Comments about students

There are 100 comments about "students"

Tyra: I'm currently a senior [class of 09] and I've enjoyed my years in ACORN. F.Y. I: if you're going to make comments about the school then at least make them memorable ones or use proper......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

CLaSS oF '09 [Ms. Me]: Class of '09..YESS!!!, we're seniors now. But i would be wrong if I were to say that our journey thus far has not been memorable. As a senior, I've definitely grown up since the first......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

joey: the provost at the ceremony was explaining how porter would be under construction for the next few years. mostly adding floors to the dorm buildings to accommodate more students. and tear up the quad to......

in response to: Post-graduate Study by joey

upfromflames: Well, there is not one Bushwick High anymore, but rather four campuses drawing students from all over the city. I work in the Academy of Urban Planning, myself, and our rates are between 60-70% (depending......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

always race: its always race isn't it. Let me ask you then, what percentage of students actually graduate from Bushwick high? How many come from two parent homes? http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/637...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

k: Why do this people kill innocent people?I think the should not ask for anything from the government since no way they will be allowed to take money they have not worked for,and they should stop......

in response to: Understanding the Mungiki by mnguru

upfromflames: Any marks on these yet, Peter? My students are keeping an eye on this post!...

in response to: Clean Canvasses? by Peter

omabradshaw: Does anyone have pics of the schools I listed? The old Central Grade school was on 5th street and was tore down around 1960-ish.The Catholic church took the land and used it for a......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

janet: Steve--How wonderful that the football field bears your father's name! I remember the name (he wasn't also in charge of disciplinary cases too, was he?). I used to get the alumni bulletin from Tilden,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Steve: Janet Former football players (and other students) from mid 60's (mostly 63 & 64) have been holding reunions at Tilden field each fall. They raised funds to support the current team, and working with the school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

chiamattt: I had no problems whatsoever. The vast majority of China Supporters (chinese students) were full of smiles and willingly posed for pictures. The Seoul Police were polite and didn't hinder my movements at all. I......

in response to: Olympic Torch Relay by chiamattt

"G": I will start by saying this, Acorn has got a good heart, it's intentions are to give the students the knowledge to succeed. The teachers are good some bad but mostly good. and most......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Kathleen Knight: Right now i think that i am the only one making a comment from from my class. I am a former student. i am part of the class of 2000 , And PROUDLY reps MY......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

anonymous 2008 freshman: u know, when i read this it gets me nervous but i hope it isn't wat it really sounds lke and i hope the students their are coolz be-cuz i am really nervous about making......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

English teacher: You can call me immature and misunderstood, But I've been looking through your albums and a reoccuring thing is sneakphotos of middle school and high students, most from low angles. I'm not saying you're a pervert or......

in response to: Oot\'n Aboot (2) by Chiamattt

Ms fresh {F.Y.G}ALL DAY: ACHS is da most borin skool in history nd I mean it.yea imma freshmen nd already wanna leave.We only in da second semester nd I still have sum same classes,I have da same teacher twice,my......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

saffo: When I was studying in Beijing there were several sandstorms during spring time. Students from my university voluntered to plant trees north of Beijing. I planted four. [[img:26299]] ...

in response to: Yellow Sand by chiamattt

Kensington H.S. Vice President: Hello to all Kensingtonites.I lived at 5th & Leigh Ave and attended Kensington High School for Girls from 1958-1961. Even though I have not been to Philly for many years, does anyone have suggestions of......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

12th grade Diva: I am a student at Acorn Community High School and the school is good but the princpal, Deans and some teachers do not care about the students.They all will try to gang up on you......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

{{A}}: Everyone is going to have there own personal opinion about the schooL regardl3ss. But for the ones who attend ACORN...they cant say that this school is all around bad. Just because this school may not......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

jack: chrislla and victoria you both sound like intelligent students, school is probably the best place to be, you can learn about the great people of the world and the only thing you have to do......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

janet: Shelley--As a student teacher at Tilden, I remember Mr. Gold's dramatic performances and saw him leap on his desk once. He was a great favorite with students--lots of flair and drama. I never had......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: Finally dropped below freezing again last night. It's now -4 out there. Oh well, only 2 1/2 months until REAL spring... And in the Arctic, I had whole years where the highest temperature was 19. I......

in response to: Spring in January? by Elicar

KADEEM. : one more thing...SECURITY GUARDS PAY OTHER STUDENTS 2 FIGHT U ...

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

KADEEM. : ok heres how acorn goes once you past freshman year. and u havent gotten in good with all teachers...if they arent what u want them 2 be.THEN EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE..ur fucked.. sorry its the truth if......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

ading: aha this is funny.there once were a group of students from Tennessee to travel to china.they were shocked when they got into the supermarket. it was rather large and full of people.all that they could......

in response to: Chinatown Dare: by Peter

juan tejeda : as a part of the 2ng generation of ACORN studentswe ruled that school . so all u kids who cry about the school .work to change the system. like we did . u kids today just dont......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

To Arii: Students who skipped Math A and moved to Math B classes are exemplary students who already passed Math A Regents. If you feel that your need wasn't met, you have to see any of......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

arii: thiis schOoL is HORRiBlE.. the system is BACKWARDS...literally.. they will have u learning math b before math a. they skip steps in the learning process they ignore the students physical and mental needs. smh ...

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

New York: So what has become of the Rivers family and the two boys? (Lafayette and Pharoah)? Anyone out there know? I heard Kotlowitz speak about 6 or 7 years ago here in Brooklyn and I liked......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Hashim Lynch: Yea I was a student here. Graduated in '05. My reason for coming to this school was because I thought it was an art based school. I was so very wrong. Although it did have......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Victoria Ware: i was in the class of 2007 and to be honest my first impression of acorn wasn't a good one. i was always the quiet type and never spoke to any one (yeah i did......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

RuSS: Graduated out of Acorn in June of 07 and i was actually 1 of 2 salutatorians lol. i always thought about transferring when i got there but after four years i never realized how good......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Miriam: I'm a teacher in a Brooklyn public school. I know a little sign language. I would love to visit this school.Many students here want to learn sign language and meet deaf students....

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Vashon T Jordan: Wow I never knew so many people read that book! well let me back up what D.Bennett said (naked face) it was made for tv, exaggerated, it made pharoah and laffy look like saints (and......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Simone w. class of 2005: HA. I went to this school, left in 2005 as one of the top students. It was not that bad...We did have some drugged up dance teachers and we DID have the worst gym experience......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

CartLegger: Li'l U: I'd love to get my hands on the tompkins square riot to my students. Any clue on how to get hold of it?...

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

CartLegger: Great! I'll use this in my class this fall. Its a powerful symbol that my Bushwick students can relate to. History always appreciated....

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Anonymous: If I was a parent I would not send my kids to this school. The majority of kids don't wanna learn and they're typical common ghetto trash. They disrupt classes and prevent other students from......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

CartLegger: I am so happy to be a part of a site on which so many urban studies folks are able to snap their works. As a high school teacher of urban planning (Urban Soc/GIS), CityNoise......

in response to: Shinjuku by serlingrod

upfromflames: Chris: Many props to you for expressing your opinion in this forum. I hope my students at Bushwick Campus will do the same sort of thing: to speak what they know. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

upfromflames: Thanks! And you can bet I will continue, EG. With my new position as sociology and mapping teacher at the Bushwick Academy for Urban Planning, there will be more history to tell, and a future......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

jack: cartlegger, the pictures of those young men and women are beautiful and they give me a feeling of hope for this country. i guess every generation has it's own ideas of what they want......

in response to: Destructionconstruction by jack

CartLegger: Little Bungalows fall to make way for McMansions. Quick, someone call an urban sociologist! Jack, thanks for taking the time to capture this part of the urban process. I'll make sure to use these fotos......

in response to: Destructionconstruction by jack

EvilGentleman: We have both tended to focus on the area of downtown near Guy-Concordia metro, probably due to our being Concordia students. I also hang around with the native crowd in the west end of downtown,......

in response to: RCA Building by Cinic

Howard Levy: Amazing work - a wonderful process of discovery for the students and a brilliant gift for the community....

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

L@DY W@tCh3R: Im interested in attending this high school. I was looking fo pictures so i could see how it might becuase I wanted to go to any school out of the bronx.lol I read up on this......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

oh dear...: iman: 4th Apr 2007 - 00:25 GMT i'm glad i live in a fun town where people know how to live good. i am never moving to the south. I just want to let iman know that......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

John Gayle: ACORN is A wonderful school. Whether we admit it or not some kids are stupid, some are in between, and others are smart. Of course the dumb ones who ar constantly getting in trouble will......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Ed Vas: I think my fifth grade teacher's name of Mr. Leonard I can't think of his last name. Maybe I'm wrong with the first name. This husband and wife team would give the students stars and......

in response to: Bushwick: The Fire Woman by upfromflames

kobie: well a lot of these tenements probably arent even housing association or council owned anymore cos a lot of the people who live in these better quality tenements usually buy them then sell them and......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Jaquana Credle: I currently attend acorn community high school and i will be honest it isnt the best school to attend . And yes we do have some teachers that dont care but what school......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

EvilGentleman: The owners of the bar had considered launching a lawsuit against the Montreal Mirror for the slanderous lies in this article. [[http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/022207/news2.html]] The allegations about the rooms upstairs really caught all of us who frequent the......

in response to: Fire on Ste Catherine by CE

upfromflames: There is, if this posting is real, an interesting story behind this. Ever see that scene in the godfather, where they are deciding whether to sell heroin or not? well, that is what happened to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: jack: I love west side story, and so do my students, todays jets and sharks, struggling for their own little piece of something out here in this new frontier, Bushwick. I'd love to create a......

in response to: The Jets and the Sharks by jack

Former Student -Class of 03': I graduated from ACHS, and although I had some great experiences there, they did not have the latest equipment and technology. The gym is pretty small, but I didn't care because I hated gym.......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Mrs. Stan: The pictures and comments will be just great for my students. We were observing and writing about a basswood tree near our classroom. Over Christmas vacation the tree was cut down. We were......

in response to: Farewell Basswood Tree by Tyfoid Kid

LAila: Yeah... my Korean students from Kwangju told me about the yellow sand. They said they can't go outside because the streets are full of dust. It will affect their skins and eyes... That's why they have to......

in response to: Yellow Sand by chiamattt

CartLegger: um...you mean the serious side where I am not mocking a radical conservative? Maybe I should make this clearer, should any students find this looking for info on gentrification. So no, no UN blue helmets......

in response to: Gowanus: The Truth About Gentrification by CartLegger

upfromflames: sure did. I always credit others. Bushwick needs teachers, but most of all it needs teachers that came from here. They understand most what kids need here. There is always a place open for a person......

in response to: Blinding Success: Urban Signage by upfromflames

ArtsyNani: Did you take these pictures yourself? I grew just a few blocks away from the chicken place. I've been browsing through various blogs about Bushwick and noticed that you teach there. Do......

in response to: Blinding Success: Urban Signage by upfromflames

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

NOT SURPRISED AT YOUR CYNICISM: You clearly passed through during the summer when all the college students are at home (or a break). Try going there anytime during the school year and good luck getting anywhere on those two lane......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Dustin H: I like how he won't comment back anymore. Good job defending your position Scott! I don't think Scott wanted to go further than a quarter mile into town, otherwise he would have run into some......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

pierre: BD: thanks for reminding me about the SP classes, I was in SP1 which is why we took French instead of Spanish and why all SP1 students were in the band with Mr. Montasano (i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: BD: Those are some weighty words you mention, but they do ring true right down through history. Its a sensitive subject, but there are still white teachers playing that sort of role--I am trying to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

procyon: peter: too bad about the sane stuff getting painted over! i read somewhere that someone is rehabilitating the place, though... as a resident of a beautiful old building with a lot of terra cotta sculptural......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Felicia B. A.K.A Lisa: A lot of students send comments to this page.Some good some bad.But personally,from what i've heard and seen,i think that this would be a very nice and good school and i hope to get in......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

p.o.ed person from belleville: ok now i agree with nick belleville is not as boring as they are trying to make it sound.there is fun food and places to hang out. we have the worlds fastist half mile dirt......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

from starr st.: 1st. off upfromflames, i am going to my storage space and look for my pics and send them to you. now i was born and rasied in bushwick. PROUD of it.just as proud......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (localhost): acorn is a very small school for students who want to learn...

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

little ukraine: hello, jack's daughter, and welcome! congrats on the recent master's degree. we seem to share similar feelings for the library. as for my personal opinion, i think it would be best to......

in response to: A View Down the Avenue by jack

little ukraine: I'd be interested to hear the opinions of the NYers on this site (or of anyone who is familiar with it, for that matter) of the Bobst Library, seen here on the left. I......

in response to: A View Down the Avenue by jack

Yo Miss: i've been teaching at one of the neighborhood middle schools in bushwick for 5 years now, and even in just that short amount of time i have seen a TREMENDOUS amount of positive change in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Scott: Just moved to Bushwick 2 years ago, very white, and a supposed part of this so-called "gentrification." I, and the other "white people" that live in my building all moved here for two reasons.......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

susannah: ..I will concede that I know very little about the HA except what I have been exposed to in the media. I remember many years ago an open house for a rental apartment in......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

khumaira Bibi: francis school the for deaf to go classroom teachers and students nice bus Remmeber friends sammara,Daniel,dante Richardo kante joseph juan R john mcthben,jamie,...

in response to: Upper Lough Erne by barry

Tamara Jordan oct 2006 freshmen 210:26 GMT: Acorn is a great school and the teachers are very powerfull leaders and the students are great leaders amoung one enother....

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

English teacher in Brasil: whatever I read on here is very interesting. I am doing Ireland at the moment with my year nine here in Brasil (Campinas in the state of São Paulo, a city about double the size......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Stevo: Oh I see it now...that last shot is on Bay st. in front of the Hoito. I was so busy looking at the cute girl...the Hoito is a restaurant; the word means "care" in Finnish.......

in response to: August 08 2006 Ontario by hool

EvilGentleman: plato says: New York implemented new rules about confiscating firearms after a 1992 school shooting in Brooklyn left two students dead. [[http://www.cnn.com/US/9805/22/school.reduced.violence/]]. The new rules failed in 2002, when 2 more students were shot. [[http://www.keystosaferschools.com/Students_Concerned21502.htm]] It seems......

in response to: Dawson CGEP Shooting by CE

EvilGentleman: Rest in pieces, you worthless shit. The girl, Anastasia DeSousa, was only 18 years old, and now she's gone forever, a permanent hole in the hearts and souls of the DeSousa family. Who the fuck......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Wow, what style... [[img:15540]] What I find amazing is the incredible waste of resources. Water is so precious in the desert, and the Colorado River feeds Western Arizona, Southern Nevada and Southern California (including LA and San......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: Can you believe that Quizno's Subs (white sign with green and red lettering) closes at midnight on a Saturday night when all the students in the area are out drinking till 3 AM? I tried......

in response to: Rainy Walk Downtown by CE

EvilGentleman: Actually, a lot of the "art" here is not done by children, but by adults. I actually recognize a few of the names here as people I know IRL. What keeps happening in this area......

in response to: Catbread, Free Lebanon, Etc. by CE

Aamanda McMichael: ACORN is not that bad so people should really chill out cause the current students right now are tryna make it better for the new freshmens we have coming in, who are alot more into......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Chris Erb: From the information I've been given concerning apartment rental in Montreal, the city only has a 2% vacancy rate for low income apartments (prices that low income families, students, or new immigrants can afford). ......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Chris Erb: I myself would prefer to see some low income apartments being built. Look around downtown, there are luxery apartments going up everywhere: this one, Saunders St., Chruchill Row, the old shoe factory (not luxery......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

Chris Erb: This building is actually quite nice to Fredericton standards. Even though Fredericton is one of the richest places in Atlantic Canada, it's still quite poor compared to much of the rest of Canada. ......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

the hunter: hey current hunter students, scan in those old yearbook pix and put them up here! And two words for you: prop room. holy shit....

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

EvilGentleman: elaine, the pink Scotiabank building is not home to Barbie, but I think that Squirrel that hangs out with Spongebob Squarepants might frequent the place fairly often. Chris, I am a political science major who is......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

Biff: This the main quadrangle of Ryerson University in downtown Toronto. We are in the last week of final exams, so there not a lot of students about......

in response to: Ryerson Quad by Biff

Biff: This the main quadrangle of Ryerson University in downtown Toronto. We are in the last week of final exams, so there not a lot of students about......

in response to: Ryerson Quad by Biff