Sunday, February 1, 2015

[Draft 1] Summary


Parker-Pope (2015) mentions in her article “Writing Your Way to Happiness” that writing down thoughts and problems improves physical and mental health. It can change people's perception of life positively which makes them happier. Parker-Pope quotes a study performed on 40 Duke University freshmen illustrated that those who engage in expressive writing achieve better results and are less likely to quit college. Also, expressive writing allows people to identify obstacles and tackle them. The author cites a story of Siri who discovered the actual cause of her failure in achieving her fitness goal.

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Parker-Pope, T. (2015, January 19). Writing Your Way to Happiness. [Web log post]

1 comment:

  1. Hello Hazwani,

    We feel that your summary lacks in the following:
    - The main thesis of the author is not clearly defined. What is expressive writing? How do we do it?

    Also, some sentences seemed like it could be summarised further. For example, "Expressive writing can change one’s perception of life positively which will make them happier." could be "Expressive writing can change one's perception of life positively which makes them happier."

    Other that that, good job and well done for keeping within the word limit :)

    Review members: Cindy and Guoxiong

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