By Izindaba ze-CBS, Disemba 30, 2020
Umbhali kanye nothisha uColman McCarthy uqala unyaka nonyaka wesikole ngemibuzo ye-pop - nomklomelo wemali. "Ngikhipha amadola ayikhulu: 'Uma noma ngubani engaphendula imibuzo, wonke amagama, ngeyakho," esho.
UMcCarthy ucele intatheli uMo Rocca ukuthi athathe imibuzo.
"Ngubani uRobert E. Lee?"
"Wayengumphathi we-Confederate Army, yaseNyakatho Virginia," kusho uRocca, eqala ngokuzethemba.
“Wayengubani uNapoleon?”
"Wayengumfana onesakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi?"
"Yebo Yebo. Ujenene waseFrance. Kuhle! Kubukeka kukuhle. Kubukeka kukuhle, ”kusho uMcCarthy. Kodwa ke …
"U-Emily Balch?"
"Akuyena lo wesifazane ongaphumi endlini yakhe eMassachusetts, futhi wabhala izinkondlo?" kubuza uRocca, ngokungabaza.
UMcCarthy wachaza, “Cha. U-Emily Balch waba ngu-Nobel Peace Prize owasungula i-Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. ”
Futhi uRocca akakwazanga ukukhomba uJody Williams (owine uNobel ngomsebenzi wakhe ngezimayini zomhlaba), noma uJeannette Rankin (owesifazane wokuqala owakhethwa kwiCongress, futhi okuwukuphela kwelungu lokuvota ngokumelene nokubandakanyeka kweMelika kuzo zombili izimpi zomhlaba).
"Mo, ungaphatheki kabi," kusho uMcCarthy. “Kuhlale kuyimali ephephile. Ngingahlala ngithembele emfundweni yaseMelika! ”
Sekuyiminyaka engama-38 uColman McCarthy ezama ukukhipha lawo madola ayikhulu kubafundi abangaphezu kuka-30,000 bezikole zamabanga aphakeme namakolishi endaweni yaseWashington DC abathathe izifundo zakhe zokufunda ukuthula. Owayengumbhali wephephandaba iWashington Post, uMcCarthy uchithe impilo yakhe yonke eshumayela, efundisa, ngokungabi nodlame.
"Kukhona izindlela zokubhekana nezingxabano ngezinye izindlela," esho. “Kodwa asizifundisi ezinye izindlela, ngakho-ke babheka abantu abanjengami: 'Awu, ungomunye walezi zinkukhu zakudala ezingama-60s, omunye walezo zinkululeko zakudala, usengowokuzungeza, akunjalo? '”
Uhambo lukaMcCarthy uqobo lwaqala eminyakeni engama-82 eyedlule lapho ezalwa emndenini wakwamanye amazwe wase-Ireland eLong Island eNew York. Waya eSpring Hill College e-Alabama, lapho aqhubeka khona nothando lwakhe lokuqala: "Ngaya khona ngenxa yezizathu eziyi-18, Mo. Kwakunenkundla yegalofu ekhempasini."
Uphendulele unyaka wakhe wokugcina. Kodwa ubuye wathola imibhalo yomonki weTrappist nesishoshovu senhlalo uThomas Merton, futhi ebuyela ekhaya e-Alabama, wama esigodlweni sezindela eGeorgia. Ugcine ngokuhlala iminyaka emihlanu nohhafu
URocca ubuze, “Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi ungabi ngumfundisi?”
“Angikuthandanga ukunambitheka kwewayini,” kuhleka uMcCarthy.
Ubizo lwakhe, kuvele ukuthi, ubuntatheli. Ngo-1969 waqala ukubhalela iWashington Post, lapho axoxisana khona futhi waba nobungane nabameli abaningi bokuthula ababedume kakhulu ngekhulu lama-20.
Utshele izethameli ukuthi, "Ngithola inani elifanele leposi njalo ngesonto kubafundi abavela ezweni lonke, bengibiza ngesilima, umdikadika, umuntu ongazi lutho ... bese ngifunda eyami engemihle."
Kepha ungavumeli indlela yakhe yokuzijabulisa ikukhohlise. UMcCarthy akafinyeleli nje ekuphikiseni kwakhe udlame alubona lukhona ngakithi.
Akakholelwa ukuthi kufanele sibe nebutho elimi. URocca ubuze, "Ucabanga ukuthi kufanele sibe nokuphepha emngceleni?"
“Angikholelwa emingceleni,” kusho yena. "Imingcele yenziwe ngokungeyena, ikakhulukazi isenzo samasosha."
Akasizi ngalutho ngengoma yesizwe. “Angikaze ngiyimele i-'The Star-Spangled Banner, 'ngoba leyo yingoma yempi. Kumayelana nokuqhuma kwabantu ngamabhomu, kumayelana namarokhethi, kumayelana nempi engenamsebenzi. ”
Uphikisana nesigwebo sentambo nokukhipha isisu. “Kodwa angigxeki noma ngubani okhiphe izisu. Angifuni uhulumeni abandakanyeke. Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele sifundise wonke umuntu ukuthi zikhona ezinye izindlela zokuxazulula ukukhulelwa okungafunwa. ”
Uma ucabanga ukuthi uyazi ukuthi uMcCarthy uvota kanjani, awukaze uvote. Ukuzibophezela kwakhe kokungabi nodlame kudlulela ngaphezu kwesintu, yingakho engayidlanga inyama emashumini eminyaka.
URocca ubuze, "Kukhona okugqokile okuvela esilwaneni?"
“Cha, izicathulo zami azisona isikhumba. Kodwa zama kahle! ”
Akanayo imoto; kunalokho ugibela amabhayisikili ayosebenza. “Nginohlangothi olumnyama kancane kimi, Mo, ngebhayisikili lami, ngiyalithanda uma kuba nesiminyaminya. Nabo-ke, bangcolisa umoya nje. Futhi ngishaya umoya ngqo. Futhi imizuzwana embalwa ngizizwa ngiphakeme kakhulu ngokokuziphatha! ”
Uletha izikhulumi ezingama-20 isemester ekilasini lakhe eBethesda-Chevy Chase High School eMaryland, lapho efundisa khona ngokuzithandela. Kunjalo: UMcCarthy akakhokhelwa ukufundisa lapha. Izipikha zezihambeli zifake abazuze umklomelo kaNobel uMairead Corrigan, uMuhammad Yunus, no-Adolfo Pérez Esquivel.
Wabe eseletha isisebenzi esasinakekela esikoleni, intokazi yokuhlanza eyabaleka e-El Salvador lapho yayineminyaka engu-14, futhi engakaze idlule ibanga lesithupha.
UGabrielle Meisel, uKyle Ramos noCaroline Villacis bonke babengabafundi ngesikhathi uRocca engena ekilasini likaMcCarthy ngaphambi kobhadane. Ubuze ukuthi, "Impilo yakho izokwehluka kanjani ngemuva kokushiya lapha ngokuthatha le nkambo?"
"Ekuqaleni bengicabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe ngizoya emkhakheni wezobuciko," kusho uVillacis. “Kodwa manje sengifuna okunye okwengeziwe, ngicabanga ukuthi, kuyenzeka, lapho ngisebenza khona ukusiza abantu. Ngakho-ke, ngicabanga ukuba ngusonhlalakahle. ”
URamos uthe, "Kimina, kufana nje nokufaka umuzwa wokuba nomthwalo wokuthi ngifane nesidingo sokusiza abanye abantu futhi ngisize umhlaba wethu esikuwo."
UMcCarthy futhi "uvele aveze okuhamba phambili kubantu," kusho uMeisel. “Ubona amandla kithi. Futhi uyaqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umfundi uyazi ukuthi zibaluleke kangakanani, okuyinto enhle impela. ”
Isigaba sikaMcCarthy asinazo izivivinyo futhi awekho amamaki. "Ubheka udlame lwezifundo emabangeni," kusho uVillacis.
URocca ubuze, "Ungavuma?"
Ngingavuma! ” ahleke.
URocca ubuze uMcCarthy, "Imfundo yokuthula, ngabe yilolo ubizo lwakho empilweni?"
“Yebo, ubizo lwami empilweni ukuthi ngibe ngumyeni olungile nobaba onothando nomyeni onothando. Ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kuza kuqala. ”
Uneminyaka engu-54 eshade nonkosikazi wakhe uMav. Lo mbhangqwana unamadodana amathathu.
"Ngenye yezimfihlo ezimnyama mayelana nenhlangano yokuthula - ngakho-ke iningi labenzi bokuthula ababengabantu abadabukisayo emakhaya," kusho uMcCarthy. “Babenonya ngezindlela esasingavamile ukuzwa ngazo. UGandhi wayengumyeni nobaba omubi, umyeni ocindezelayo. ”
"Ukuthula kuqala ekhaya?" kubuza uRocca.
“Yebo, kunjalo impela.”
Ngenkathi ikilasi likaColman McCarthy lingenazo izivivinyo noma amamaki, uthumela abafundi bakhe emakhaya ngesabelo esisodwa esibalulekile: “Wonke amakilasi, ngithi, 'Umsebenzi wakho wesikole ukutshela umuntu ukuthi uyamthanda namuhla. Futhi uma ungakwazi ukuthola umuntu ozomtshela ukuthi uyamthanda, bheka kancane. Futhi uma namanje ungazitholi, ngishayele ucingo. Ngiyazi ukuthi bakuphi bonke abantu abangathandwa. Zikhona yonke indawo. '”
