When acclaimed Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy was invited to teach a course on writing at an impoverished public school in Washington, D.C., he responded, ""Id rather teach peace."" Thus began the work he has passionately pursued for the past 25 years--teaching courses on nonviolence, conflict management, and peace studies/5(71). McCarthy draws on his experience as a former Washington Post columnist and the only “Peace Studies” professor in Washington D.C. to explain why, in a society that structurally glorifies war and violence from a young age, he’d rather teach peace. Colman McCarthy, a former Washington Post columnist, is the director of the Center for. A welcome addition to the literature belongs in every library.""--Margaret Mary Reher in American Catholic Studies. When acclaimed Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy was invited to teach a course on writing at an impoverished public school in Washington, D.C., he responded, "I'd rather teach peace." Thus began the work he has passionately pursued for the past three decades.
I'd rather teach peace Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. I'd rather teach peace by Colman McCarthy. Publication date Topics Peace -- Study and teaching -- Washington Metropolitan Area. Related-external-id urn:isbn urn:lccn urn:oclc urn:oclc Colman McCarthy. Average rating · ratings · 43 reviews · shelved times. Showing 15 distinct works. sort by. popularity original publication year title average rating number of pages. I'd Rather Teach Peace. by. Colman McCarthy. avg rating — ratings — published — 3 editions. titled,"Teach Peace." Colman McCarthy is a good natured man, a humorous man, but his title and his message are an admonition, a warning. If we fail to teach peace, our societies and our world will be dominated by violence and war. Teaching is a noble profession, a gift to the future. Teaching peace is a rarity in our culture.
I'd Rather Teach Peace chronicles one semester in six of these schools, as students find themselves challenged and inspired by an unconventional course and by a man who believes that if we don't teach our children peace, someone else will teach them violence. Colman McCarthy, a columnist for The Washington Post for 28 years, now directs the Center for Teaching Peace, part of the Washington Peace Center, a non-profit organization that helps schools establish peace studies programs. In , popular Washington Post columnist McCarthy was asked to teach a course at Washington's School without Walls. Responding to the suggestion that he teach writing, McCarthy said, "I'd rather teach peace," and that's what he's been doing ever since in every kind of school all over the country. In , I read books. "I'd Rather Teach Peace" was the best www.doorway.ru McCarthy tells stories about teaching people to resolve conflicts. He describes what worked and what didn't. He also tells you what his students taught HIM he's humble enough to know he's a student, too.I learned that I don't think about peace enough.
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