April 2, class reaction

Last week's discussion was yet another entertaining one that was led this time by Kira and Yuka. They did their presentation on the topic of happiness. They incorporated several different activities to engage the class. First, a video was shown in which people where interviewed regarding what they thought makes them happy. I thought it was an interesting video because it showed the different responses made by different people. I told them that I agreed in particular with a man who said that happiness occurs when you are satisfied with what you have since I believe its nearly impossible to be happy otherwise. Afterwards the class was divided into several groups we were asked a series of questions. They included the following: "How would we envision the perfect birthday for Mr. Murillo?", "If we could go anywhere where would it be?", "What would be the worst vacation ever?", and "Given one of the other group's idea of a terrible vacation, how could we make it better". My group's envision of the perfect birthday for Mr. Murillo would involve him going to a restaurant with his friends and family, as well as receiving a gigantic cake from which KU would pop out! Then, we decided that the coolest vacation would involve going to the center of the earth, while the worst vacation would  be getting stuck there and dying a slow and painful death. Finally, we thought that we could fix the terrible idea of having nothing to do by considering it to be a great way to relax.
Overall, I found the discussion to be fun since it was both informative and thought-provoking. Good job Kira and Yuka!