Word: achor
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...they were still waiting. Ben-Shahar attributed the lack of exams to his misunderstanding that the registrar—rather than course administrators—would photo-copy the final. The mistake was discovered when Ben-Shahar and teaching fellows Jessica Glazer and Shawn J. Achor ’00 arrived at the Science Center to wish the students good luck—only to find the proctors empty-handed. Harvard’s Xerox machines were already being used to copy today’s exams, so Ben-Shahar, Glazer, and Achor raced to Gnoman Copy to quickly print...
According to Achor (the head TF), 1504 boasted 95% attendance on a regular basis last fall even though it was videotaped and populated mostly by seniors...
...Achor adds that learning practical things always comes easier than learning “tedious and pointless ones that are disconnected from the rest of their lives...
According to Achor, half the students who take 1504 are doing so because they have personal problems they want to overcome...
...magazine article, "The Science of Smiling," incorrectly identified Shawn J. Achor as the head teaching fellow (TF) in Psychology 1504, "Positive Psychology." In fact, while Achor is a TF in the course, the head TF is Jessica L. Glazer...