Monday, March 27

In-Class:

• Journal: Answer the following questions about the student essay below:
• What is the thesis?
• Where are there missing commas?
• What is the topic of the first argument? Does the student stick to the topic in the rest of the paragraph?

Rich vs. poor, who is more happy? I strongly believe that no matter rich or poor you can be equally as happy. Even if you’re rich and have a lot of money, it doesn’t always solve your problems. To be happy you don’t need money. Rich or poor happiness comes a lot from your outlook on life.

Money doesn’t always solve the problems you might have. You could be the wealthiest person alive, but if you can’t find love you’ll never be truly happy. If you have a great paying job that pays the bills and then some, but you hate doing the job you’ll never be happy working there. Even though you have a lot of money your happiness is more valuable.

Happiness isn’t always how much money you have. Its about whats important to you. Family is a big part of my life and I can’t put a price on them. My family doesn’t have a lot of money that someone could give me for my family.

In my opinion the biggest part of happiness is your outlook on life. “To have me old and ugly till I die/But stay loyal, true, and humble wife/That never will displease you all her life” (“The wife of bath’s tale” 394-396). It doesn’t matter what you look like it or how old you are, it matters how you treat someone and how loyal you are to your loved ones. If you have a positive outlook on life, you’ll be a lot more happy and that’s something money can’t buy.

It doesn’t matter how much money you have or don’t have, as long as you’re happy that’s all that matters. Money can help you in a lot of ways, but it cant fix everything. Happiness isn’t about money, it’s about whats important to you, and your outlook on life. Rich or poor, it doesn’t matter; you are the one who decides to be happy or not.

• We listened to Martin Luther King deliver the first half of his speech on the Vietnam War. We wrote down the seven reasons he gives for giving this persuasive speech and whether or not these are good arguments.  This was turned in at the end of class.