On Tuesday October 30th, 2014, our English class had been quite a rapid session due to hectic timing issues and a massive load of information needed to be giving out from our professor. After a quick attendance, we determined who would be do class notes for the future class meets. Please correct me if I am wrong.
| Tuesday Nov. 4th: DulceThursday Nov 6th: Library session (Meet in the front of the library) : Carina
Tuesday Nov 11th: Peer review for essay two Thursday Nov. 13th: Tinika Tuesday Nov 18th: Indira Thursday Nov 20th: Natasha Tuesday Nov. 25th: Jacob Thursday 27th: Thanksgiving (No class meet: YESSSS) Tuesday Dec 2nd (Research paper daft one is due) : Arlene Thursday Dec 4th: Mirna Tuesday Dec. 9th: (Revision for Research paper) (Sorry I don’t remember who will be taking class note for this date) Thursday: Dec. 11th: Dominique
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To make class more productive and less chaotic, professor mention some simple rules to follow.
1) Raise you hands before we ask a question
2) Maintain respect for both the professor and your peers when having an open discussion.
The focus of today class:
⇒ The Problem with Positive Thinking
⇒Continuing the decision on “The Secret”
⇒ Digital happiness and related topics
Professor Beli shared a book to look into:
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Problem with Positive Thinking Open Discussion:
The class mention many ideas involving the article.
“Problems can come out of positive thinking.” (referring to Pg 2 Ph 3)
“You are not as productive as you should be.” (referring to Pg 2 Ph3)
“Positive thinking is pleasurable but doesn’t mean it’s good for us.” (Pg 3 Ph 2)
“Need realism” (Pg 2 Ph 3 to Pg 3 Ph 6)
This article is like “Why Conservatives Are happier Than Liberals“by Arthur C.Brooks because it both gives a shocking conclusion to what we thought was truth but it really isn’t.
Reasonable wish vs. Fantasies
Passing a class (R)
Getting a job (R)
losing a few pounds (R)
Obtaining a degree without going to college (F)
World domination (F)
Open decision on “The Secret” (Pt: 2):
Biography: Story of someone’s life
Root word: Aphy : write Bio: life
The back of the book “The Secret” also contain short biography of the people in the book not just the author.
Digital Happiness Discussion
In a view of the homework due today, we were supposed to browse though the websites and the apps and blog about them.
Happier: Tracks one happiness and provide courses to boost one’s area in needed; including sleep, self confidences, etc.
We talked a little about how positive psychology from the 1999 by Martin Seligman have impacted today’s world in many different environment.
Hedonmeter: Provide us with a graph of when do tweeters are usually are happy and it has been found that during holidays, there are usually more happy tweets.
Other importants discussions:
Sentiment analysais: Opinion mining
example: product of Amazon,
Companies looking for overall reviews
Homework:
Please check Schedule for more detailed information
Tuesday: Two different blogs are due: Favorite place in NYC and Response to apps
Thursday: Essay two draft is due.
(Please look in schedule for a better understanding.)
Things to think about:
What interest you for research paper?
Does ‘science-based” works?
Think about questions related to measurement of happiness, values, how is happiness defined?
Tips before class meet on Tuesday:
We must be well-inform and well-prepare for this class meet. (We should be prepare every class meet)
Play around with the website for more understanding or even download the app if you could to have a fuller understanding what it is.
Print out anything that is needed to be printed out.
There will or will not be a quiz. When Professor Beli said this, she actually means there will be one.
Have a Happy Halloween. Ok let me get started with my blog!
