Happiness or Harvard

What does the writer suggest about Carolyn in the first paragraph?

• She had always got on badly with her mother

• Her mother's expectation of her were too high

• She was different from other people her age

• It was hard for her to control her behaviour

What point does Carolyn make about her first Happy Class?

• She realised the techniques being taught were effective

• She wished there weren't so many other people there

• She found discussing her problems made her feel better

• She would have learned more if she hadn't felt so negative

What does striving mean in line 43?

• often demanding

• agreeing enthusiastically

• working hard

• seriously intending

Why did Carolyn decide not to apply to one of the top universities?

• She hadn't spent enough time on her studies

• They were all too close to her home town

• Her parents couldn't afford to pay the expensive fees

• She had already made up her mind to do something else

What does this refer to in line 60?

• becoming successful at school

• finding out what matters to them

• spending time on what they enjoy

• improving their personalities

In the final paragraph, Carolyn says that

• She is proud to be doing what she thinks is right

• she would like her friends to choose a career like hers

• she appreciates the good advice she has been given

• she is attempting to understand her friends' decision