Prompt: Chris McCandless rejects a traditional path of success and instead defines success on his own terms through freedom, experience, and personal meaning. Reflect on what success means to you at your current stage in life. In the response, explain how success is currently defined (grades, college acceptance, achievements, happiness, etc.) and where those ideas come from. Then, consider whether that definition truly reflects personal values or if it is shaped by expectations from family, school, or society.

Prompt Response -
Success to me right now means getting good grades, doing well in lacrosse, and getting more Legos. These ideas mainly come from school, family expectations, and personal goals. When I think about whether that definition reflects personal values or the outside world, I believe it's a mix of both. I do value working hard and being successful, but I also care about living life and doing things that I like to do, so success for me would be finding a balance between meeting expectations and following my own interests and happiness.

Summary -
Today in class, we reviewed questions on a worksheet we did earlier and started more worksheets.

Reflection -
Today, we thought about the questions we wrote about the book Into the Wild.

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