It’s the year 2016, and the soon-to-be graduates from UIUC sit in the auditorium, all dressed up in their suits and dresses donning their graduation caps and robes. As Carrie Reil chatted excitedly with her friends, she can’t help but feel sad that college was ending. She managed to get through these four tough years of her life, but as she looked back, she could only smile about what had happened. All the moments with her friends, her teacher, her family, and even her cat! But as she was handed her diploma she realizes that maybe it wasn’t the diploma and degree that made her smile, but rather the journey and pursuit of her goal that was making her smile and laugh as she tossed up her cap into the air. And on this innocuous thought, she is
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In Anya Kamenetz’s article “Poll: Prestigious Colleges Won’t Make You Happier In Life Or Work” from The Two-Way, which talks about the happiness of college graduates, it gives out the information that in “a recent Gallup poll, only 2 percent of college graduates” said that they “were thriving.” Only 2 out of 100 graduates could actually admit that they were living comfortably and happily. It didn’t matter that they had succeeded in graduating college, almost none of them actually felt happy after it. And this didn’t even matter whether they had gone to a school in the top 10 or a school in the bottom 100. Accomplishing a higher goal doesn’t give more happiness. Perhaps it can bring a short feeling of joy, but in the end, it’s just an empty trophy. Graduates “who said they had a ‘mentor who encouraged my hopes and dreams…[and] professors who cared about [us and made us] excited about learning’...[were] three times more likely to be thriving.” It wasn’t that they went to a better school or had a higher GPA, it was just that they had a better experience on the journey to graduation. So while the alumni from Harvard or Yale may be able to boast a bigger success, students who had a learning experience that was filled with “great teaching and deep learning” are the ones who truly are happy. Success was never the key to …show more content…
Success can be devoid of happiness once the moment passes. However, the memories that people make on their road to success can always make one laugh. These memories are full of the happiness and joy you experience as you make mistakes and improvements. So perhaps people shouldn’t focus so much on the treasure chest, but rather take their time on the rainbow and experience all they can, because once the rainbow disappears, there’s no going back. For it is the journey that people embark on to reach their goal that truly brings them happiness. The memories that they bring along are what they smile about as they reach the final stop. From the days of laughter to the nights when they lamented, these are the true ingredients of happiness. Success is not always the reason for happiness. The hardships people go through may seem more worthy of sadness while the success they have reached may seem to be the reason for joy, but happiness is not a station one arrives at, but a matter of
In Anya Kamenetz’s article “Poll: Prestigious Colleges Won’t Make You Happier In Life Or Work” from The Two-Way, which talks about the happiness of college graduates, it gives out the information that in “a recent Gallup poll, only 2 percent of college graduates” said that they “were thriving.” Only 2 out of 100 graduates could actually admit that they were living comfortably and happily. It didn’t matter that they had succeeded in graduating college, almost none of them actually felt happy after it. And this didn’t even matter whether they had gone to a school in the top 10 or a school in the bottom 100. Accomplishing a higher goal doesn’t give more happiness. Perhaps it can bring a short feeling of joy, but in the end, it’s just an empty trophy. Graduates “who said they had a ‘mentor who encouraged my hopes and dreams…[and] professors who cared about [us and made us] excited about learning’...[were] three times more likely to be thriving.” It wasn’t that they went to a better school or had a higher GPA, it was just that they had a better experience on the journey to graduation. So while the alumni from Harvard or Yale may be able to boast a bigger success, students who had a learning experience that was filled with “great teaching and deep learning” are the ones who truly are happy. Success was never the key to …show more content…
Success can be devoid of happiness once the moment passes. However, the memories that people make on their road to success can always make one laugh. These memories are full of the happiness and joy you experience as you make mistakes and improvements. So perhaps people shouldn’t focus so much on the treasure chest, but rather take their time on the rainbow and experience all they can, because once the rainbow disappears, there’s no going back. For it is the journey that people embark on to reach their goal that truly brings them happiness. The memories that they bring along are what they smile about as they reach the final stop. From the days of laughter to the nights when they lamented, these are the true ingredients of happiness. Success is not always the reason for happiness. The hardships people go through may seem more worthy of sadness while the success they have reached may seem to be the reason for joy, but happiness is not a station one arrives at, but a matter of