Journ. 134: Prof. Craig: "Five Things" Exercise

Five Things That...

Make you happy:

  • Adoption of little kids
  • Being around loved ones
  • Courtesy
  • Dancing
  • Family and friends
  • Food
  • Free time without the burden of responsibility
  • Going out with my friends
  • Good food
  • Love
  • Making new friends
  • Music
  • Payday
  • Sleeping, resting body and mind
  • Snowboarding
  • Sports
  • Traveling
  • Weekend
  • Word puns
  • Writing

Make you angry:

  • Abuse of children and elderly people
  • anti-corporal punishment people
  • Bad drivers
  • Bad grades
  • Bad weather
  • Being late
  • Carelessness
  • Conservatives
  • Dishonest and rude people
  • Ignorance
  • Immaturity
  • Liberals
  • Mistreatment of war prisoners
  • Money, do not like being broke and do not like seeing unjust distribution of wealth
  • Parking compliance squad
  • People that take up more than one spot when they park
  • Politicians
  • Politics
  • Poverty
  • Racism, sexism and homophobia
  • Textbooks-price and process (as in new editions)
  • Type 2 diabetics
  • Vandalism
  • War

You overhear in the hallway:

  • Boyfriends
  • Complaining about school
  • Dating
  • Events and news
  • Fashion
  • Gossip
  • Grades
  • Halloween
  • Homework/ stress
  • Jokes
  • Myspace
  • Parking
  • Parties and hangovers
  • Pig Latin
  • Politics
  • Procrastination
  • Professors
  • School
  • Shopping
  • Sports
  • Weekend plans

Your friends are talking about:

  • Babies
  • Being broke
  • Cars
  • Christianity
  • Complaints
  • Current events
  • Dating
  • Downtown hot spots
  • Dreams/ambitions
  • Future trips
  • Guys/girls they're interested in
  • Halloween
  • Israel
  • Jobs, occupation
  • Life is depressing
  • Memories
  • Movies
  • Other people/gossip
  • Parties
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • Saul William's concert
  • School
  • Work

You don't understand:

  • Curling
  • Electronics
  • Fads
  • Grading system
  • How to use GoLive
  • Jokes
  • Math, especially calculus
  • parents
  • People
  • Politicians
  • Politics
  • Racism
  • Religion
  • Silicon chips
  • Taxes
  • Technical science
  • Teen pregnancy despite plethora of birth control
  • The opposite sex
  • Why girls have to go to the bathrooms in groups
  • Why people can't ever make an immediate decision when deciding where to eat out
  • Why textbooks cost so much
  • Why we care so much about the lives of celebrities
  • Word puzzles