Comments about brooklyn schools

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Brody: What a delight to come across this blog. It was truly "the best of times." Not only did I have the privledge of playing football for Bernie Mars 58'-60' but my uncle played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (nat2.northshorelij.com): Hi I grew up in Bushwick, along with most of my cousins. I went to Fourteen Holy Martyrs School- graduated in 1964. I have wonderful memories of my growing up years in a culturaly......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Steven H.: antBlack is right. I grew up in Bushwick in the 60's and 70's, and moved to the other side of Brooklyn in 78. I remember it being a true neighborhood, my friends were black, hispanic,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

{{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

its me: yeah Hoboken is where i would want raise my kids...lol you have to be kidding. Staten Island is a great place to raise kids, LOW crime and good schools. do Staten Islanders a favor and......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

rachael: hmmm... many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway... i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dee: I also went to jhs 111. The years I attended were 1966-1969 the school was about a year old then. I hated it, and to the young man that said your friend wasn't encouraged......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

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

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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

Peter: ...thats because your schools arent in the middle of {brooklyn}! trust me, sometimes i wish that i was surrounded by acres of open land here, without any fences....

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

jack: they take exams every six months. they have the best doctors available. i knew a girl from there, big red. her hair was in a beehive going up about two feet high.......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman