Reflecting back on my first college English class, it is hard to believe that I learned so much in what seemed to be such a short amount of time. I have never been confident with my writing until after my completion of W-131. I have grown not only as a writer, but as a thinker and a person as well. One of the focal questions of the course was one that seemed to be easy to answer, so I thought. That question was, what is happiness? And what does it mean to be happy?
Happiness is not something that we think about too often. I have never in my eighteen years of living thought about what happiness meant to me more than I did my first semester here at IUPUI. Having to write papers over what makes me happy was a very challenging experience and it caused me to really search deep down to realize what in life makes me happy.
Looking back at our first blog posting, my mentality has not changed a whole lot on what happiness is to me. As cliché as it sounds, I still believe happiness and love go hand in hand. I still believe that true happiness cannot be reached through material objects.
One thing that definitely did not cross my mind when I was asked to explore what makes me happy was school. At the beginning of the year I was not all that excited about continuing my education, especially not right after high school. After getting my feet wet and doing well in my classes this semester, school may just make it on the list of things that make me happy. I do find it enjoyable to be challenged to explore questions that I would not look at on a regular basis. I am taking a new approach on school after hearing Keith say that it is much more beneficial to do an assignment to further you education rather than to complete an assignment. After the completion of this course I now feel confident not only in my writing but in knowing what makes me happy as well.
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