This May or May Not Be My Best Work

This quote is very inspirational for me. I believe happiness is extremely important in everything, including work and assignments we have to complete in life. If you aren't happy with what you are doing, it is not going to be your best work regardless of what the instructor's expectations are. It's the instructor's goal to keep you motivated and inspire you to do better, not just teach the curriculum and then disappear from the students. For example, if I am not motivated in a class like Math, I probably won't do homework or listen that much. With a class that motivates me, like Writer's Craft, I will get assignments in on time, and be happy with what I have done. I believe there are ways to be happy with assignments while following the instructor's expectations. You have to look forward to the instructor reading or marking your work. Just be happy with the work you have done, and if you get a lot of criticism that's alright. You can't learn anything from compliments. For me, criticism is kind of bitter sweet. I like when people tell me what I can do better to improve something, but I don't like when people tell me my ideas are wrong or dumb. I think that's a problem with school systems today. There is too much stuff that is considered "wrong" nowadays in school. So many ideas just go to waste because people criticize in the wrong way. That's just me though.