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Woyshner, Christine – Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 2016
"May you live in interesting times," goes the saying, attributed to the Chinese, although the provenance is unproven. It is widely understood to be a curse, for which a loose translation could be: "May you experience disorder and trouble in your life." In this essay Christine Woyshner raises the issue of the "interesting…
Descriptors: Fear, Teaching Methods, Peace, Social Change
Education Canada, 2007
The Junior G8 competition allows groups of young people from each of the G8 countries to have their voices heard on a global stage--the annual G8 summit. An international essay competition results in the selection of teams of students who travel to the G8 summit to provide a youth perspective on global issues. The 2006 competition focused on four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competition, High Schools, Student Attitudes