Make notes not a speech.

In your group just discuss a few points you can write down and don't write an entire speech to read out to the class. Try to discuss with the teacher as naturally as possible by using your own ability to speak not your reading out loud ability.

The price of happiness.

A chinese man said when he was growing up his family was very poor but all of his childhood memories were of absolute happiness. Now he is a father he is not poor and his children have more things compared to what he had when he was young. His children are less content with life and find it harder to be happy despite they have so much. In your opinion why is it that people with money are less happier than those without?

Media and happiness.

We see in magazines things such as new cars, big houses and a rich life style that we feel less happy with our lives because we don't have these things. The media dictates to us that happiness is owning these things but because of this pressure it makes us more depressed. In your opinion do you feel depressed by not living the life magazines and television tells us we should have?

The secret of happiness.

The people who are the most happiest and content with their lives are not the ones who own many things nor the richest people in the world. The happiest people in the world are the ones who are doing something with their lives. From traveling around the world to having a family, the secret of happiness is doing the thing you love the most. In your opinion do agree that happiness is doing and why?

Happiness and sadness is only in your mind.

Psychologists say that happiness is only a choice we make despite whether we have a reason to be happy. In other words there are people who are unhappy with their lives but only because they want to be unhappy. There is nothing wrong with their life but for some reason they choose to be unhappy. In your opinion do you think that this is true and there are many people in the world who are unhappy when they have no reason to be?

Artificial happiness.

For so many centuries drugs were being used to create a unnatural happiness but these days despite the law and punishment people still use them. Some people became addicted so they can take away bad memories and to feel happy. Though in the west young people who don't have any bad memories in their life take drugs just for fun. In your opinion what do you think about drugs and the affects it has on people?

Relying on others to be happy.

Why do we feel happy when we're with family and friends then we are alone? Loneliness is like being in a cold dark room and being with other people brings warmth and light. Is it because when left alone do we start to dwell on the past and the sad things in our life? Does being with others make us forget those things? In your opinion what do you think is the reason why we feel happier with other people?

Work and happiness.

Some people who have a good job that is interesting and high paying are much happier than those who have ordinary jobs. We like to tell people what we do for a living and your job is your identity. During hard economical times people were happy and proud to have any job but when times are okay people are only proud of having a good job. In your opinion why do people judge each other of what type of job they have and how much money they make?

Sports and happiness.

A person who is active in sports is more confident than some who is not, some people say that when you are in a team you develop a bond with your teammates. Those who play sports not as a team such as atheletics, being physically active and strong makes you a happier person. In your opinion why do you think that this is true or not?

The depressed inteligent person.

Many intelligent people who are young happen to be less happier than most other people. In most cases during high school the intelligent student is more of an outcast and finds it hard to relate to other students. An intelligent person sees people as sheep and cannot relate to them because they are not interested in the same things. In your opinion why intelligent people are more likely to be depressed and less confident then ordinary people?

Fresh air and nature.

Some people hate living in the large city and prefer to live in a quiet country town but some people get bored in the country. Though people who have to work in the city occasionally escape the large concrete jungle to go sight seeing in nature. People enjoy camping in the middle of a forest and fish as they find this to be very relaxing. In your opinion why does nature makes us feel a lot more happier?