For example, how might a student go about eliminating the extremes of wealth and poverty. These students may not have all the answers but their portfolios would show how they attained these goals at the local, community level. I believe Nur University should add to their curriculum is the value of optimism. Optimism is the ability to have faith and hope that things will work out for the best and always having a hopeful view of the future. Optimism is a powerful affect value to have in that it could mean the difference between despair and achievement or success and failure.
Optimism also relates to setting and maintaining goals.
Without the hope or faith that you will get through a difficult task to obtain a set goal, then that goal will not be reached. Many times have I seen colleagues give up or loose hope in finishing their graduate work due to difficult and time-consuming tasks. However, from students who are optimistic I hear it will be worth it in the end, or I have gotten this far and have learned too much to quit now. Again, I believe that Nur University could put into action in its curriculum instruction developing one s affect with optimism by having students produce artifacts in a portfolio showing how they have demonstrated optimism recently and how they can demonstrate optimism in the future. Each one can be related to fulfilling the University s mission statement.