KIPP King: It's Not Tolstoy - San Lorenzo, CA Patch
Happy countries are all alike; every unhappy country is unhappy in its own way.
Otherwise, there is little more than passing resemblance between the oeuvre of the 19th century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy and the 8:30 a.m. class taught by Jared Kushida.
For many in KIPP King Collegiate High School's first graduating class, War and Peace (the class) is the highlight of their grueling pre-collegiate academic career.
Not because it's easy — students I spoke with said it's among the most rigorous courses offered at the school — but for the relevance so many students don't find till college.
"The goal of the class is to be an intro to political science, ethics, and international relations," Kushida said. "We help them form their own idea of conflict and peace. We build that back to looking at the history of the development of war and peace. At the mid-year point we turn to looking at current situations. We look at the UN, we look at the ICC, we look at the role of international bodies in creating peace." [...]
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