By Iindaba ze-CBS, UDisemba 30, 2020
Umbhali kunye notitshala uColman McCarthy uqala unyaka ngamnye wesikolo ngemibuzo yepop- kunye nebhaso lemali. "Ndikhuphe ikhulu leedola: 'Ukuba kukho umntu onokuphendula imibuzo, ngamagama onke, yeyakho," utshilo.
UMcCarthy ucele imbalelwano uMo Rocca ukuba athathe imibuzo.
"Ngubani uRobert E. Lee?"
"Wayengumphathi jikelele we-Confederate Army, eMantla eVirginia," utshilo uRocca, eqala ngokuzithemba.
“Wayengubani uNapoleon?”
"Wayengumfana onekhompyuter?"
"Ewe Ewe. Umphathi jikelele waseFrance. Kulungile! Ijongeka intle. Ijongeka intle, ”utshilo uMcCarthy. Kodwa ke…
"UEmily Balch?"
"Ayinguye lo mfazi ongaphumiyo endlwini yakhe eMassachusetts, wabhala izibongo?" Wabuza uRocca, ethandabuza.
UMcCarthy ucacisile, “Hayi. U-Emily Balch waphumelela uMvuzo weNobel owasungula i-Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. ”
Kwaye uRocca akanakho ukuchonga uJody Williams (ophumelele uNobel ngomsebenzi wakhe ngezigcayiseli), okanye uJeannette Rankin (owasetyhini wokuqala owonyulwe kwiCongress, kunye nelungu kuphela lokuvota ngokuchasene nokuzibandakanya kweMelika kwiimfazwe zombini zehlabathi).
“Mo, sukuziva kakubi,” utshilo uMcCarthy. Isoloko ikhuselekile imali. Ndihlala ndithembele kwimfundo yaseMelika! ”
Kwiminyaka engama-38 uColman McCarthy ebezama ukunikezela ngekhulu leedola kubafundi abangaphezu kwama-30,000 bezikolo eziphakamileyo kunye neekholeji kwindawo yaseWashington DC abathathe ikhosi yakhe kwizifundo zoxolo. Owayesakuba ngumbhali wemihlathi yeWashington Post, uMcCarthy uchithe ubomi bakhe bonke eshumayela, efundisa, engenabundlobongela.
"Kukho iindlela zokujongana neengxabano ngezinye iindlela," watsho. "Kodwa asibafundisi ezinye iindlela, ke bajonge kubantu abanjengam: 'Ewe, ungomnye wee-hipps ezindala, enye yezo nkululeko zakudala, usengowokujikeleza, akunjalo? '”
Uhambo lukaMcCarthy lwaqala kwiminyaka engama-82 eyadlulayo xa wazalwa kusapho lwaseIreland olufudukela eLong Island eNew York. Uye e-Spring Hill College e-Alabama, apho aqale khona ukuthanda kwakhe: "Ndaya khona ngezizathu ezili-18, Mo. Yayinendawo yegalufa ekhampasini."
Wajika waba ngunyaka wakhe wokugqibela. Kodwa wafumanisa imibhalo ye-Trappist monk kunye ne-activist yezentlalontle uThomas Merton, kwaye eqhubela ekhaya e-Alabama, wema kwindlu yeemonki eGeorgia. Wagqiba ukuhlala iminyaka emihlanu enesiqingatha
URocca wabuza, “Kwenzeka njani ukuba ungabi ngumfundisi?”
“Bendingayithandi incasa yewayini,” wahleka uMcCarthy.
Ubizo lwakhe, kwavela, ukuba yintatheli. Ngo-1969 waqala ukubhala i-Washington Post, apho wenza udliwanondlebe kunye nobuhlobo uninzi lwabameli abanoxolo ababalaseleyo kwinkulungwane yama-20.
Uxelele abaphulaphuli, "Ndifumana isixa esifanelekileyo se-imeyile ezivela veki nganye ezivela kubafundi kwilizwe liphela, bendibiza ngokuba ndisisidenge, ndiyinjubaqa, andazi nto… emva koko ndafunda imeyile yam engeyiyo."
Kodwa musa ukuvumela indlela yakhe edlamkileyo ikukhohlise. UMcCarthy akayonto imfutshane ngokuchasene nobundlobongela abubonayo macala onke kuthi.
Akakholelwa ukuba kufuneka sibenomkhosi omileyo. URocca wabuza, "Ngaba ucinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuba sibenokhuseleko?"
"Andikholelwa kwimida," utshilo. "Imida yenziwe ngokungeyonyani, ubukhulu becala yenziwa ngumkhosi."
Akanamsebenzi nomhobe wesizwe. "Andikaze ndiyimele 'i-Star-Spangled Banner,' kuba yingoma yomlo leyo. Imalunga nokuqhushumisa abantu, malunga neerokethi, malunga nemfazwe engenamsebenzi. ”
Unxamnye nesigwebo sokufa kunye nokukhipha isisu. “Kodwa andigxeki mntu ukhuphe izisu. Andifuni ukuba urhulumente abandakanyeke. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba kufanele ukuba sifundise wonke umntu ukuba zikhona ezinye iindlela zokusombulula ukukhulelwa okungafunekiyo. ”
Ukuba ucinga ukuba uyazi njani indlela uMcCarthy avota ngayo, ewe, akazange avote. Ukuzibophelela kwakhe kungabinabundlobongela kudlulela ngaphaya koluntu, yiyo loo nto engakhange ayitye inyama kumashumi eminyaka.
URocca wabuza, "Ngaba ikhona into oyinxibileyo evela ezilwanyaneni?"
“Hayi, izihlangu zam azisosikhumba. Zama kakuhle! ”
Akanayo imoto; endaweni yoko uyahamba ngeebhayisekile ukuze asebenze. “Ndinalo icala elimnyama kum, Mo, malunga nebhayisekile yam, ndiyayithanda xa kukho ukuminyana kwezithuthi. Nantso ke, ingcolisa nje iatmosfera. Kwaye ndibetha umoya kakuhle. Kwaye imizuzwana embalwa ndiziva ndiziphethe kakuhle! ”
Uzisa malunga nezithethi ezingama-20 kwisemester kwiklasi yakhe eBethesda-Chevy Chase High School eMaryland, apho afundisa khona ngokuzithandela. Unyanisile: UMcCarthy akahlawulwa ngokufundisa apha. Izithethi zeendwendwe zibandakanye abaphumeleleyo kwiNobel uMairead Corrigan, uMuhammad Yunus, noAdolfo Pérez Esquivel.
Kwaye emva koko, weza nomsebenzi wokugcina esikolweni, inenekazi elicocekileyo elabaleka e-El Salvador xa lalineminyaka eyi-14, kwaye alizange lidlule kwibanga lesithandathu.
UGabrielle Meisel, uKyle Ramos noCaroline Villacis bonke babengabafundi xa uRocca wangena kwiklasi kaMcCarthy ngaphambi kobhubhane. Uye wabuza, "buza kwahluka njani ubomi bakho emva kokuba umkile apha ngokuthatha le khosi?"
"Ekuqaleni bendicinga ukuba mhlawumbi ndiza kungena kwicandelo lokuyila," utshilo uVillacis. “Kodwa ngoku ndikhangela enye into, ndiyaqikelela, iyasebenza, apho ndincedisa khona abantu. Ke, ndicinga ukuba ngunontlalontle. ”
URamos uthe, "Kum, luhlobo olufakelwe nje uluvo loxanduva endifuna ukulwenza, ukunceda abanye abantu kwaye sincede nje ilizwe lethu esikulo."
UMcCarthy naye "ukhupha eyona nto intle ebantwini," utshilo uMeisel. “Ubona amandla kuthi. Kwaye uqinisekisa ukuba wonke umfundi uyazi ukuba zibaluleke kangakanani, nto leyo imangalisa ngokwenene. ”
Iklasi kaMcCarthy ayinazo iimviwo kwaye akukho manqanaba. “Uthathela ingqalelo ubundlobongela kwizifundo,” utshilo uVillacis.
URocca wabuza, "Ngaba uyavuma?"
Ndingavuma! ” wahleka.
URocca ubuze uMcCarthy, "Uxolo, yimfundo yakho leyo ebomini?"
“Ewe, ubizo lwam ebomini kukuba ngumyeni olungileyo kunye notata onothando kunye nendoda enothando. Ndicinga ukuba iza kuqala. ”
Utshatile nomfazi wakhe, uMav, iminyaka engama-54. Esi sibini sinoonyana abathathu.
Yenye yeemfihlakalo ezimnyama malunga nentshukumo yoxolo - uninzi lwabenzi boxolo babeswele abantu emakhaya, utshilo uMcCarthy. “Bebekhohlakele ngeendlela esingafane sive ngazo. UGandhi wayengumyeni notata ombi, umyeni olawulayo. ”
“Uxolo luqala ekhaya?” Ubuze uRocca.
“Ewe, ngokuchanekileyo.”
Ngelixa iklasi kaColman McCarthy ingenazo iimviwo okanye amabakala, uyabathumela abafundi bakhe ekhaya benesabelo esinye esibalulekileyo: “Kwiklasi nganye, ndithi, 'Umsebenzi wesikolo owenzelwa ekhaya kukuxelela umntu omthandayo namhlanje. Kwaye ukuba awufumani mntu oxelele ukuba uyabathanda, jonga kancinci. Kwaye ukuba awusayifumani, nditsalele umnxeba phezulu. Ndiyazi ukuba baphi bonke abantu abangathandwayo. Zikho kuyo yonke indawo. '”
