i just won't get all the points for it because I was confused when I wrote the thing anyway. He said stories in the assignment. It could mean fables. A fable is merely just a story with a moral to it. So I am not completely off.

l didn't see a single parable in there did you want to use some? if not stop using the word.

Oh and online it said that curiosity killed the cat and a penny saved is a penny earned are short stories called proverbs. He didn't limit the story assignment. He just said they had to be stories. The question comes from the book it's our text reflection on intercultural communication.

Well, words are words. All fables/parables end with a saying or proverb. I think it's good form to utilize the saying/proverb while alluding to the fable/parable since you're writing for an intelligent person. In addition I remember that I was taught all the rules of the English language then told that there are no rules since language is always in a state of flux and however you want to use language makes it valid.

Princess, I am confused about what the actual assignment is. You did not say what the questions was. If you had actually used parables you might have been closer to reflection on intercultural communication. Were the stories suppose to be related to the subject you are studying or just random sayings? I dont see any relation to what you wrote and intercultural communication....

From the viewpoint of an old English teacher. I think you should have identified a personal life experience that taught you the wisdom of a particular proverb firsthand.

The next step would have been to tell your own story relating specific aspects of your experience to elements in the proverb and using the ending of your story to reiterate the wisdom in the proverb.

For instance, when in your life were you so curious about a particular situation that your curiosity got the best of you. How has that experience changed the way you approach life?

The key to writing well is to first isolate the purpose for your writing or the specific question that is to be explored or answered.
After that the writing will be easy because you will have avoided the mire of confusion.

Sorry, composition lesson is over. Good luck. Many hugs.

When the kids fight over certain things like whos bra is this and who's stuff is that. When it's none of my buisness I will inquire and get to the bottom of who's toy is whose. And in the end get told rudly by the kids or the husband whichever is in question to butt out and mind my own buisness.

oh my assignment was what stories influence you and why do they have such an impact.

Let me give you a true story as an example.

A woman was checking her mail one day and realized that her husband had opened a credit card at a high end department store. In fact, he had charged several thousand dollars on the account.

She immediately called the credit department and demanded to be given the information about what was purchased. She was positive someone had stolen her husband's identity.

Due to the fact that the account had been opened solely in her husband's name and he was not there to provide permission for the credit rep to speak with her, nothing could be discussed with her.

She was became very belligerent, verbally abusive, and demanded to work her way through the chain of command until she could speak to someone who would give her the information she wanted.

She said that she had been married almost twenty-five years and her husband had never opened a consumer credit account and had never darkened the door of any store except Lowes, Home Depot, or Bass Pro Shop. He paid cash for everything except their home and automobiles.

After quite a while speaking with multiple representatives and managers, she said she would just call her husband and get him to come home immediately so he could call, and she slammed the phone down.

About an hour later, her husband called and he verified the information on his account and apologized for his wife's behavior. He said he did not think that he would have received a statement of the credit account so quickly.

He had indeed opened the credit account and made the nearly $5000 purchase. Because their 25th Wedding Anniversary was coming up, he decided to buy her a diamond ring because he could not afford one when they first married, and every time he had brought up the subject of a ring, she had always said it was nonsense to buy a ring when they could use the money on the kids or other more important things.

He said it was quite out of the ordinary for him to even consider opening a credit account, but the store was offering a 20% discount and a no interest/no payment promotion for up to 18 months with all new credit accounts. He said that was a good deal and he wasn't about to pass it up.

He apologized for his wife's behavior again saying that he knew how she was when she got upset and that she had given some people pure hell. He said that she was going to personally apologize to the individuals she had spoken with previously and asked if that could be arranged. He then handed the phone to her, and in the background you could hear him saying if you don't apologize to those poor people I am going to take the ring back. Damn, woman, you have to get your nose into everything. Not once in 25 years have I ever been able to surprise you. Now apologize.

This is a true story because I worked as a training manager and just happened to be acting as manager on duty that day. I was last the last person she had spoken with the first time she called.

I sent messages to the representatives she had spoken with previously to come to my office and put her on speaker phone. With her husband listening on another phone in their home she offered sincere apologies for her behavior.

This is an example of curiosity nearly killing the cat.

I have to admit that was one day that I truly enjoyed my job.

good story, sounds like something i would do. uhg