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USING LOVE-ABILITY IN THE CLASSROOM

Love-Ability makes an excellent addition to Marriage and Family, Religion, Sociology, and Philosophy Courses for high school and college students. Contact the publisher for a textbook discount.

I have been using Love-Ability in my high school class. It has been going quite well with the book. We're up to chapter 8. I am starting to teach it alongside the course material whereas at the beginning I focused solely on the book. We have had class discussions which have been fruitful. Topics such as caring, forgiveness (of enemies) and loving have provoked many ideas and many have admitted that they are unable to love this way. But after a discussion many understood how they could love the difficult people in their life. Many accepted the challenge. So to put it into practice I assigned them a task. They were to live an aspect of the book (go and love someone) and then write how it went. This was done twice so far.

I have typed up some of their responses and put them on my class website, with their permission and anonymously.

Some have told me that they like the book. It's real practical for them. But I think their experiences of how they lived it say a lot.

For Class Assignments from Love-Ability, click on this link.

For Student Responses on How They Practice Love, click on this link.

-- Mike Morse, High School Teacher, California USA

Love-Ability: Becoming Loveable by Caring for Yourself and Others

By Madeline Pecora Nugent and Julian Stead, OSB

New City Press: Hyde Park, New York, 2007

$13.95

	Love-Ability: Becoming Lovable by Caring for Yourself and Others A guide to making friends and being one - for those who know and those who want to learn Home Preface Table of Contents Classroom Use Order Information Testimonials Links Contact


Love-Ability Insight A true testimony to love is a life well-lived. Many people today are unhappy but have no idea why. They are so consumed with the pursuit of pleasure, work, advancement, prestige, and financial gain that they have no time to be still and to understand their own inner goodness or that of others. Instead of viewing others as competitors, consumers, or pawns in the game of life, we all need to see people for who they are -- gifts who come with many talents and abilities. We are all valuable.	USING LOVE-ABILITY IN THE CLASSROOM Love-Ability makes an excellent addition to Marriage and Family, Religion, Sociology, and Philosophy Courses for high school and college students. Contact the publisher for a textbook discount. I have been using Love-Ability in my high school class. It has been going quite well with the book. We're up to chapter 8. I am starting to teach it alongside the course material whereas at the beginning I focused solely on the book. We have had class discussions which have been fruitful. Topics such as caring, forgiveness (of enemies) and loving have provoked many ideas and many have admitted that they are unable to love this way. But after a discussion many understood how they could love the difficult people in their life. Many accepted the challenge. So to put it into practice I assigned them a task. They were to live an aspect of the book (go and love someone) and then write how it went. This was done twice so far. I have typed up some of their responses and put them on my class website, with their permission and anonymously. Some have told me that they like the book. It's real practical for them. But I think their experiences of how they lived it say a lot. For Class Assignments from Love-Ability, click on this link. For Student Responses on How They Practice Love, click on this link. -- Mike Morse, High School Teacher, California USA Love-Ability: Becoming Loveable by Caring for Yourself and Others By Madeline Pecora Nugent and Julian Stead, OSB New City Press: Hyde Park, New York, 2007 $13.95