Blog 23 - Happiness

DUE THURSDAY June 6, 2013
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." - Abraham Lincoln

In other words, our personal level of satisfaction is entirely within our control. Otherwise, why would the same experience disappoint one person but delight another? Happiness is not an accident but a choice.



Happiness is an emotion every human being has experienced to a certain degree in his life. Is happiness something over which people have no control, or can people choose to be happy? In 2 well-constructed paragraphs, develop your point of view on this issue. Use specific examples and details while displaying what happiness implies to you.

In addition to your own post, please reply to someone else's in a few sentences.

Research Paper Tips

1.       Fix intro if you need to
2.       Remember:

a.       Start each of your body paragraphs with a clear TOPIC SENTENCE – this should relate to one of your three reasons from the thesis

b.      Use at least two pieces of support per paragraph

c.       When using a fact or quote, you need to introduce with a signal phrase, such as “According to…” or “Research suggests” etc

d.      Explain each fact and how you are using it – for every line/sentence of evidence, you should use 2 lines/sentences of your own as explanation

e.      CITE all facts, even the ones paraphrased – there should be two citations minimum per paragraph

f.        Drafts without citations will not be graded until citations are added – a paper without citations is a 0 (plagiarism)