https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu Edwin teaches Cole that what you focus on is your reality. Do you believe people have a choice to be happy or sad? Is there always a bright side to every situation? Provide AT LEAST one reason or example for your response. en-us 2019-10-04 17:25:23 UTC 2025-12-15 04:28:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png amclaugh1 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393698090 Please be sure that your name is also the title.]]> 2019-10-04 17:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393698090 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393700851 It depends on the situation, if you have a choice to help yourself or be happy in the right state of mind, then its up to you to continue to be sad/ depressed or for you to be happy. But if you don't know any better, or you actually don't think that action would make you happy from something that makes you believe it wont, or it'll do anything to help your situation, then no you don't have a choice in it. Such as people that are struggling, they have no choice to be sad since they were put in that situation.

Sometimes, there isn't a bright side to a situation. For example, when there was a mass genocide somewhere, there isn't a bright side to it because people still died, and people still have to suffer the consequences that happened after that. Yes, they did learn something, and yes, it helped somewhat for the better, But that doesn't take away what happened or the severity of the situation. But if there is a bright side to it, it'll be that after everything that has happened, more happiness and greatness will come and you can grow stronger after each time.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393700851 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393700891 Yes I do believe people have a choice to be happy or sad and yes I do think there is a bright side to most situations because you could be sad but you don't have to stay sad because if you start to look at the bright side of the situation or if you try to do things that make you happy then eventually you'll have more happy things in your life then you do sad things.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393700891 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393700959 I think everyone has a choice if they want to be happy or not in their lives, it depends on how they choose their life choices and if they choose them carefully. For my opinion I think there is always a bright side for every situation for everyone even if they are a good person or a bad person on the inside of who they are. For me Iv'e always had the chance of making good decisions in big arguments with my friends or any type of certain family. Like when my friends in I got caught up in some drama that we didn't want to be in and we discovered secrets that we thought our friends wouldn't do, we thought that they weren't those type of people to do bad things and we all got into an argument. I told everyone to meet up and we can all talk about it at lunch, we did and we got through it together. If I didn't think of the situation i thought we wouldn't be friends today..I think.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393700959 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393700968 Yes, everyone has a choice about how they want to feel, happy or the opposite. It depends on how they view their life, or situation they're in, and their attitude towards it. No one is holding anyone back to think negatively of something or positive.  As an example,  your report card comes in and it's the first quarter and you didn't really get the grades you expected yourself to get. You can either be mad at yourself, blame yourself, or maybe even put yourself down, or you can be calm, learn from your mistakes and cut yourself some slack because it's just the beginning and you can always bring the grades up.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393700968 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701025 Yes because you can make anything happy or sad its what you chose.Yes because you can make a win or a lose fun or sad it all up in your head on what you wanna make of the situation. Yes there is always a bright side to a situation because it may not start good but as it goes on it may come good just like a soccer game you can be losing but then you can make a come back and up winning the game.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701025 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701040 I believe that people do not have a choice to be happy or sad, you can't ignore your own emotions you can just cover them up and when you do it is never the same as actually be that emotion. I do not think that there is a bright side to everything because if you think that every thing is good and happy then you won't understand people when they are sad and that just makes a bad person. One example is that if you friend just lost their dog you won't say, "Well at least there are less mouths to feed". ]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701040 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701056 it depends because sometimes its how someone makes you feel  you can choose to be happy but there still things that make you sad like someone making rude comments about you or  if one of your family members past away those things make you sad. but being with someone that funny or your family friends those things can make you happy.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701056 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701087 Yes people have a choice to be happy and sad. I believe there is a bright side. Like if you loss an close relative it is not the end, they will always be with you and everyone. Think about all the time you had with them the good and the bad times.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701087 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701135 People do have a choice to be happy or sad. I don't think that there will always be a bright side, but I do think that there will be other chances for something good to happen. ]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701135 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701143 Yes, people do have a choice to be happy or sad because only you choose what you do or what you can do.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701143 99775903 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701214 Yes, people do have a choice on how they should feel. Depending on what situation their in regarding school, or their life at home, you always have a choice to your emotions. There isn't always a positive outcome for everyone, but people can learn from that experience and turn it into a positive one. An example can be when someone gets a bad grade on a test. The person can learn from their mistake by studying for their next test or ask more questions on the topic.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701214 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701232 If something makes you sad then you have a decision to stay sad or be happy. Some people cannot control how they feel though. For example, if something traumatic happens to you like Cole. It also depends on the situation some situations
 can have a dark side.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701232 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701300 I believe that people don't have a choice to be happy or sad but they can also control their emotions to make them better or worse. There is always a bright side to every situation, you just have to be dedicated to find it.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701300 99742699 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701325 I believe that people have a choice to be happy or sad. Someone can either make the best of a situation or make the worst or it. For example, if your teacher assigns you note-cards for homework, you can either look on the bright side of things and be happy that its not an TBEAR, or you can just be sad about getting homework. But, there is not always a bright side to every situation. For example, when one of your loved ones passes, there is no bright side to that. You might be able to find something positive, but it is still a negative event that has happened.]]> 2019-10-04 17:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701325 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701377 Everyone has a choice to be happy or sad depending on the situation like someone can be sad in a weird time when something good has happened which wouldn't make sense why there sad but its not my problem. People can be happy at bad or good times because they control their own emotions so its up to them if they want to feel the way they feel and shouldn't blame anyone for it. Their life choices can also control there emotions. ]]> 2019-10-04 17:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701377 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701395 Yes, I do believe people have a choice because it's up to us if we want to focus on the positivity or the negativity in life. In most situations there is a good side to it but it's up to us whether we search for it or not. ]]> 2019-10-04 17:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701395 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701396 People do have a choice to be happy or sad. Choosing one of these emotions however does not mean that we should cancel out the other. Being both happy and sad at certain points in time is a natural part of life. Even though we may not always see it, there is a bright side to every situation because each situation effects us and help us grow stronger. For instance, if you score a bad grade on an essay or exam, rather than staying sad, you can talk to your teacher and grow stronger in that particular subject to do better next time.]]> 2019-10-04 17:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701396 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701479 There is not always a bright side to a situation. But yes people do have a choice to be happy or sad.

]]> 2019-10-04 17:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701479 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701707 I believe that people have a choice to be happy or sad because when you are sad you can do things to brighten up your day. You can always do other things such as listening to music, sleeping, going outside and hanging out with friends,etc to help get your mind off why you're sad. ]]> 2019-10-04 17:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701707 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701802 People can choose weather they are happy or sad. But people don't get to choose what other people do to them. Although you have a choice what you do to others. I am not sure if there is a bright side to everything. When I took my brother on his first bike ride he almost got hit by a train but the bright side to that is that he is more aware. But it always depends on the situation.]]> 2019-10-04 17:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701802 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701866 In my opinion I believe it depends on the situation.  For example, when you do something you should not have and are blamed by it, just as Cole was, its your choice to change your attitude to be better.  But when someone passes away or a similar situation happens your emotions cant be controlled.  Sometimes there is no bright side to every situation, but when a situation can be made better its your job to do so.

]]> 2019-10-04 17:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393701866 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702029 I believe that everyone has a choice to be happy and there is always a bright side. For example, I have divorced parents and it's really hard sometimes, but I look on the bright side and see that I now have step parents and step siblings that I never would've met before. ]]> 2019-10-04 17:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702029 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702132 Yes, I believe that people do have the chance to be happy. For example, when you are mad you shouldn't blame other people just because you are upset you should keep it to yourself instead of putting that negative energy on them.]]> 2019-10-04 17:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702132 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702244 In life some happy and side times happen.For example, when a relative or someone you love dies, you could feel sad. But you don't have to stay sad. You could look on how they affected you in their time of living and realize what great things they have done. But you cant ever get away from sadness. You have to tame it. Although there are sad times there will always be happy and sad times. Just like yin and yang there is always a little evil in good and always a little good in evil. Although being happy is fun, we have to deal with sad times. Were all human and we need to express our emotions, But you have to decide whether or not you want to be happy.]]> 2019-10-04 17:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702244 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702353 Yes, I believe that everyone has a choice to be happy or sad, and there is always a bright side to every situation, happy or not. For instance, you can feel sad, but you don't have to stay sad and affect others around you, you can be happy and decide to make others around feel joy, which could help make you feel joyful.]]> 2019-10-04 17:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702353 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702593 I believe that people have the choice to be happy or sad. One individual has one life, they have the right to make their choices. I think that their is always a bright side in every situation if they choose to be positive. For instance, many situations can range from 10 to 0 but they can make the chances higher if they put their mindset in a different way. Maybe you are stress for a test and you think negative thoughts of your test. But, you can think of what you might succeed on the test and learn mistakes.  ]]> 2019-10-04 17:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702593 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702969 I think you do have a choice because if you bring out positive energy then that is what you will get the same energy from other people and which then will make you happy And if your surround your self with good people it can reflect from not only your group but other to and just make every one happy.]]> 2019-10-04 17:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393702969 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393703043 Yes,  I do agree with point that we all have choice but we all are going through something either bad or good and if you let that effect who you are as go along with life. ]]> 2019-10-04 17:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393703043 99742545 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393703512 Depending on their situation i do believe they have a choice because no matter what situation you were born in you can still choose to be happy instead of sad and you can just live life until it ends.There is a bright side to every situation because you can be born homeless but still make the most out of life. For example, if someone was rich and you were homeless you could be the happiest person in the world and the rich person would be the sad and depressed one. This states to just be happy.]]> 2019-10-04 17:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393703512 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393703873 2019-10-04 17:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393703873 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393704128 I beleive that mostly everyone has a choice to be happy or sad because mostly everyone has someone their for then to cheer them up and change the way they feel, although some people have no one there for them and struggle changing the way they are. One example is I always have my siblings there to cheer me up so I don't have an excuse to be sad even if something isn't going good for me.]]> 2019-10-04 17:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393704128 amclaugh1 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393704165 I'm not sure if there is truly a bright side to every situation. It would be hard to tell someone with terminal cancer or someone who maybe lost their home and family in a natural disaster that they should look on the bright side. Sometimes situations are bad. You can dwell on it, or move on, but that doesn't mean there is a bright side.]]> 2019-10-04 17:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393704165 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393704608 you have  I think that there is not always a bright side .]]> 2019-10-04 17:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393704608 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393704835 I believe that everybody has a choice to be happy or sad.]]> 2019-10-04 17:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393704835 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393709109 -_-]]> 2019-10-04 17:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393709109 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393710529 When you look at your own life, maybe you’re thinking about how time has gone by so quickly and you have no idea how you got to where you are at. You might begin to feel sad because you’ve drifted so far from where you wanted to be at your age. Life was much more difficult than you expected it to be, so you just settled and decided to accept that this is just how life is.]]> 2019-10-04 17:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/kf2z1g4zvgdu/wish/393710529