East Los Angeles College Week 1 Meaning of Happiness Discussion

Texts

• “Best Advice for Graduates”- Gretchen Rubin
• “Is a happy life different from a meaningful one?“
• TED Talk” What makes a good life ” Robert Waldinger
• Bloom’s Taxonomy Action Verbs

Instructions and Requirements

Welcome to week one! Our first discussion is “Is a Happy Life Different from a Meaningful One.” This Discussion will give us the opportunity to share what we have read, share our opinions on happiness, and read our classmates work. This will give you the chance to work on your writing, practice integrating quotes, and use the templates in module one to develop your academic writing. Your paragraphs must clearly demonstrate that you have completed all the reading in the module and watched all the videos.

• Review the above texts before completing this discussion forum.
• Please quote from each text
• Please do not use any contractions
• Please use formal English, not conversational English

• Please answer BOTH of the following questions with a thoughtful response of 6 sentences or more by Wednesday, 13th April, by 11:59pm.

• Additionally, post a response to two of your classmates’ posts, before Saturday, 16th April.
• You will be graded on the quality and clarity of your commentary. Please proofread your work.
• Use MLA format when quoting and/or paraphrasing.

**It is strongly suggested you draft your response in a Word document or other safe place so you do not lose your work.

Questions:

Your first paragraph should answer the following question:

1. What does happiness mean to you?

Your second paragraph should answer the question below:

1. Do you think a Happy life is different from a meaningful one?