Author: HP Inc.

Erasmus+
Destination: Happiness

OVERVIEW:
Geography
Biology
Ethics
Civics
Art
Czech poetry
English

Hideous stack of fading nothingness,
Although non-negligible somethingness.
Pleasure may be found, it may stand beside thyself.
Prey would become surpassed.
It may give you a fulfilled life of choice,
Never you let it wither away,
Ezop had written fables about it,
Sofokrates had spoken,
Shimmer of light has shone upon some, although some may never require the brightness of this joy.

GEOGRAPHY: Happiness in different parts of the World

23 Happiest Countries in the World

Finland
Denmark
Norway
Iceland
The Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
New Zeland
Canada
Austria
Australia
Costa Rica
Israel
Germany
Belgium
United States
Czech Republic
United Arab Emirates
Malta
Mexico
France

England

Italy

BIOLOGY: The science behind happiness

Happiness is, when you are healthy and have loving family and friends around you.
Happiness means we have a great healthcare, available to everybody.
Happiness is that we have good emergency system.
Happiness is that we live in a safe country.
All sorts of addictions can be a form of happiness, but this feeling is temporary and by then people can lose their closest relatives and they can even kill themselves.

Happiness is when anybody in your family is not addicted to drugs or alcohol.
Healthy lifestyle leads us to happiness, thanks to it we can bypass getting lots of diseases.
We can successfully escape bad thoughts, when we move a lot.
Helping others gives us happy feeling, that’s what we need the most.

ETHIC: The approach to happiness in Ethics

CIVIC:

Questionnaire for the project Destination:Happiness
1.You are a man/a woman. (Circle the correct answer)
2.Your exact age:
3.What makes you happy? (You can include several answers) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.Are you happy? Rate 1-10 (10 is the maximum)…………………………….
5.What do you lack to happiness?............................................................
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The project Erasmus+ included a questionnaire for the adults in our surrounding, including our parents, friends, teachers and others. We asked them questions related to happiness. The number of participants was 101 where 57 of them were women and 44 were men. Here are the answers for the survey included above:
WOMEN
1st. question:"What makes you happy?"
· Having a satisfied family, children, grandchildren 34x
· Love 10x
· Health 8x
· Friends 6x
Others often responded: relaxation, freedom, hobbies, the fact that I can wake up every morning.
2nd. question: "Are you happy? Rate 1-10"
· Grade 8- 13x
· Grade 9- 12x
· Grade 10- 10x
No woman responded with the grade 1-3.

3rd. question: "What do you lack to happiness?"
· Health 9x
· Money 6x
· Friends 3x
Other answers: family, a job, sleep, being young, pension, love etc.
MEN
1st. question:"What makes you happy?"
· Having a satisfied family, children 23x
· A good job 10x
· Sport, hobbies 8x
· Friends 4x
Others often responded: humor, a vacation, food, cigarettes etc.
2nd. question: "Are you happy? Rate 1-10"
· Grade 10- 10x
· Grade 7 & 9- 9x
· Grade 8- 7x
3rd. question: "What do you lack to happiness?"
· Nothing 17x
· Money 7x
· Free time 5x
· Health 3x
Other answers: a job, sleep, a woman, experiences from youth, love etc.
In conclusion, we can say that adults mostly associate family and healthy relationships with happiness.
On the scale from 1-10 , the grade 8-10 were the most frequent answers.
The survey took place in December 2019 and in January 2020.
Created by the class of S2B under the leadership of Ing. Lenka Vašků.

THE ART BEHIND HAPPINESS

THE HAPPINESS IN CZECH POETRY

Hlava vypne na chvíli, když v břiše ucítíš motýly.
Alchymie v hlavě vládne, kdo mě do přítomnosti zase vtáhne?
Potichu hledám význam štěstí, bojím se, že mě smůla přelstí.
Prsty mé mně brní, co to je za pocit divný?
I love you, zní potichu v hlavě mé
Nebo to šeptá někdo vedle mě?
Emoce mé jsou smíšené, něco se se mnou děje, strachu bojím se.
Slzy štěstí cítím stékat po mé tváři.
Srdce, stesk a smutek sílí, u tebe bych chtěl teď býti.
Jiří Janeska, Jakub Vítek

Hromádka pomíjivého prchavého ničeho
Ale nezanedbatelného něčeho.
Pokud ho najdeš, pokud při tobě bude stát
Pak každou zkoušku zvládneš udělat.
I šťastný život, šťastnou lásku můžeš mít
Nikdy ho nenechej od sebe odejít.
Ezop o něm bajky psal
Sokrates o něm filozofoval
Skoro každý o něm mluvil, ale málokdo ho vlastnil.
Marek Kuruc, Tomáš Vaculčík
Hromádka pomíjivého prchavého ničeho
Ale nezanedbatelného něčeho.
Pokud ho najdeš, pokud při tobě bude stát
Pak každou zkoušku zvládneš udělat.
I šťastný život, šťastnou lásku můžeš mít
Nikdy ho nenechej od sebe odejít.
Ezop o něm bajky psal
Sokrates o něm filozofoval
Skoro každý o něm mluvil, ale málokdo ho vlastnil.
Marek Kuruc, Tomáš Vaculčík
Jiří Janeska, Jakub Vítek

Hledá ho každý a stejně ho nikdo zcela nedosáhne.
A přece – i když to každý tuší, všichni se za ním nevědomky honí.
Právě kvůli pomíjivosti štěstí se za ním všichni tak ženou.
Právě teď, v tento den, v tento moment jsem šťastný.
I kdybychom se snažili sebevíc
Nikdo ho nezíská na 365 dní v roce.
Evidentně každý z nás narazí na zeď, kterou bude muset překonat.
Stále však budu své štěstí hledat.
Stále se za ním budu hnát.
Vojtěch Herman

ENGLISH

1. Study the following idioms. What are the idioms about?
on cloud nine
like a dog with two tails
full of the joys of spring
on the top of the world
over the moon
in seventh heaven
the solution is ……………………………………………………………………………..

2. Match the pictures with the idioms.

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Conclusion

After working on this booklet, our team has agreed on the fact, that most people are actually relatively happy, even in these stressful times. When asked for their sources of happiness, the answers were pretty one-sided. The most common answers included family, friends, health, a fulfilling job or different ways of relaxation and hobbies. The most important thing though, is the fact, that we even have the chance and the opportunity to live, breathe and live on this beautiful planet full of nature, good food, and other things we can enjoy everyday. Thanks to this booklet and this project overall, we have been introduced to what goes on in the minds of other people when they think about satisfaction in their lives, and the way they perceive happiness.
Made by the Czech Erasmus+ team of M. Guriš, K. Mudříková, D. Pileček, K. Jilg, O, Ondříšek and D. Olšáková in Uherský Brod under the leadership of the teachers M. Bublík and P. Balijová.