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 Response: What success means to me in my current stage in life is getting into my dream college and ending my 12th grade year with a lot of accomplishments. By the end of my 12th grade year I want to have a lot of community service hours. 

Summary: Today in class read chapter 9-10 

Reflection: today in class i learned McCandless was a people person but he didn't like to be around people for a long period of time. 

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