Word: shahar
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Some skeptics who shopped 1504 decided to give Ben-Shahar a chance, enrolling in the class, despite some misgivings, in order to find out for themselves whether or not it deserves its reputation...
Even Ben-Shahar’s biggest fans agree that the workload for the class is nowhere near as intensive as it is in most Harvard courses. M. Alice Johnson ’06, for example, “liked that Professor Ben-Shahar admitted we wouldn’t be learning a lot of material.” But despite the light workload, Johnson continues, 1504 deserves to be taken seriously. “I’ve heard a few people say they didn’t take the class because it was too fluffy...
...Shahar says that his students read “the most rigorous research out there in the field of psychology,” even if the weekly page count is not as staggering as it might be in an average history course. But 1504 does have a reputation for being a gut class, which accounts for some portion of its record-breaking enrollment stats...
...Shahar is well aware of the fact that the course is known for being easy. But he’s an optimist, and he interprets that reputation to mean that his students are just having fun learning...
...what about the rest of our lives? What is it about Harvard that pulls people to the gospel of Ben-Shahar...