So, for my English Composition class, just like all of my classmates, I set out to create a project proving whether or not positive psychology actually works. And I've found in my research that yes indeed, it does actually work. My definitive conclusion is due in part thanks to Dr. Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology, as well as Dr. Seligman's "three good things" project. And, with all of that being said, here is the link to my first draft of my research project.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rkL9reFmqnFehIJywYP5MOORD5xGb0P6qPT92UEERII/edit?usp=sharing
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And, of course, I did a lot of blog posts for my class throughout the semester which helped me to form my research paper. In my first official blog post, Composing a Present Scene, I crafted a story of a scene lifted right out of my present life. Next, in Composing a Present Scene With Dialogue and Symbolism, I was supposed to craft yet another story from my current life, only this time it had to have both dialogue and symbolism. However, my creative ability wanted to soar in this class, to spread its wings and fly like an eagle. And it did. I did indeed craft a scene in the present tense with both dialogue and symbolism present that used the backdrop of Jaws 2.
My creativity once again sprouted wings for Composing a Past Scene, where I introduced to the class my admiration for Dr. Michael Crichton. In this scene, I described in great detail the first time I read both "Jurassic Park" novels, with the backdrop of a power outage. Next, my creativity soared once again in Composing a Past Scene: Part Two, where I just and pasted a conversation my mom and I had about my darling younger cousin Kate. That seemed to go over really well with the other kids in my class, so I promptly moved on to the Found Poem of my Narrative Project. For that blog post, I crafted the made up story of myself training my cousin Kate for a track meet. That was, of course, fictional, but it also went over well.
Furthermore, I rewrote the ending of my narrative project in Narrative Project Rewrite: Exploring Counterfactuals. I created a more dramatic ending, in which Kate falls and sprains her leg. For the next blog post, my class experimented with the A Week of Three Good Things project, where we wrote down good things that happened to us every day of one week. After that, my class worked on the Three Good Things Research Project, where we went out to prove whether or not it actually helped fix people's overall gratitude. I, like many of my classmates, created a Three Good Things Research Project Part 2 revision, and even a Three Good Things Research Project Part III revision.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rkL9reFmqnFehIJywYP5MOORD5xGb0P6qPT92UEERII/edit?usp=sharing
(Please copy and paste this link into a new tab).
And, of course, I did a lot of blog posts for my class throughout the semester which helped me to form my research paper. In my first official blog post, Composing a Present Scene, I crafted a story of a scene lifted right out of my present life. Next, in Composing a Present Scene With Dialogue and Symbolism, I was supposed to craft yet another story from my current life, only this time it had to have both dialogue and symbolism. However, my creative ability wanted to soar in this class, to spread its wings and fly like an eagle. And it did. I did indeed craft a scene in the present tense with both dialogue and symbolism present that used the backdrop of Jaws 2.
My creativity once again sprouted wings for Composing a Past Scene, where I introduced to the class my admiration for Dr. Michael Crichton. In this scene, I described in great detail the first time I read both "Jurassic Park" novels, with the backdrop of a power outage. Next, my creativity soared once again in Composing a Past Scene: Part Two, where I just and pasted a conversation my mom and I had about my darling younger cousin Kate. That seemed to go over really well with the other kids in my class, so I promptly moved on to the Found Poem of my Narrative Project. For that blog post, I crafted the made up story of myself training my cousin Kate for a track meet. That was, of course, fictional, but it also went over well.
Furthermore, I rewrote the ending of my narrative project in Narrative Project Rewrite: Exploring Counterfactuals. I created a more dramatic ending, in which Kate falls and sprains her leg. For the next blog post, my class experimented with the A Week of Three Good Things project, where we wrote down good things that happened to us every day of one week. After that, my class worked on the Three Good Things Research Project, where we went out to prove whether or not it actually helped fix people's overall gratitude. I, like many of my classmates, created a Three Good Things Research Project Part 2 revision, and even a Three Good Things Research Project Part III revision.