Blog 5 - Monday, September 28, 2020
Tell me about a time you have been 100% happy!
Can you describe it? What was it like?Were you alone or with others? Did they share your happiness?
Explain.
Blog 32 - Wednesday, February 17, 2021
OPTIONS, OPTIONS, OPTIONS! At some point this week, you will get to choose your OPTION courses for next year, GRADE 10! Will you be making the move to the new St. Thomas High School campus. What OPTION courses do you feel St. Thomas is missing? Why do you feel that would be a GREAT option course? How will it benefit the student? Explain.
For me, I don't think I could ever been 100% happy, sure I'll be really really happy, maybe even 99% happy, but never 100%. It's just don't think that that's achievable. You would need something extraordinary amazingly spectacular to happen to you, but maybe even then you might not be 100% happy because you might still have that thought, that doubt, that one bad feeling, that bad grade that you've been hiding from your parents in hopes that they wont find out at the back of your head, never leaving, one bad thought replacing the next. There are infinite reasons not to be happy. You might even be the happiest person on earth but you might still have that one nagging thought going through your head preventing you from being 100% happy.
ReplyDeleteBut to answer Mr. Katz question so I can still get the grade I think the one time I was really really happy was when I won my first race, it made me think, Hey! I might just be fast who knows. I think I just had that happiness on my own though, yeah my parents were happy but I don't think they cared as much as me.
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Deletei completely agree with you, i dont think its possible to be 100% happy.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think I can be happy with just myself, only with others. There have been many times I was really happy, usually when I do a game night with my friends and we chill and fool around and have fun in that game. I don't think I know the exact moment I was really happy because it happened multiple times, but I was having the time of my life. No one was arguing, we didn't really care about anything other than just having fun. I think other people can agree as well.
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DeleteYou're totally right, I'm mostly happy when I'm with my friends
DeleteI don't think that it's healthy to only be happy about yourself around others, because that means that you base your decisions off of what other people want you to do. I'm not trying to single you out, because I see this in so many people today, even myself. In fact, I think the majority of people are like this. In my opinion, I think that people are like this because when they do something in order to please someone else, that persons compliments them. This gives them a false sense of happiness and gives them the urge to do it more. I know this because I not only observed that other people did it, but I did it too. Anyways, I'm writing a whole blog in this comment but all I want to say is to do what makes you happy, because when you're sitting on your deathbed, you aren't going to be thinking "I'm so glad people like me". You're going to be wondering, "Did I live my life, or did I live the life others wanted me to live?". And the answer to that question is up to you.
DeleteGood blog Thomas and Muhammad! I wasn't sure if Thomas's was a blog or comment, so I said both.
DeleteI agree that always being happy around others is not healthy.
Delete@juliandomingo Sorry to confuse you, I get passionate when I write so I tend to get carried away. My bad. It's just a comment.
DeleteThere were many times when I was happy but the most recent ones was when I was with my friends and when I listen to music. Last time when I was with my friends, we had a lot of fun together. We just talked and hours passed but it only felt like minutes! My friends bring a lot of happiness in my life and they make it so much better. Whenever I'm with them, I can't stay serious and I always have a smile. I also feel 100% happy when I listen to music. I love to listen to music because it boost my mood and energy. For example every morning, I start off my day by listening to my playlist and it really makes me happy.
ReplyDeletei agree! i love hanging out with my friends :)
DeleteI totally agree. It's very easy to get lost in the moment when your with the right people.
DeleteI agree with the music part, for me too it boosts my mood
DeleteA moment where I was one hundred percent happy was when my soccer team and I were playing in the final to win the league and wining it. We were playing St Lazare and our teams were tried zero zero in the first half. In the half my team and I played really hard and we ended up scoring two goals. I was really happy that our team scored because our team worked so hard to get there and all the other were really good teams as well.
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DeleteWinning is always such a great feeling. Great blog!
DeleteI agree, winning a close game is the best feeling
DeleteClose games, oof. I hate those. Good blog.
DeleteOne time when I was 100% happy was actually very recent, it was last Thursday. I received an email from Saint-Sauveur (the ski hill) and they told me that I passed my ski exam. This winter, I am allowed to become a ski instructor and teach little kids. It took more than 10 years of lessons and 3 years in training to actually pass the exam. I was extremely happy, 100% as this took a lot of dedication and hard work. I was very happy if this was something I wanted for a long time, and this was probably something I was most happy for my entire life.
ReplyDeleteI can understand your feeling of happiness after your hard work payed off, great blog!
DeleteCongrats on passing the test
DeleteThe time when I'm the most happy is when i'm able to stay at home and do nothing. I have a very busy schedule and rarely get any time to relax. Most nights, I stay up to study and still end up barely passing. I've learnt to always be grateful for the small things in my life and the moments when i'm the happiest are when I get to listen to music and go to sleep. You can never encounter any problems when you're sleeping and I think the best reward for doing anything in life is going to sleep.
ReplyDeleteI think a time that I've been really happy was when I was in France at the beach (and France in general). My sister and I were playing in the water and it was 40 °C outside. The sand was hot on my feet, there was a breeze and there was turquoise water that was 85°F. We spent the whole day at the beach. We brought popsicles and they melted because it was so hot out! I remember not feeling any stress or thinking about anything, I was so relaxed and peaceful. I went to the beach with my mom, my dad, my uncle and my sister. When we came home from the beach, we were all so tired and we had baguettes with cheese. I’ll never forget that day!
ReplyDeleteFrance has always been a place I've dreamed of visiting! Great blog!
DeleteI don’t really have a moment where I was 100% happy but last time I was happy was during the summer. During the summer I would hang out with some of my closest friends and we just have a lot of fun. We would go biking around looking for pick up basketball games during the day and at night we just just chill. I don’t see my friends as much now because I’m in school but when I know I’m going too see them that I’m going too be happy and have fun.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like like a great summer though! I'm sure it was really fun!
DeleteThere was a time when I was 100% happy and that was when I went to Cancun with my family and family friends. It was so much fun everyday because we went in the ocean and in several pools and hot tubs. I was with some of my family friends and they definitely shared the same feeling. We stayed there for two weeks and had the best time ever. We watched the sunrise and sunset everyday and spent the whole day outside at the resort. We went to a bunch of different restaurants in Cancun and ordered tons of food at the resort, the food there was the best. This was the most fun I have had in my life and so I can say that I was 100% happy.
ReplyDeleteSeems awesome! I hope to go to Cancun one day, from the way you described it it seems like such a beautiful and fun place to go.
DeleteThis is an easy response, I have definitely been 100% happy before and it was an amazing experience. It was during hockey, semi-finals of the playoffs, the game was tied at 1 goal each, the game went into overtime. We wanted to win, we were playing our rivals. I was second shift I hopped on and after a long shift found myself on a breakaway, I shot top right, just under the glove of the goalie. The puck soared into the top corner, I had won my team the game, with 7:52 minutes left in overtime, we were going to the finals. The entire team crowded around me, it was my first game back after a severe concussion, taking me out of play for several games. In all of the excitement and noise I passed out on the ice with a giant headache. I don't remember anything after that but I can assure you that it was the happiest time of my life, and nothing can compare to it. It was extremely saddening to have the finals that we had worked so hard for to be cancelled due to corona, but this does not hinder my memory of my pure happiness after this game.
ReplyDeleteThe time that I was 100% happy was when the power went out at my house. We couldn’t really do anything so instead, my family and I went to old montreal to spend the day. We spent the whole day with no worries about work or school. We didn’t stress about anything and on that day we only lived in the moment. It was during the summer, so we spent most of the day walking around, eating and shopping. I’m not 100% sure, but I think that my family also shared the amount of happiness that I had. It was a really great day and I’m really looking forward to the next.
ReplyDeleteI have been 100% happy many times, but my most recent was in the beginning of quarantine. What happened was, I got a call saying I won an award, they didn’t give any details except the time I was to go online. I was very confused. It ended up that I won best hockey goalie award in Quebec in girls Bantam AAA. It was an online gala because of Covid. I was so surprised and happy I didn’t know what to say. I still can’t believe it. I was definitely 100% happy when that happened.
ReplyDeleteA time that I was 100% happy was when I was in bed one night on a Thursday thinking about all the work and school stuff I had to do. I wasn't happy about going to school. So the next day I wake up grudgingly and go downstairs to get ready for school. I noticed that no one was up, when usually everyone was scrambling around. That's when I looked outside and saw about two or three feet of snow with it still snowing outside. One of my parents got up and said oh hey it's a snow day, and I yelled a scream of victory. I went outside and made forts, had snowball fights and went sledding. It was a good day.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so fun I love making forts out of snow and destroying my siblings in a snow ball fight.
DeleteA time I was 100% happy was my bar mitzvah because I was surrounded by family and friends. At the beginning of my bar mitzvah i had to read a very long part of the Torah (Jewish bible) called a parashah. After the reading I had a lot of fun. I then had to make the prayer for shabbat cause it was on a Saturday. I made the prayer than took a little sip of wine but the rabbay encouraged be to drink more and so did some other people. So I did, I chugged the wine as if it was water. There was no stopping me then. Then my parents did something that I never thought would happen at a bar mitzvah but turned out to be fun. They ordered a magician and everyone was trying to guess how he did his tricks. After the magician I got to try some of the food. I was kinda unsatisfied with there attempt to make sambousak(iraki pastry) but to make up for it they had 3 bowls of hummus which kinda made me wonder if we were gonna be able to finish it. At the bar mitzvah my cousins all the way from Florida came to wish me mazal tov. There was also some of my friends from Saint Thomas like Ben and Olivier and a few friends from my old elementary school.
ReplyDeleteI was 100% happy when I was on vacation on the beach with my family in Karystos, Greece. Any worries or stress I had went away. It was hot and sunny and the sand was really hot. The water was the perfect temperature and was crystal blue clear. I loved floating in the water and hearing the waves. You could see your feet at bottom and the little fish swimming around. My brother and I also went looking for sea-shells and afterwards ordered lemonade slushies.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a really nice vacation! Great blog!
DeleteA time when I was a hundred percent happy was when my family and I went to Hawaii for the first time. We spent the morning walking on the beach and watching the sunrise. In the afternoon, we visited the Iolani Palace, and we spent almost the entire night on the cruise. There were a lot of entertainments on the cruise, such as dancing and singing. The food there was amazingly delicious. We stayed there for about a week, and it was the best memory that I had because I didn't have any worries or stress. All I had to do was to enjoy my life.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like you and your family had a really good time.
DeleteI can't think of a time I was one hundred percent happy because I have a very bad memory. Nothing extraordinary has ever happened to me either, so I don't think there ever was a time I was ever one hundred percent happy. I do think being one hundred percent happy would be very hard to achieve though because there is never only one emotion being felt at the same time. I think every situation there is something else to make someone feel another emotion besides happiness.
ReplyDeletehaha i have a pretty bad memory too
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The last time I was 100 percent happy was when I was on vacation in Asia last year, it was so much fun seeing family I haven't seen for awhile and exploring different countries and their cultures. I miss it so much and i wish we could have gone again this year except corona stopped all of that. I miss the feeling of being there with people i love and i definitely plan on going back!!
ReplyDeleteSounds fun I, I always wanted to go to Asia!
DeleteThe last time I was 100 percent happy had to be when I lead my hockey team to winning a huge tournament. I was in Grade 5 and I was captain on my hockey team, the Pierrefonds Marquis. We went to a tournament in Ottawa where many teams from multiple places in Ontario and Montreal would play. We were all very excited cause it was our first time in this tournament. We were all pumped up for every game and actually never lost a game in the tournament. When we got to the finals we couldn't believe we got here. We fought very hard teams and the final game was challenging. I still remember us chanting the last 10 seconds when we were up by two. By three seconds we already threw everything out of our hands and rushed onto the ice to celebrate. After the game we had a massive celebration in the locker room. This was a moment that I met some of my best friends to this day. This was probably one of the last times I have been 100 percent happy.
ReplyDeleteI left this assignment to the last minute, I procrastinated. Except this is one of the very few times I’m happy that I did. In doing so, I was able to read other people’s blogs and see what makes them happy. A few of them said they were happy when they achieved something (a medal, an award, a winning goal). This made me realize that we link achievement with happiness. At first I thought, well of course, when you do something good you feel happy, right? Then I started questioning that, “Why do we need to achieve something to be happy?” I personally think it’s because of our modern ideologies of life. We need to be better to be happy. For example, you’ll be happy when you have a good grade, you’ll be happy when you have that nice car, etc. When you look at it like that, it seems crazy, because our whole life that’s what we think, then suddenly you look at it from a different perspective and your whole world changes. It’s kind of like what happened to Montag in Fahrenheit 451, in fact, it’s almost exactly like it. He challenged the mindset of his society. So now the ideology of our society says that we have to be better to be happy, which is great because it inspires us to become better people and achieve our goals. Except it also makes us think we aren’t good enough and we can’t appreciate ourselves for who we are here and now. Which brings me to my next point, many other people said they were happy when they went on vacation to a beautiful place. Why is it that there you will find happiness? Why can’t you be as happy in your own backyard as you are on the beach in Bali. This is another ideology of our society. You go on vacation to be happy, you go to the beach because the beach will give you happiness. I don’t think that the beach gives you happiness, I think it’s the people who tell you that the beach gives you happiness that makes you happy. So back to the original question, what time I was 100% happy? Right now and until the day I die.
ReplyDeleteGood blog, long blog. Mindsets are important, and it's important to have the right mindset, or you won't succeed in life.
DeleteNice blog! Long but powerful. Great job comparing it to Fahrenheit 451!
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ReplyDeleteI don't think i have ever been 100% happy. Sure I have been 97% happy but there is always something that makes me sad tucked in the back of my brain. After school I play with my silly neighbor who is in grade 1. today we made a hanging pile of fall leaves. She loves getting rained on by leaves. She makes me smile and live in the moment instead of dreading the future. She has fun with me and it is hard to leave.
ReplyDeleteI have never, and can guarantee that I will never be 100% happy. No one can be. In fact, you only feel happy if you feel important. Feel free to disagree with me. There are only a few select things that make me happy, and quite a few people would think I'm weird because of it, but I am introverted, and spend a lot of time alone. Some things that make me happy are: drawing, LEGOs, good books, and video games. However, I do occasionally play games with my friends, and we usually have a blast. My friends make me laugh, and they embarass me, but that's part of the package. And I think that that is worth it.
ReplyDeleteGame nights are always the best
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DeleteI think i was probably at my happiest when i went to iceland for vacation a few years ago. it was a different experience than our usual vacations to places like portugal, miami and hawaii. All the houses were small and cozy and we went to the blue lagoon which was very calming. It also wasn't very sunny or too hot there which i liked. I was with my family and i'm pretty sure they also liked it very much.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the only few times that I had pure joy, was when our family finally convinced my mom to allow us to get a dog, reading other peoples blogs a lot of people are saying that you can never be 100% happy. Which is completely understandable because there will always be something in your life that could be better, but I believe that when I'm happy enough my mind completely forgets about everything going on in the world and I have tunnel vision for the moment of joy. Sure It will all come back to me in 10 seconds or 10 minutes but I do believe that at some point or another everyone has been purely happy.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I either score a touchdown or make a tackle I feel great. Getting hyped before games, going crazy on the bus after games, practicing 3 times a week with my teammates. These are all things that contribute to a very common goal called happiness. I feel that once you find something you love doing, it should be something that makes you very happy. For me that thing is football, I feel my best when doing anything that has to do with football.
ReplyDeleteFor me being around my friends makes me really happy. i dont think it's possible to be completely happy, like 100% happy. i think the last time i was super happy was when i hung out with one of my friends for the day. i was like just smiling all the time for no reason and like nothing put me in a bad mood. I'm pretty sure she was happy too.
ReplyDeleteI think that the closest that I've ever been to 100% happy is when my family went on a cruise to the Caribbean. We actually went a couple times but his was our second. The ship was massive and had all types of different fun activities and nice restaurants and every 3rd day or so we would make a stop at a port on an island in the Caribbean like St. Thomas or Nassau and go jet skiing or go to the beach. One time we even went to an island that had a massive zipline park. Whatever we did I always had fun because I was with the people closest to me.
ReplyDeleteTruthfully I don't think I've ever been 100% happy. I also don't think that many people have ever been 100% happy because what being happy means can change from one day to another and can vary from one person to another. The one thing I am sure of is that everyone deserves to be 100% happy in their life without exception.
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