1. Popularity, Success, and Happiness
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2. What is the point of being popular?
Is it important to be popular? Why or why not?
What happens after someone graduates from high school? Do popular kids remain popular?
How is popularity related to life success?

4. What is the point of being popular?
Is it important to be popular? Why or why not?
What happens after someone graduates from high school? Do popular kids remain popular?
How is popularity related to life success?

5. Vocabulary Popularity Sincerity Arrogant Sense of Humor Defensive
Success
Modest
Happiness
Suspicious
Advantage
Virtues
Ambition
Vices
Optimism
Conversationalist
Pessimism
Confidence
Ruthlessness

6. Prinstein’s Theory of Popularity
Accepted
Liked by a lot of people; society treats you well.
Rejected
Less likely to be included, more likely to be disliked; aggressive/rude, anxious/inferior.
Neglected
Invisible; not part of any group; outsider
Controversial
Liked and disliked equally; “you either hate him or love him;” not usually a close friend
Average
40% of people are this; in the middle but usually leans towards one category

7. Prinstein’s Theory of Popularity
Prinstein’s theory states that how you were treated as a kid in middle and high school in regard to popularity is how you will look for relationships when you get older.
So what defines popularity?
What makes someone a popular kid and what makes someone an outcast (왕따)?
How does this affect your adulthood and the relationships that you have?

8. What is most important to happiness and success?
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9. What is the philosophy between happiness and success?
Who are the Stoic Philosophers?
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
These philosophers contemplated what it means to be happy and successful.
There truth about this still is true today.

11. What were their advice?
Using the worksheet, what advice did they give?
How is it important?
Do you think that it is really true?
Do you think that their advice is still true today?
Can you add anything to their philosophy?

12. Contrasting and Adding Ideas
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13. There are several words that you could use to show contrasting ideas:
But* - don’t use at the beginning of a sentence
However
Although
On the contrary
On the other hand
Contrarily
There are three forms of sentence structures:
Thought A, (contrast) thought B.
Thought A. (Contrast) thought B.
(Contrast) thought A, thought B.
Contrasting Ideas

14. Adding Ideas There are several words that you can use to add ideas:
And* - never use at the beginning of a sentence
In addition
Also
Additionally
Furthermore
There are different sentence structures:
Thought A, (add) thought B.
Thought A. (Add) thought B.
Thought A. Subject (add) verb of thought B.
Adding Ideas

15. Group work and Presentation
In groups, you will consider one of the three following questions:
How are success and happiness linked?
How are popularity and happiness linked?
How are popularity and success linked?
You will need to prepare to speak for at least 2-3 minutes straight using:
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Then, the teacher will have a conversation with you to talk further about the topic.