1、 何江哈弗大学演讲稿 it'swonderfultobebackhere,wonderfultoseeyouhere. i'mteachingthisclass,becauseiwishclasslikethishadbeentaughtwheniwassittinginyourseatsasanundergradhere.thisdoesnotmeanthatit'saclassyouwishtobetaught,nordoesitmeanthatit'stherightclassforyou.butihopetodointhenextcoupleoflectures
2、isgiveyouanideaforwhatthisclassisabout,sothatyoucandecidewhetherornotitisforyou.icameherein1992,andstartedoffwithcomputerscienceconcentrator.andthenihadaminiepiphanyhalfwaythroughmysophomoreyear,irealizedthatiwasinawonderfulplace,withwonderfulstudents,aroundmewerewonderfulteachers.iwasdoingwellacade
3、mically.iwasdoingwellinathletics.iwasplayingfastsquashatthattime.iwasdoingwellsocially.everythingwasgoingwell,exceptforthefactthatiwasunhappy,andididn'tunderstandwhy.itwasthen,inamatterofmoments,thatidecidedthatihadtofindoutwhyandbecomehappier.andthat'swheniswitchedmyconcentrationfromcomputerscience
4、tophilosophyandpsychology,withasinglequestion"howcanibecomehappier。"overtimeididbecomehappier,whatcontributedmosttomyhappinesswaswheniencounteredanewemergingfieldthatatthattimeitdidn'thavethenamethatishastoday,butessentiallyresearchthatfallsunderorwithinthefieldofpositivepsychology.positivepsycholog
5、y,studyingit,applyingtheideastomylifehasmademesignificantlyhappier.itcontinuestomakemehappier.anditwaswhenirealizedtheimpactthatithadonmethatidecidedtoshareitwithothers.that'swhenidecidedthatiwanttobeateacherandteachthisfield.sothisispositivepsychology,psychology1504.andwewillbeexploringthisnewrelat
6、ivelynewandfascinatingfield,andhopefullywewillbeexploringmorethanthefieldourselves.whenifirsttaughtthisclasswasbackin2002,itaughtitataseminarandhad8students,twodroppedout.thatleftmewithsix.theyearafter,theclassbecameslightlylarger.ihadover300students.andthenthethirdyearwhenitaughtit,whichwasthelastt
7、ime,ihad850studentsintheclass,makingitatthatpointthelargestcourseatharvard.andthat'swhenthemediabecameinterested,becausetheywantedtounderstandwhy.theywantedtounderstandthisphenomenonthathereyouhaveaclassthat'slargerthanintroductiontoeconomics.howcouldthatbe。soiwasinvitedbythemediaforinterviews,wheth
8、eritwasnewspapers,radioandtelevision.andistartedtonoticeapatternduringthoseinterviews.soiwouldwalkintotheinterview,wouldhavetheinterview.andafterwards,theproducerortheinterviewerwouldwalkmeoutandsaysomethingtotheeffectthat"well,thankyou,tal,fortheinterview.butyouknow,iexpectedyoutobedifferent."andiw
9、ouldask,asnonchalantlyasicouldofcourseasif,ididn'treallycarebuthadtoaskanyway,"howdifferent。"andhewouldsay,"well,youknowweexpectedyoutobemoreoutgoing."nextinterview,theendoftheinterview,samething,"thankyoufordoingtheinterview,butyouknow,tal,iexpectedyoutobedifferent."andonceagain,nonchalantlyofcours
10、e,iwouldask,"sohowdifferent。"andhereshewouldsay,"well,youknow,weexpectedyoutobeless,lessintroverted."nextinterview,samething,"howdifferent。""well,youknow,moreextroverted,moreoutgoing."nextinterview,"well,youknow,lessshy."'causeyouknowigetverynervousininterview.’interviewafterinterview,literallydozen
11、s.moreoutgoing,morecheerful,lessintroverted,moreextroverted,andonandon.buthereisthebestone.sothisisoneofthelocalchannelsherearoundboston.iwasgoingtotheinterview;wehadquitealonginterview,whichithoughtwasactuallyprettygood.andattheendoftheinterview,theinterviewer,whoisaveryjollyguy,walkmeoutandputshis
12、handonmyshoulderandsays,"tal,thankyouverymuchfordoingtheinterview."andthentheusualcomes,"butyouknow,tal,iexpectedyoutobedifferent."andisaid,"howdifferent。"youknow,justsothatyouunderstand,bythistime,myself-esteemisshort.butstill,butstillwithsameresemblanceofnonchalance,iasked,"howdifferent。"andhelook
13、satmeandsays,"iexpectedyoutobetaller."taller。what。okay, 5.65isnotenoughtoteachhappiness。andithoughtaboutit,ithoughtaboutitalot,thewholepatternfromthebeginning.andithinkiunderstandwhytheyexpectedsomeonedifferent.yousee,theyhadtoexplaintothemselves,aswellastheaudience.howcomethisclassislargerthanintroductionofeconomics。andthewaytoexplainitmustbethattheteacherisveryoutgoing,extremelycharismatic,verycheerfulandextroverted,andofcourse,tall. 第5页 共5页






