The best lesson my grandparent (or parent or any relative) ever taught me was..

Please complete this idea with two paragraphs.  Include a reference to an outside source:


The best lesson my grandparent (or parent or any relative) ever taught me was..


Experiences in life is the second source of learning. We can learn from our parents many things that schools do not teach it to us. For me, my parents taught me that being positive is important because positivity leads to success and beautiful life.

My parents taught me to think about all the positive things that are happening especially when i face lot of pressure because of my study or other things. For example, when I have exams and I feel I am under stress, I try ti think about the good things that I have in my life to get out myself from the pessimism and depression. Some examples of positive things to focus on when you think there is nothing are: you woke up this morning, you can breath, you can see, you can smell, you can taste.

In addition to that, my parents taught me that being positive leads to success. To illustrate, when I feel that I am under lots of pressure because of my study, I try to think that I am capable of finish everything on time by arranging my time and making a scandal. I can tell that this works with me because I try to focus on the strength side of me. Kendra cherry said, "Even if positive thinking does not come naturally to you, there are plenty of great reasons to start cultivating affirmative thoughts and minimizing negative self-talk."

To sum up, lessons that be taught by our parents and grandparents are a lot. One of those lessons was taught by my parents is how positivity is important in our lives. I learned from them that being positive makes my life beautiful and leads to success.

Sources:
http://psychology.about.com/od/PositivePsychology/a/benefits-of-positive-thinking.htm

Blog Three: Stretching Your Positive Mind

Blog Three: Stretching Your Positive Mind

Stretching your mind to see different perspectives on the same situation helps us to be smarter, happier and live, longer (Sean Achor, 2013-see Ted Talk and books)

Watch this Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html


Then complete the following exercise.

1.)  Write about your life now as a student at MEI in all negative descriptions.  Write only facts.  Do not make up information.  Write only negative facts.  Write a complete paragraph.  Include ALL the details about your life at MEI.  Include as many details as you can, make them all negative, include as much as possible.

 2.)  Write about your life now at as a student  MEI in all positive descriptions. Write about the same subject but write only facts, and write only positive statements.  Include as many details as you can, make them all positive, include as much as possible.

In terms of the positive side at MEI, making friends is easy because you can see that most students are interested to know about each other, and to discover about our cultures. Also, the English program here is really good and strong, and I feel that my English is improved day after day. Also, everybody is care about each individual student, and if he/she needs any help. I can tell that the environment here is comfortable, so each student feels like if he in a school in his country.





 3.) Stretch: Write about the same subject using completely different information. Do not repeat ANY of the previous information.  It can be negative or positive.

One of the negative part at MEI is classes because some of them are really bad and not comfortable. You can either get sweat or listen to the noisy sound of the AC.
On the other hand, the speaking partner one of favorite things here. We can make a friendship with people who are actually studying at UMD. so we have fun an practice English with them. Also, I still meet some of them who were my partners in a previous semesters.