Lawrence Paros
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Lawrence Paros | |
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| Born | February 21, 1934 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | July 3, 2019 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Writer, educator, filmmaker |
| Language | English |
| Education | BA; MA; |
| Alma mater | University of MA. Amherst; Yale University |
Lawrence Paros (February 21, 1934 – July 3, 2019) was an American author and educator, best known for his work in alternative education.
Biography
[edit]Paros was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on February 21, 1934. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science at University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In 1958, Paros received a Master of Arts in American Diplomatic History and Russian Studies at Yale University.[citation needed]
Paros died on July 3, 2019, at the age of 85.[1]
Career
[edit]Paros taught high school in several places before becoming the chair of the History Department at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut. While there, he developed an area-wide program on contemporary issues for high school students, which was described in a featured article in the Yale Alumni Magazine.[2]
Paros was then appointed the director of the Yale Summer High School, a project to identify, recruit and educate talented youths living in poverty nationwide. 40 years later, he interviewed former students and staff members of the project, for a documentary film entitled Walk Right In,[3][4] which was screened at a number of film festivals and educational facilities.[5]
Alternative education
[edit]In Providence, Rhode Island, Paros established and directed two experimental schools: the Alternate Learning Project (ALP)[6] and School One. The school was the subject of Hilda Calabro's Diversity or Conformity in the American High School.[7]
Written and online work
[edit]Paros published works include Dancing on the Contradictions, a book about transformation in schools. His other published works include The Black and the Blue: The Story of the Other Yale, The Great American Cliché,[8] The Erotic Tongue (Madrona and Henry Holt and Company),[9] Bawdy Language (Kvetch Press),[10] and Smashcaps (Avon).
His column, A Word with You,[11] written in the early days of the internet, later served as the basis of a two volume work: A Word with You America.
Paros was also an op-ed page columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and a commentator on KUOW-FM in Seattle. His later works include three films: The Journey, the story of an immigrant's trek to America, Walk Right In, the story of the Yale Summer High School, and a short animated film, "Bawdy: The Movie."
Bibliography
[edit]Non-fiction
[edit]- The Great American Cliché (Workman,1976),
- The Erotic Tongue (Madrona, Henry Holt,1984),
- Smashcaps (Avon,1995),
- A Word with you America (Kvetch Press,1999),
- Bawdy Language (Kvetch Press,2003),
- Dancing on the Contradictions (PP Press,2019),
Film/video
[edit]- The Journey
- Walk Right In
- Bawdy: The Movie
References
[edit]- ^ "Reviews, Spring 2021, Vol. 40, No. 1". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Perspectives on the World by Dane Archer and Alberto Lau". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Hope of '60s has lesson for today by Jerry Large". Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ "Open doors, and you'll open minds by Jerry Large, Seattle Times". Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ "Walk Right In, backstory UW". Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ The Alternate Learning Project (ALP) by Charles B. Kenyon, Overview of a Model High School in Providence, Rhode Island. 1978-11-30. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ Calabro, Hilda (1972). "Diversity or Conformity in the American High School by Hilda Calabro, University of NC". The High School Journal. 56 (3): 150–153. JSTOR 40365767.
- ^ "The Great American Cliché Review, The Nashua Telegraph, by John Shrurr". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Erotic Tongue by Mike Henderson, Everett Herald". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ Parvaz, D (20 August 2003). "'Bawdy Language' makes a case". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- ^ "A Word With You by Peter Lewis, Seattle Times". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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