Happy Nation

There are different factors that affect happiness and it is rooted from the country you were born in. “We are shaped not only by our current geography, but by our ancestral one as well" (Weiner 112). Most countries have different culture that contributes to people 's happiness. People who live in America will not be as happy as the one who lived in Moldova. In Eric Weiner 's, book The Geography of Bliss. He was searching for data on happiness. He conducts a study on how people in different countries understand and measure their happiness. The biggest factors that affect people 's happiness are the environment and cultural differences. Where you live is a big factor of who you are. People find happiness when they feel comfortable and

Happiness, an elusive eight letter word with a mighty punch! Many have sought to define happiness, but found it a difficult task to do. While reading an article published in the New Yorker by Will Sorr on July 07, 2017 titled “A Better Kind of Happiness”, I was informed that happiness is more than just a word, happiness is essential to the well-being of human health. Dating back nearly two and half million years ago an ancient Greek Philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, proposed the idea of eudaemonic happiness. He stated that “happiness was not merely a feeling, or a golden promise, but a

Senior compares what people think about people in other states and locations happiness, finding that usually these comparisons are untrue. Different studies and polls found that the Swiss and Canadians rank themselves among the happiest, while the Japanese are less happy. European countries tend to rank themselves the least happy, with Russia coming in last. Is happiness really based on location? I find that just because people don’t like the snowy weather doesn’t mean that they are unhappy during the holiday season. Families seem to come together and rejoice in each other’s company during this bad weather season. “And no matter where they live, human beings are terrible predictors of what will make them happy” (426). Senior discusses how we fill in the gaps, where we tend to remember only happy events and feelings and phase out bad ones. She discuss how our imaginations work in rationalizing situations and feelings, setting ourselves up for big disappointments, but deal with the successfully at the

In Happy by Roko Belic (a 2011 documentary), “All I want is to be happy in life” was a reoccurring statement from the people in the film. A majority of people in today’s world agree with that statement. Everyone wants to be happy, but what truly defines happiness? The Happy documentary presents different things that make certain people happy, and what influences their feelings. The film does not only imply that direct message, but also paints a bigger picture for the audience. The bigger picture being: how ecology is the main factor behind people’s happiness. The director of this film combines real experiences from people around the world along with research from scientists to explain our simple emotion, happiness.

In The Geography of Bliss One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World he plots a guide of joy for absence of a superior depiction and afterward goes to a portion of the most joyful nations on the planet to discover why their kin are glad. From Iceland to Qatar, the Netherlands to India, Switzerland to America, Weiner visits a modest bunch of nations that are either ended up being cheerful by the factually disapproved of Dutch, who track such things) or have made satisfaction a need, (for example, Bhutan, with its estimation of Gross National Happiness. For a shockingly delightful complexity, he visits the exceptionally miserable individuals of Moldova, demonstrating that a cynic like Weiner is taking care of business when offered

Unfortunately, the author eludes that the U.S. is no longer top on the list. Along with a decreased education rate, universities began accepting students more for economic status over merit value. This contributed to the positive trend of financial aid be given leaving it at roughly 247 billion dollars per year. This author mentions that this has a major impact of the decisions of lower income students to even strive to continue their education. In efforts to propose another plan to fix the controversy a program named America’s Promise was developed along with a couple of statewide programs very similar to Governor Cuomo’s. Georgia is one of the states that implemented these programs and has found a higher attendance rate in young individuals however find that the criteria may be too hard for low income students to meet. Kamentez writes that self paced online courses have been offered but self motivation has proved to an issue. The controversy continues and many new developments are being made, however, college will always be invaluable no matter the economic cost

When we look to define happiness, many different ideas come to mind. Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary uses three definitions for happiness: good fortune, a state of well being and contentment, and a pleasurable satisfaction. In Brave New World, Aldus Huxley argues that a society can redefine happiness through the government’s manipulation of the environment and the human mind itself. The government accomplishes this by mind conditioning throughout the process of maturing, keeping a caste-based society, and obliterating problems. The government thus defines happiness as the absence of all conflict. This differs from happiness as the American society sees it: the ability to pursue and enjoy individual desires.

While taking the “Happiness Quiz,” I found the explanation for answer #2 regarding Denmark being the happiest country to live in quite interesting. From the sounds of it, Denmark has the makings of good attitudes and life balance. The fact that Denmark realizes the toll stress and imbalance takes on our lives and has incorporated things such as fathers also having the ability to take leave with new babies, seems promising. Another portion that peaked my interest was #4 explaining how happy people generally do not have higher incomes or superior intellect than others. The practice of gratitude was addressed in question #12; I came to realize in reading that section, the importance of the act of engaging in gratitude. It is one thing to verbalize

College graduates can pull in higher paying employers, therefore the states can benefit by earning money off of these employers. Some children’s families cannot manage to help pay for the fees, housing, meals, books, supplies, and personal/transportation expenses, even with the pell grants and other scholarships being offered to them. Sixty percent of college students stress about not having enough money to pay for school, the other percentage are worried about not having enough to pay their monthly expenses on top of school (“College”). This in return may put a burden on society from becoming booming with well advanced and bold civilians due to the lack of interaction with college level wisdom. Student’s should all have a chance at further promoting their lives to flourish at what they believe they want to become, without having to deal with the later emotional struggles of money. Although graduates may pull in higher paying employers, the

According to the catholic theology, the feeling of pride is considered one of the mortal sins. The mortal sins are believed to be the root cause of all other sins and generally all that is wrong in the world. The idea behind the churches condemnation of pride is that if a man takes too much pride in himself his narcissistic tendencies may began to lessen his idolization of his lord and project it onto himself. Flannery O'connor being a devout catholic made pride a dominant personality trait of the character Joy/ Hulga in her short story, “Good Country People”, in order to show the dangers that she believed came with living a life unregulated by regular church attendance and strict adherence to the word of the

The US government provides over 150 billion dollars each year to the students’ financial aid. Financial-Aid is one of the most reliable sources for low income students. More than half of College and University students take financial aid for the first bachelors’

Since not enough money is being put aside for college, people will apply for a scholarship or a loan

In today’s society, it is said that having a college degree will have long term benefits. However, for some people, they wonder if college is worth it. The reason why is because of the cost of attending college. Unlike public schools, going to college is not free. Being able to attend a four-year accredited college with scholarships is almost deemed a miracle. Being able to choose which school to fit in your price range is almost heart breaking. The cost of attendance will increase based on accreditation and location. You cannot pay for college with cash money alone. With the help of financial aid, students are given money based on their parent’s income. For some low poverty students, the hopes of getting financial aid is their way to college. For others, parents set aside a trust or college fund to give to their children. Another way students pay for college is through scholarships that they earn locally, through the state, or even on a national scale. However, when the scholarships run out, a student is forced to take out student loans, and the steps after taking the money are not told until after graduation. The student debt rate is overwhelming in this country. No one wants to talk about it because it is being swept under the rug.

Happiness is not a strange term to us. We usually use that word to express our feelings in every day. Additionally, more than a word, “happiness” is what we really need and always seek in life. However, finding and understanding deeply its meaning is not easy. The online dictionary, “vocabulary.com” defines, “Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, they feel happiness.” Thus, we always wonder if we are happy or how could we be happier in our life. Happiness, therefore, becomes a goal for everybody.

I started to question about happiness in America after I saw a pattern in high school that students are often confused or stressed. I started out with the question, “why is it hard to be happy when being happy shouldn’t be that hard?” To answer these questions, I found Sophie Chan’s 2011 study, “Hong Kong Chinese community leaders’ perspectives on family health, happiness and harmony: a qualitative study.” This study would help answer questions on my audience’s curiosity about other countries happiness compared to the United States. Then I started to think that there were also other issues that friction with happiness in America and