何江哈弗大学演讲稿it'swonderfultobebackhere，wonderfultoseeyouhere.i'mteachingthisclass，becauseiwishclasslikethishadbeentaughtwheniwassittinginyourseatsasanundergradhere.thisdoesnotmeanthatit'saclassyouwishtobetaught，nordoesitmeanthatit'stherightclassforyou.butihopetodointhenextcoupleoflecturesisgiveyouanideaforwhatthisclassisabout，sothatyoucandecidewhetherornotitisforyou.icameherein1992，andstartedoffwithcomputerscienceconcentrator.andthenihadaminiepiphanyhalfwaythroughmysophomoreyear，irealizedthatiwasinawonderfulplace，withwonderfulstudents，aroundmewerewonderfulteachers.iwasdoingwellacademically.iwasdoingwellinathletics.iwasplayingfastsquashatthattime.iwasdoingwellsocially.everythingwasgoingwell，exceptforthefactthatiwasunhappy，andididn'tunderstandwhy.itwasthen，inamatterofmoments，thatidecidedthatihadtofindoutwhyandbecomehappier.andthat'swheniswitchedmyconcentrationfromcomputersciencetophilosophyandpsychology，withasinglequestion"howcanibecomehappier。"overtimeididbecomehappier，whatcontributedmosttomyhappinesswaswheniencounteredanewemergingfieldthatatthattimeitdidn'thavethenamethatishastoday，butessentiallyresearchthatfallsunderorwithinthefieldofpositivepsychology.positivepsychology，studyingit，applyingtheideastomylifehasmademesignificantlyhappier.itcontinuestomakemehappier.anditwaswhenirealizedtheimpactthatithadonmethatidecidedtoshareitwithothers.that'swhenidecidedthatiwanttobeateacherandteachthisfield.sothisispositivepsychology，psychology1504.andwewillbeexploringthisnewrelativelynewandfascinatingfield，andhopefullywewillbeexploringmorethanthefieldourselves.whenifirsttaughtthisclasswasbackin2002，itaughtitataseminarandhad8students，twodroppedout.thatleftmewithsix.theyeara第1页共3页fter，theclassbecameslightlylarger.ihadover300students.andthenthethirdyearwhenitaughtit，whichwasthelasttime，ihad850studentsintheclass，makingitatthatpointthelargestcourseatharvard.andthat'swhenthemediabecameinterested，becausetheywantedtounderstandwhy.theywantedtounderstandthisphenomenonthathereyouhaveaclassthat'slargerthanintroductiontoeconomics.howcouldthatbe。soiwasinvitedbythemediaforinterviews，whetheritwasnewspapers，radioandtelevision.andistartedtonoticeapatternduringthoseinterviews.soiwouldwalkintotheinterview，wouldhavetheinterview.andafterwards，theproducerortheinterviewerwouldwalkmeoutandsaysomethingtotheeffectthat"well，thankyou，tal，fortheinterview.butyouknow，iexpectedyoutobedifferent."andiwouldask，asnonchalantlyasicouldofcourseasif，ididn'treallycarebuthadtoaskanyway，"howdifferent。"andhewouldsay，"well，youknowweexpectedyoutobemoreoutgoing."nextinterview，theendoftheinterview，samething，"thankyoufordoingtheinterview，butyouknow，tal，iexpectedyoutobedifferent."andonceagain，nonchalantlyofcourse，iwouldask，"sohowdifferent。"andhereshewouldsay，"well，youknow，weexpectedyoutobeless，lessintroverted."nextinterview，samething，"howdifferent。""well，youknow，moreextroverted，moreoutgoing."nextinterview，"well，youknow，lessshy."'causeyouknowigetverynervousininterview.’interviewafterinterview，literallydozens.moreoutgoing，morecheerful，lessintroverted，moreextroverted，andonandon.buthereisthebestone.sothisisoneofthelocalchannelsherearoundboston.iwasgoingtotheinterview;wehadquitealonginterview，whichithoughtwasactuallyprettygood.andattheendoftheinterview，theinterviewer，whoisaveryjollyguy，walkmeoutandputshishandonmyshoulderandsays，"tal，thankyouverymuchfordoingtheinterview."andthentheusualcomes，"butyouknow，tal，iexpectedyoutobedifferent."andisaid，"howdiffere第2页共3页nt。"youknow，justsothatyouunderstand，bythistime，myself-esteemisshort.butstill，butstillwithsameresemblanceofnonchalance，iasked，"howdifferent。"andhelooksatmeandsays，"iexpectedyoutobetaller."taller。what。okay，5.65isnotenoughtoteachhappiness。andithoughtaboutit，ithoughtaboutitalot，thewholepatternfromthebeginning.andithinkiunderstandwhytheyexpectedsomeonedifferent.yousee，theyhadtoexplaintothemselves，aswellastheaudience.howcomethisclassislargerthanintroductionofeconomics。andthewaytoexplainitmustbethattheteacherisveryoutgoing，extremelycharismatic，verycheerfulandextroverted，andofcourse，tall.第3页共3页
