Journal Question #9

 

What makes you motivated?  Why do you do your HW and write papers and prepare for tests?  Why do you practice shooting a basketball or playing the piano?  Does your motivation come from the outside (grades, SAT scores, teachers, parents, coaches)?  Or does it come from inside, some place inside you that makes you work harder, practice longer, go farther?   Is one kind of motivation better than the other?

Journal Question #8

It's 2015.  Look at the year ahead and make a prediction or a few predictions.  You can say what you believe will happen to you personally or what will happen in the world.  Be very specific if you want (i.e., "I will meet my future husband on vacation in England this summer.") or more general ("The cafeteria food will improve at TA.")  Try to think of surprising or unexpected possibilities.  Here's to an interesting 2015!