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: Success for me is having all A's, getting accepted into most of the colleges I apply to, being a starter on varsity, and being as productive as I can be everyday. Those ideas came from watching how my mom accomplishes things. That definition reflects family expectation because this is everything my family expects out of me. It doesn't bother me because this is a standard that I want to be at.

Summary: We did an assignment, then read chapter 9 and 10.

Reflection: I learned more about McCandless.

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