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.
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. 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.
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.
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