Headline Feb 11, 2018/ ''' STUDENTS -HAPPINESS- SUMMARY '''

''' STUDENTS -HAPPINESS- 

SUMMARY '''

IN ALL OF *THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY'S HAPPINESS* - we stop by with great ever honors, to thank every country-

And every single leader in the world- For their trust and support. The World Students Society, on its part assures Your Excellencys' of its highest esteemed respects.

And incontinuation........

Just as we stop, to thank the *invincible students of America*, for lighting up the torch of freedom, free thinking and debate, and without whose support, we could never ever have come this far.

*TIME ENOUGH* for the American students to prepare for Global Elections on !WOW! and to roll back Fanaticism, once and for all.....

We're all are living in an age of anxiety. All countries are being transformed by complex forces like changing demographics and technological disruptions.

Many students and people live within a bewildering freedom, without institutions to trust, unattached to compelling religions and sources of meaning, uncertain about their own lives.

Anxiety is not so much a fear of specific thing but a fear of everything, an unnameable dread about the future. People will do anything to escape it.

 In sum, Modesty and Moderation are superior to the spiraling purity movements we see today. It seems like a good time for assertive modesty to take a stand. That's where true happiness lies.

And, Yale's most popular class ever tells students how to lead more satisfying lives.

AT YALE, ''The fact that a class like this has such a large interest speaks to how tired students are of numbing their emotions.''

At the start of the semester, the class was divided between a live lecture in the 844-seat Battell Chapel, a historic place of worship on campus, converted to a lecture hall, and one or two smaller auditoriums where several hundred more students watched a live stream of Dr. Santos.

After several weeks, the decision was made to move the lectures to Woolsey Hall, usually the site of events like symphony performances, which can accommodate the entire class.

The course focuses both on positive psychology - the characteristics that allow humans to flourish, according to Dr. Santos - and behavioral change, or how to live by those lessons in real life.

Students must take quizzes, complete a midterm exam and, as their final assessment, conduct, what  Dr. Santos calls a :

''Hack YoSelf Project,'' a personal self-improvement project.

Some students admit that they see the course as an opportunity to take a relaxed lecture with very few requirements.

''I wouldn't have known about the course if not for word of mouth but it's low-pressure, and maybe I'll learn a few tricks to having a less stressful life,'' said Riley Richmond, 22, a senior who enrolled in the class with several of his friends.

Charlotte Emerson, 18, a freshman in the course, said she worries that some students will take advantage of the lack of the lack of accountability that comes with a lecture of this size.

For example, Dr. Santos is not monitoring whether students complete weekly ''rewirement' assignments, like performing acts of kindness and forming new social connections, Ms. Emerson said.

But while others might see easy credits, Dr. Santos refers to her course as ''the hardest class at Yale'' :

To see real change in their life habits, students have to hold themselves accountable each day, she said.

She hopes that the social pressures associated with taking a lecture with friends will push students to work hard without provoking anxiety about grades.

Dr. Santos has encouraged all students to enroll in the course on a pass-fail basis, tying into her argument that the things Yale undergraduate often connect with life satisfaction - a high grade, a prestigious internship, a good paying job - do not increase happiness at all.

''Scientists didn't realize this in the same way 10 or so years ago, that our intuitions about what will make us happy, like winning the lottery and getting a good grade - are totally wrong,'' Dr. Santos said.

College courses on positive psychology have a track record of attracting scores of students.

At Harvard, about 900 students enrolled in a lecture titled *Positive Psychology* in 2006.

WHAT distinguishes Dr. Santos's course from that one at Harvard, she said, is said that it also focuses on behavioral change.

Still, Dr. Santos, said she does not plan to offer the course again. Dr. Ahn of the psychology department said, ''Large courses can be amazing every once in a while, but it wouldn't be fair to other courses and department to take all of their students away.''

She added, ''It causes conflict, and we can't afford to offer this every year in terms of teaching fellows and resources.''

Dr. Santos said a multipart seminar style on the courses material - filmed last year in her home and titled the Science of Well-Being - will soon be available for free on Coursera - an online education platform.

For now, she is eager to see whether her teachings alter campus life.

''We have this moment where we can make a difference at Yale's culture, where students feel like they are a part of a movement and fighting the good fight,'' she said.  :

With respectful dedication to all the Leaders, Grandparents, Parents, Students, Professors and Teachers of the world. See Ya all on !WOW! - the World Students Society and Twitter-!E-WOW! -the Ecosystem 2011:


''' Rancor & Unity '''

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