https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6 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 16:13:34 UTC 2025-10-16 15:39:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png amclaugh1 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393653011 Your name should be the title!]]> 2019-10-04 16:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393653011 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393654769 People everyday have there own choice to make themselves and others around them happy. So that means there is always a bright side and a sad side to everyone's story. For an example Cole hasn't ever really known a home but he finally learned to trust people as he himself has never been trusted he learns this from the spirit bear. ]]> 2019-10-04 16:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393654769 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393655561 I believe that people do have a choice if they want to be sad since they sometimes put themselves in a situation where its not good for themselves. There's always a bright side to every situation but its sometimes hard to find it. ]]> 2019-10-04 16:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393655561 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393655785 Of course people have a choice to be happy or sad because only you can control your emotions. There isn't always a 'bright side' to everything but most of the time there is, it depends in the situation.]]> 2019-10-04 16:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393655785 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393655837 I guess you can be both happy and sad, you just have to choose which one is the best for you.]]> 2019-10-04 16:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393655837 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393655977 I believe that people have a different reaction to every situation. I think you can't choose your emotions. For example if you are at a funeral its rare to see someone happy or if your having a great day you're probably not going to be crying. You can always cover your emotion. Like if your sad you can put a smile on your face. But you can choose if you want to be happy or sad.]]> 2019-10-04 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393655977 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656127 I believe that people have a choice to be happy in almost every situation. Happiness is the way you feel about something, not the way things or other people are forcing you to have. With that said, there are also many situations that are very difficult to be happy in such as death, pain, and heartbreak. In situations like these, you may be able to find comfort in loved ones or friends who care about you. Even though it may seem that there is no way to be able to be happy, it is only your perspective, there is always a bright side to a dark situation.]]> 2019-10-04 16:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656127 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656287 I believe that you can choose to be happy or sad because they are your feelings. In almost every situation there is a good/happy side. There is always a reason for someones mood like for an example say you loved someone and they hurt you in a way, you can't help being upset but the good side, that's one less person whom you have to worry about. People put themselves in a way that may not always be good but in the end it will come back around to help you get through things. Like Cole he ends up not feeling loved by his parents but the bright side is he has Garvey and Edwin. ]]> 2019-10-04 16:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656287 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656302 I believe people have a choice to be happy or sad because if they have ownership of their own lives, they have ownership of their thoughts, emotions, and actions. One example from TSB that proves this is when Cole does not try to escape the island using the boat the second time,
 and decides to stay and heal instead.]]> 2019-10-04 16:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656302 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656360 Yes, people have a choice to be happy or sad. I think this because people have choices all the time. People have the choice to either be in a good or bad mood. You cant force a mood but some people do listen to sad music just to be sad. It all just depends on who and what you are surrounding yourself with.]]> 2019-10-04 16:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656360 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656421 I believe that people usually have the option to make life better or worse but sometimes you have no choice but to be sad. But most of the time you will have the choice to be happy, sad, or angry. In the story when Cole was first on the island he could of just lived in the cabin but he wanted to burn it to make if feel better but it was really just hurting him.]]> 2019-10-04 16:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656421 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656423 A person can choose to be happy or sad it just depends on the situation you can look at the bad things in life or you can take a look at what makes the situation good and be happy and contempt with your situation an example is when Edwin Says" I could focus on the sunrise or the dark clouds. It was my choice"(Mikealsen 145-146).]]> 2019-10-04 16:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656423 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656622 I believe that people do not have a choice to be happy or sad because if people choose to be sad then that means they are focusing on everything that relates to being depressed, sad, or alone, it means that they don't like their life and choose to stay away from everyone else because their probably not a social person. Choosing to be happy means that they are the opposite of being sad, Being in a group, not being depressed and they are able to control their emotion from turning into a sad person. There is always a bright side to the situation if you can try and meet some new people in your life instead of being sad and staying on any electronic and just hanging out with anyone on the internet, its just saying that you are just playing games with anyone that you have never heard of in your life or never met then.]]> 2019-10-04 16:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656622 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656655 Yes, I think that people have a choice to be happy or sad because people have the rights to control their emotions. People will have bad days so they might be sad but they also could have good days and be happy.]]> 2019-10-04 16:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656655 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656681 I think most of the time people have a choice to be happy or sad but sometimes you can't control it.  Imagine if your someone close to you passed in a tragic accident, there is nothing good that comes out of that and there is no reason to be happy.  I think most of the time you can choose whether to be happy or sad but it's difficult to choose the right one.  

]]> 2019-10-04 16:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656681 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656753 I believe that you have a choice to be happy or sad because you are able to control yourself. There is a bright side to every story and a sad side to every story. When Cole had no safe place or home but he learned to trust and be trusted.]]> 2019-10-04 16:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656753 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656926 I believe that you can choose to be happy or sad.  You may have someone being rude or someone that is making fun of you.  You can not  control the other people and how they act around you. But all you can do is try to remain as positive as you can even if those people are trying to bring you down.]]> 2019-10-04 16:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393656926 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657131 Yes, I believe people have choice to be happy or sad. Yes, there is a bright side to every situation. For instance if somebody complements your outfit you could choose to be happy and feel confident or you could think that they are lying and push their compliment away and you could choose to feel sad.]]> 2019-10-04 16:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657131 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657219 2019-10-04 16:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657219 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657236 I believe that people can chose to be happy or sad most of the time but sometimes its just something you can't really take control of. I do not think that there is a bright side to every situation because something tragic could have happened and there's no other way to look at it besides in anger or sadness but sometimes its what you make out of it and how you look at things.]]> 2019-10-04 16:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657236 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657350 I believe that life will depend on what you make of it. You can spend your time trying to be happy, or sad.]]> 2019-10-04 16:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657350 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657416 I believe that people have a choice to be happy or sad because if something bad happends, they could take it positively rather negatively. There is a bright side every situation. You just got to find it. For example, if you break your arm, the good thing is that it will heal with time.]]> 2019-10-04 16:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657416 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657752 I believe it depends on what the situation the person is going through will make the person sad or happy.]]> 2019-10-04 16:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657752 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657812 I believe that people have the choice to be happy or sad because if you truly want to be happy, you can try your best into being yourself. There is always a dark and a bright side to everyone, but it depends which side you want to be in more if you try. There is always a bright side to every situation because if it's sad or bad, it means you are still alive and learning something new.]]> 2019-10-04 16:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657812 99743257 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657846 I think that you can choose to be happy or sad. It depends on the perspective you take to look at life on whether or nor your happy. On the other hand, there can be people with mental illnesses they biologically it can be hard for them to be happy. It's a chemical imbalance in the brain that they can't change. So I think it really depends on the person.]]> 2019-10-04 16:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393657846 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658042 Yes, I believe that people have a choice to be happy or sad,but sometime you can't control it. It depends on the situation you're in. If you want to be happy just try and be yourself.]]> 2019-10-04 16:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658042 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658198 Everyone has a choice to be happy or sad. There is always a way to think positive about something negetive. I someone you care for moves you can make a new best friend.]]> 2019-10-04 16:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658198 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658299 I believe that everyone does have a chance to be sad or happy but I don't think that every situation has a bright side because the situation can be really bad that there's no other side to be happy. For example, if someone you really love and care for passed in, there would be no way to be happy about that. But it also really depends on the person because they can be used to things like that, or other people that are not as used to it. You choose what you are.]]> 2019-10-04 16:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658299 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658347 I think that there is not a bright side to every thing but some might have a choice to be happy or sad it depends on the person and how they look at it. Say some one got sick, some people might wish there are ok, but some people might say there lucky because he misses a big test or study guide. It all depends how you look at it.]]> 2019-10-04 16:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658347 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658358 I do believe that people have a choice to be happy or sad. If your in a difficult situation, you can sometimes have a choice to be happy or sad. One example is if you loose a basketball game you can be happy and make that loss a learning experience or choose to be sad because you lost.]]> 2019-10-04 16:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393658358 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393659385 I think there is always a bright side to every situation because when cole went to the island he thought it was going to be bad for him but when he was mauled by the bear it really showed him how the world does not revolve around him and that everything is not going to go how he wants it to go. The bright side is that he is learning how to change in life.]]> 2019-10-04 16:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393659385 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393659488 Yes, I believe that everyone has a choice to either be happy or sad. The reason why I think everyone has a choice is because if you are given a nice comment about yourself you could either say could something positive or negative.]]> 2019-10-04 16:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393659488 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393660029 I believe that people choose to be happy or sad because on reason is that if you fall of a chair you could start crying or you could start laughing with joy.]]> 2019-10-04 16:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393660029 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393660213 I think that people have a choice to be happy or sad. ]]> 2019-10-04 16:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393660213 https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393663836 2019-10-04 16:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amclaugh1/pl8fm6rhnhy6/wish/393663836