A course on 'Happiness' is being offered at Harvard and in Hamburg, Germany - believe it or not. It was the topic on a foreign TV magazine programme a couple of days ago. Not a gimmick, I tell you, but a serious discourse involving psychology, ethics, philosophy and gymnastics. Seriously, has happiness ever been taken so seriously? According to a source (who appeared dead serious), it was an attempt to resolve our present day woes which are making us "unfulfilled". Simply put, the Course (in no way simplistic) attempts to produce a "reliable, responsible and confident" individual. Which mere education does not?
Baffling thought, really. How does one go about teaching 'happiness' when one can barely define it. Or if one can, is it not subjective? I can't even begin to put 'happiness' in words; it could be one thing now and something else later! Depending on the mood-of-the-moment. The concept of happiness borders on the ethereal, doesn't it? Perhaps, just as well - we could do with something that can offset the cold hard facts that confront us by way of global warming, nuclear threats, terrorism and the like and counterbalance it with something more in the realm of emotional intelligence, can't we? Even if it is for a mere couple of hours a week in the sanctuary of the classroom.
Baffling thought, really. How does one go about teaching 'happiness' when one can barely define it. Or if one can, is it not subjective? I can't even begin to put 'happiness' in words; it could be one thing now and something else later! Depending on the mood-of-the-moment. The concept of happiness borders on the ethereal, doesn't it? Perhaps, just as well - we could do with something that can offset the cold hard facts that confront us by way of global warming, nuclear threats, terrorism and the like and counterbalance it with something more in the realm of emotional intelligence, can't we? Even if it is for a mere couple of hours a week in the sanctuary of the classroom.
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