I was in journalism school passing through the big editing room and paused to watch the rocket launch on multiple television screens.  Against the beautiful blue sky  the smooth white trail of smoke from the rocket suddenly split into a sickeningly jagged Y.

There are posts on various online local parents list-servs about tonight’s rally to protest the closing of Middle School 571, Upper Bergen School AND/OR to protest the co-location of a Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School in the same building as P.S. 9. On the Fort Green Kids List, Stephanie posts: Rally 5:00 pm Public Hearing [...]

While sitting in a diner in Chelsea today, I overheard a couple at the next table who seemed to be in their 60′s.  They were talking about current and former careers including high school guidance counselor.  One of them said he got into the field because of his preference for one-to-one contact with students and [...]

Here is the text of a speech Cathie Black gave to the parents and students of the $50,000.00 per year Connecticut boarding school that her own two children attended followed by the text of the speech she gave at her Brooklyn debut before an audience of public school parents, teachers and students at the Panel [...]

Cathie Black was booed at a public meeting at Brooklyn Tech last night. Seriously? Are you kidding me? I didn’t see it myself, although I wish I had. I was attending the PTA meeting at my own child’s school, where I mostly kept my mouth shut.  But, then I went to the wine bar with [...]

A teachable moment is an unplanned opportunity that arises when a teacher has an ideal chance to offer insight to his or her students. Well, this is a teachable moment for Cathie Black. There was a bit of a backlash when Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his appointment of media executive Cathie Black as New York [...]

I appeared again at the New York Downtown Clown Revue as the cleaning woman (Maintenance Staff) character I have been working on for the past several months. I got twice as many compliments on my work after the show as I did last month.  In answer to one, I responded “It’s coming along.” to which [...]

I had my reservations –was called out for ranting about her by friends–even–.  And yet, my fears–at least according to the New York Post– are completely founded!!! WTF?! Cathie Black, in a meeting at Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office, jokingly made a clever response to parental concerns about public school overcrowding (mind you, these were [...]

I thought I knew what I was doing.  But, apparently I don’t. This morning was My Kid’s first soccer game of the winter season.  She got her uniform and everything.  We missed the first game last week because of the FLL tournament. I thought everything was fine… Until I started talking to the other soccer [...]

All I could do was try to see to it that My Kid got a good night’s sleep. All I could do was to offer protein snacks and water to My Kid. All I could do was sit and wait while My Kid was interviewed. All I can do is breathe.