- Theme-One must accept flaws and compromise in a happy marriage. (complicate).

This is because one will always

marry the wrong person because of their invalid ideas and emotions related to marriage. For example, the idea that

marriage brings comfort and positive memories to the couple is not always true. The society, through media, family

traditions and culture, have built these romantic ideas of love into the person. Parents may tell their children to marry

the perfect partner who is flawless in every way. This “flawless spouse expectation” will always lead to an unhappy

marriage. This means rather than trying to marry the perfect person, one should learn to compromise and accept

their partner’s flaws. Accepting these flaws reduces expectations while compromising would reduce conflict,

something that often ruins relationships. By reducing expectations, couples allow more room for error from each

other. This, along with the ability to compromise allows couples to avoid and solve disputes between each other.

- Video explanation-This video relates our themes because it points out how hard it is for one to marry the right person

with similar interests to avoid conflicts. It talks about how difficult it is for one to understand others. One often thinks

that they have something in common with their partner, but truly they may not. This is because their partners put on

such a great cover-up at first during dating as mentioned in the beginning of the video. In addition, it also states that

being single is awful for some people, so awful that one might even force oneself to marry, even if their partner does

not suit them well, so that they do not have to be alone anymore.

- Plan-1. Select and delegate 4 themes. 4. Expand my theme. 5. Find a video. 6. Write how the video relates to themes.

7. Write two questions and some strategies. 9. Make Google Slides presentation. 10. Practice presenting with my

group. 11. Buy chocolate. Times of presentation: 3-min video, 1-min theme explanation/person, allow people to

answer questions until they run out of ideas (no time limit), then move to next question.

- Questions-1. Which is more important in a marriage: the ability to accept flaws or the ability to compromise? Explain

why. (Accept flaws-no need to compromise if the problem/flaw is accepted) 2. When do you think a couple will enjoy

each other’s company more: before or after a marriage? (Before – they do not need to be as responsible. Even though

there may be less trust between each other, they are usually younger and therefore can have more fun together)

- Strategies-1. Practice the presentation. 2. Make groups of four. 3. Give 1 min to brainstorm. 4. Speaker of the group

gets a chocolate bar. 5. Supervise groups. 6. Ask friends to participate. 7. Give Kenny Chiang, ENG4U-04, Ms. Kim,
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own answers. 8. Give people time to think. 9. Expand people’s answers