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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...
...senior, for instance, had been spending his summers working in consulting firms until he met Ben-Shahar in his sophomore tutorial. “I was working 60 hours a week and not doing something I was necessarily very interested in,” said the senior, who did not want his name used because of something called “Google.” Now, he’s planning to go to graduate school to study—what else?—positive psychology...
...many of his students, Ben-Shahar is not just a teacher. He is a friend, perhaps a wise old preacher...
Listen to Jennifer L. Huang ’06, who says she joined Positive Psychology partly because she had spent the previous semester struggling with mental health: “I felt [Ben-Shahar] was really effective in the way he taught,” Huang says, recalling shopping week. “I felt like he wasn’t lecturing at you. He was like a therapist, talking about ways to improve your life...
...Shahar teaches you what you really need to know, in other words—stuff you can really use in your “day to day.” As Huang puts it, “most people think that it will be helpful. It’s not just some history class on ancient China.” Indeed, Ben-Shahar does not ask for much in the way of work, and he teaches his students that they are good enough (and smart enough) to overcome their problems. Most importantly, he tells them that a good, healthy attitude...