(Recorded Course) How to be Miserable with Inshal Chenet

Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course!

We have all heard tons of ways to make sure we are happy, but they can be hard to put into action. In this fun, engaging course we will focus on how to be miserable, how to make sure we are as sad as possible. As we go through these techniques you will find that you have already mastered some of these. Or, if you prefer, you’ll learn how to avoid having a miserable life!!

How to get the most out of How to be Miserable with Inshal Chenet:

  • First, read the course materials below before the first class meeting.

  • Then have a notebook ready and available for class notes each live session.

  • Read assignments before class meetings

  • Watch that week’s recording if you need to revisit information from our live session.

  • Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

  • Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Total class meetings: 8

Duration of each class: 55 minutes per class

Prerequisite: None

Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th grade

Instructors: Inshal Chenet

Instructor email: inshalj@gmail.com

Course description: By reversing the normal self-help talks on how to achieve happiness, we make it easier to digest and understand in a practical way. This course will be about tongue-in-cheek conversations where we all look at our lives and figure out what could make them more miserable, what we are doing “well” that is currently making us miserable, and the things we should avoid because they will stop us from being miserable! 

Course outline: 

Class 1: Our Brains and Misery

Class 2: Stay in your Room! 

Class 3: Sleep Randomly! 

Class 4: Focus on your Screens!

Class 5: Eat Unnatural Food!

Class 6: Make Confusing Goals!

Class 7: Run or Fly, skip walking and crawling! 

Class 8: Follow all of your Instincts!

Course materials: A notebook / journal to write about one's life. 

Homework: Students will spend about 30 minutes each day working on and considering their life, and the ways they make themselves miserable.