Class note: Tuesday October 30th 2014

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

 

 

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”the-happiness-project

⇒ 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!

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