HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTEND A UNIVERSITY THAT TEACHES YOU HOW TO F...

45.

How would you like to attend a university that teaches you how to find inner peace in

stressful times, or how to be happy without ...(41)... money? For many students, doing a degree

not only opens their minds to new academic ideas, but also to new ways of living as they meet

people from different backgrounds and live independently at the same time. But why not

address lifestyle choices in the lecture theatre too? That’s the philosophy at

Alfred University

in

New York, USA, where optional seminar-style classes in recent years ...(42)...

Movement and

Stillness:

Yoga and Meditation;

Happiness and Stinginess, and the

Good Life on a Dollar a Day.

The latter ...(43)... on the idea that capitalist society was built on a lie - that you will be happy if

you spend money. Alfred students have also studied the reasons behind the success of popular

culture hits such as the

Harry Potter

books and the TV show

The Sopranos

in the sessions,

which are held in the evening. The classes have been popular with students. One ...(44)... that

they created an environment where learning for fun was put first, while another said he

enjoyed ...(45)... around people who knew not to take life too seriously, but took their studies

seriously.