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    Happiness is an immense feeling of joy‚ content‚ well-being and satisfaction when something positive happens or when there is a good outcome comes about in someone’s life. Some important things consider about happiness is that it does not need to be achieved by external factors such as wealth and status. These are temporary ways to happiness‚ where the happiness will not last. Instead‚ happiness can be found in other ways that can last longer. It can be found when building relationships with others

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    Charles Spurgeon once said‚ “It is not how much we have‚ but how much we enjoy‚ that makes happiness.” Happiness can be determined based on how much a neurotransmitter‚ such as a dopamine‚ in the brain is produced. It can be also defined as when one rewards oneself for their own achievements of their goals. There are many hardships especially throughout high school years - exams‚ GPAs and more. There are also times where I set my goal either really high or really low and many times I can’t reach

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    Happiness_‚ shows the idea of life as a journey. Accomplishing something is a joy but it isn’t the goal. The real joy and happiness someone receives is by the efforts that takes them to achieve that accomplishment. BRIEF OUTLINE: Never give up‚ unless you try You can achieve anything you want if you try hard enough and don’t let yourself down even when times get bad. Follow your dreams. Life has many ups and downs‚ but giving up after one bad thing isn’t going to help you become one step closer

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    The Pursuit of “The American Dream” The “American Dream” has always existed as a primary fundamental of American culture. The idea of the “American Dream” is that every US citizen has the right to receive equal opportunity to attain success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative because it is an equal opportunity offered for everyone‚ personal to each individual‚ and extremely rewarding. The pursuit of the American Dream is chased after by many individuals from numerous

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    20/03/2013 How to Wr ite in Your Own Wor ds: 7 steps ( with pictur es) - wikiHow How to W rite in Your Own W ords It sure is easy these days to use a dictionary or a thesaurus (especially online! ) or other guides to write out essays‚ papers‚ and articles. But what makes everything written so special is how unique it is. Writing can be a form of your emotions‚ characters are simply what the author’s imagination comes up with‚ it is a broad horizon‚ infinite. Go with the idea that is planted

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    and the Pursuit of Happiness Many people have different perspectives on what the words‚ “Life‚ Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” mean. These three words actually do have many different meanings depending on who the person is. These words are natural rights that the thirteen colonies fought for in the Revolutionary War. The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress that stated the thirteen American Colonies were separating from the British. In this Declaration

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    that all humans have in common is the pursuit of happiness. Everyone aspires to be happy in some aspect of their lives. Happiness is not always easy‚ but it is important. There are multiple factors that can contribute to how content people are or can be with their lives. Everyone acquires different methods in their search for happiness‚ because every individual is unique in their own way. However‚ some keys that may assist individuals in achieving happiness include taking chances and recognizing

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    TEXTBOOK ANALYSIS: THE AMERICAN JOURNEY Textbook Analysis The American Journey Michele C. Bennett Grand Canyon University: EED 465 January 22‚ 2011 Textbook Analysis: The American Journey Before using a social studies textbook‚ a deep analysis of its contents will be required. How the book covers the topics in comparison to the definition of‚ social studies bring forth the relevance of the book in effective planning and instruction. Whether or not the book conveys separate classroom

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    Historical/Cultural Analysis “Operation of a Medic.” The text‚ “Watching a Medic‚ Sicily‚ August 9‚ 1943”‚ illustrates the occupation of a medic in action during WWII. This text shows a medic helping another soldier in Sicily. In the background of the image there is a poor and deprived family looking upon the medic performing his duty of helping the injured soldier. This image shows what a medic’s lifestyle was like during the war. Medics had to perform their medical duties in places where injuries

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    Pursuit of Happiness What I learned from the pursuit of happiness in American literature is that you are trying to be happy but it doesn’t always work that way. One person happiness is always from another person’s happiness unless they like to do the same thing. Not only is that person’s happiness unique but the pursuit of it can be unique also. Some people will try to reach their happiness their entire lives and then when they achieve it. It’s not what they even want it to be. Your pursuit of happiness

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