"Ndikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito liwu loti "chilungamo" - lomwe ndidakakamizika kunena nkhani ya kusukulu mwachilungamo. Kuti ndife osavuta kulemba mabuku ndi kukamba nkhani za mayunivesite akuluakulu, koma pankhani ya masukulu apamwamba sitiganiza choncho. Ndipo komabe ngati mufunsa munthu aliyense pamsewu za munthu yemwe adawalimbikitsa, nthawi zonse amalera aphunzitsi akusekondale kapena mphunzitsi wakusekondale. Masukulu a kusekondale akhala ndi chisonkhezero chokulirapo pa chimene ife tiri monga anthu, monga fuko. Ndipo payenera kukhala zolembedwa za masukulu apamwamba, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti DeWitt Clinton ndi sukulu yabwino yomwe yakhudza kwambiri moyo waku America. "
-Gerard Pelisson, mphunzitsi wakale wa kusekondale komanso wolemba nawo "The Castle on the Parkway," mbiri ya DeWitt Clinton High School ku Bronx NY
“Kwa inu” ndi mawu osonyeza kukhulupirika ochokera m’nyimbo ya kusukulu ya sekondale, nyimbo ya kusukulu imene imamvekanso m’maganizo mwanga patapita zaka 50 kuchokera pamene ndinachoka ku DeWitt Clinton HS m’masiku amene ndinkakhala ku Bronx.
Palibe kukaikira kuti zomwe ndinakumana nazo komanso malangizo anga pa "DeWitt C" zidandithandiza kuti ndikhale utolankhani ngati ntchito, ndipo pamapeto pake, polemba malingaliro ngati awa.
Pamene "yanga" ndiye kuti sukulu ya anyamata onse, yomwe inali sukulu yapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, idaopsezedwa kuti idzatsekedwa ndi akuluakulu a boma omwe amadzikonda "osintha maphunziro," ndinayamba kupanga filimu ya DeWitt Clinton, zaka zake 100 kuphatikizapo mbiri yakale, ndi zovuta zomwe zimakumana nazo monga funde la privatives likusesa maphunziro ndi masukulu otsekedwa m'mizinda ndi mizinda. Ndinkafuna kukondwerera kufunikira kwa maphunziro a anthu.
Zolemba za ola limodzi tsopano zikupezeka, zokhala ndi zoyankhulana ndi ophunzira apano, alumni ndi aphunzitsi. (Mutha kuwona kalavani ndi kutsatsa pa Facebook.com/dwcfilm, ndikupeza momwe mungayitanitse. Pali ngolo pa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbxKXgALC0E ndi kutsatsa kwakufupi pa youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RReJzL5K0nI)
Zaka zapitazo, m'buku langa, News Dissector: Zokonda, Zidutswa ndi Polemics, Electronic Press (2000) Ndinalemba za zaka zanga zachinyamata ndikukonza nyuzipepala ya ophunzira. Ndinayitcha "Bodoni Bold."
Utolankhani uli ndi zinsinsi zake. Typefaces ndi imodzi mwa izo. Nyuzipepala yathu ya ku DeWitt Clinton High School ku Bronx inasankha Bodoni Bold, cholembera chakuda chakuda chakuda. Sindinadziwe chifukwa chake. Panali mphekesera kuti wosindikizayo, yemwe anatiikira pepala lotentha kasanu ndi katatu pa chaka cha sukulu, anali atatsekereza msika wa bodoni, anali atatsekeredwa, mwinanso analandira ntchito pa lemba lililonse lomwe linagwedezeka molimba mtima.
Angadziwe ndani? Ndani amasamala, kupatula kuti ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe zikuyendabe m'maselo anga aubongo zaka zonsezi pambuyo pake. Ndikuganiza za Ofesi ya News News ya Clinton, kwakanthawi komwe ndimakhala kutali ndi kwathu.
Pakhoma lililonse panali mndandanda wa ana asukulu amene anabwera ife tisanakhalepo, kuphatikizapo mayina otchuka amene anapitirira mpaka kalekale. Kodi enawo anapita kuti? Ambiri a iwo, ndikuganiza, anali ndi nzeru zabwino zopitira ku moyo wina wosachita utolankhani. Ndinanyamuka kuchokera kwa mtolankhani kupita ku mkonzi, ndikupeza zolemba zamakalata, zotsogola, mitu yankhani, ndi cholakwika chamzere. Zinandipatsa kukoma komwe kudzakhala nane kwa moyo wanga wonse.
Lou Simon ndiye mnyamata yemwe ndingamuthokoze. Iye anali mlangizi wathu, mphunzitsi, wovomereza. Anali wamng'ono pamene adadza ku Clinton m'zaka za m'ma makumi asanu, mwinamwake 28 kapena 29. Anali ndi gulu la anthu ogwira ntchito komanso kuyenda kwa bakha oseketsa. Makalasi ake achingerezi komanso magawo a utolankhani adapitilira pazoyambira. WHO? Chani? Chifukwa chiyani? Kuti? Liti? Bwanji? Anatipangitsa kuti tiwerenge ma W asanu awa, ndikuchepetsa nkhani zomwe zidaphonya mbali imodzi ya fomula. "Khalani bwino, fufuzani zowona zanu, onani galamala yanu." Palibe chomwe chidatumizidwa kwa chosindikizira popanda Blue L yayikulu yochokera kwa Lou Simon yomwe idakwera kudzanja lamanzere la bukulo. Icho chinali chidindo chake chovomereza.
Panali nthawi zomwe ndimamenyana naye, kukangana naye ndikumutukwana pansi. Anali wokakamira ndipo nthawi zambiri anali wolondola, ndipo Clinton News inali ndi mphotho zamaphunziro kuti zitsimikizire. Apa tinali, anyamata 4200 onse a Bronx High School, ovuta kwambiri moti tinkangokhalira kupumula tsiku lililonse kuti tichite ovulala, ndipo tinkapambana mphoto zapamwamba za ophunzira chaka chilichonse, kupikisana nawo kudo count. motsutsana ndi manyuzipepala ochokera kusukulu zapamwamba zokonzekera.
Pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a ophunzirawo adachokera ku masukulu apamwamba apamwamba ku Harlem. Chaka chilichonse, ana akuda anayi aatali omwe amagoletsa bwino kwambiri ankabweretsa zidule zochokera m’maseŵero awo n’kupita nazo m’zipinda zochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi kusukulu. Kwinakwake amakhoza kunyamula mwana wachiyuda, kapena wa ku Italy kuno kapena uko, mnyamata wina amene miniti iliyonse amathera akuyesera kulumpha kuwombera kapena kuphunzira kuyendetsa galimoto molunjika ku dengu ngati wowerenga Chisipanishi. Clinton anali wamkulu pamakhothi.
Sitinali mafumu amasewera, kuopseza anthu wamba omwe ankamenyana nafe, omwe ena a iwo ankachita mantha kwambiri ndi nkhondo yosapeŵeka pambuyo pa masewerawo kusiyana ndi mpikisano wa masewerawo. Komabe, anyamata a Clinton anali ndi rep mumsewu; ulemu wobadwa chifukwa cha mantha. Tinali thupi la kanema "Blackboard Jungle." Milungu ingapo iliyonse, panali malipoti a mkokomo wa sitima zapansi panthaka okhudza ena mwa ophunzira anzathu. Anyamata 4200 akutulutsa ma testosterone ambiri.
Kukhala pa nyuzipepala sikunachite zambiri kwa inu pa mano a mano sikelo, koma othamanga amakukondani chifukwa amafuna zithunzi zawo papepala.
Poganizira za izo tsopano, ndine wokondwa kuti ndinapita kumeneko. Ndinaponyedwa mumphika waukulu wosungunuka wa NY kapena, mwinamwake molondola, mbale ya saladi, mphodza za mafuko ndi madera omwe amapatsa mzinda mphamvu zake. Ena a ife osakaniza; ena a ife sanatero, koma tonse tinali limodzi. Mukapita kuchipinda cha mnyamatayo, nthawi zonse pamakhala ana akuda omwe amagwirizana. Iwo ankaona kuti matailosi a m’bafawo amatsekemera mawuwo. Ndipo iwo nthawizonse anali pa makiyi.
Woseketsa Robert Klein, yemwe adamaliza maphunziro anga zaka ziwiri ine ndisanakwane, wapanga chimbale chanthabwala komanso chosangalatsa chapadera cha HBO pa nthawi yake ku DeWitt C. Adalembanso nyimbo yokondwerera moyo ku Bronx kalelo "Bronx ndi yokongola kwambiri nthawi ino. ya mwaka.” Anaimitsa nyimboyi pa msonkhano wazaka zana wa Sukulu. Amuna akuluakulu analira, akuimba limodzi. Panali ngakhale alumnus kumeneko kuchokera ku kalasi ya 1919.
Ndinali mwana wogwira ntchito kusukulu yantchito. Palibe zodzinenera, kukwezeka pang'ono. Zinali zenizeni pansi pano, ndipo kwa ine gawo lamwambo wokulirapo. Bambo anga anapita komweko, pamodzi ndi amalume anga. Mchimwene wanga ananditsatira. Chinachake chiyenera kuti chinamukhudza kwambiri pa zomwe zinamuchitikirazi, chifukwa wakhala mphunzitsi wa kusekondale kuyambira pamene anatuluka ku koleji ndipo anali wamkulu.
Ndipo zodabwitsa, mmodzi mwa ophunzira ake anali mbadwa ya DeWitt Clinton woyambirira, Kazembe wamkulu wa New York yemwe sukuluyo idatchedwa. Adabweretsanso mwanayo ku Bronx ndikumuwonetsa ku bungwe lomwe lili ndi dzina lake.
Osandilakwitsa. Uku sikunali kumwamba kwa sekondale, sikunali malo ophunzirira kapena utopia. Inali ndi mavuto ndi zofooka zambiri. Imayendetsedwa ndiye ngati msasa wa nsapato! Panali makalasi odzaza anthu, aphunzitsi osadziŵa bwino ntchito, ndi ana asukulu ouma mutu kuphatikizapo ambiri amene anali onyada kutchedwa ma JD—achigawenga achichepere. Idachitanso kutsata, mtundu wa elitism, kotero kuti ana owoneka bwino adakumana ndi nkhani zapamwamba komanso mwayi wokulirapo. Koma tonse tinali osakanikirana m'chipinda chodyera, malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, m'magulu ndi m'makalasi oyambira.
Sukuluyi idapangitsa ana olimba kwambiri, ma hood enieni, kukhala oyang'anira holo kuti apereke mphamvu zawo m'njira yabwino koma yolamulira. Mwina ndidadana nazo zambiri zomwe zinkachitika pamenepo, koma ndikukumbukira bwino tsopano. Nthawi imachoka m'mbali - ndipo imatilola tonse kukamba nthano za nthawi yamtengo wapatali yomwe, sipanakhalepo.
Ifenso tinali m'badwo wa makumi asanu. Tinali ndi zobowolera za bakha ndi-chivundikiro. Tinkachita misonkhano yachigawo yokhala ndi nkhani zosonyeza kukonda kwambiri dziko lathu. Ambiri aife tinkavala tsitsi lalifupi komanso lalifupi kwambiri. Ndinadziŵikitsidwa ndi poto ndi mnzanga wakuda yemwe ankakonda nyimbo za jazi. Koma owerengeka chabe a ife anali ndi kukoka kwathu kosaloledwa panthawiyo. (Ndipo inde, ndinapuma.) Kwenikweni inali nthawi ya mankhwala asanayambe.
Ndinayenda bwino kusukulu—osati zabwino. Ndinali wopanda chiyembekezo pa masamu, wotopa ndi sayansi, koma wosangalatsidwa ndi mbiri yakale, ndipo, inde, wopsompsona pang'ono komanso wochita bwino. Koma mpaka lero ndine wokhulupirika kwa ofiira ndi akuda, ndipo ndimakumbukirabe mawu aliwonse a nyimbo ya kusukulu, “Clinton Alma Mater, dzina lanu timayimba.”
Pafupifupi zaka zisanu zapitazo, ndinapita ku msonkhano womwe unasonkhanitsa mibadwo ya Clinton. Mwina chinali chizindikiro cha nthawiyo, koma idachitikira m'tawuni ya Westchester komwe anthu ambiri a ku Bronx adathawa ataloledwa kuwonongeka chifukwa cha masoka akumatauni a m'ma 60s. Chaka chimenecho, olemekezeka anali omenyera nkhondo azaka 50 a Gulu la '43 ndi akatswiri azachipatala okumbukira zaka zasiliva, kuyandikira nthawi yanga, Gulu la '68.
Owona zankhondo zankhondo yachiŵiri ya padziko lonse anakondwerera nkhondo yawo, “yaikuluyo,” ndi nkhani zonena za kumva za kuukira kwa Japan pa Pearl Harbor m’holo yasukuluyo ndiyeno kuthamangira kukalembetsa. Anachoka ali anyamata ndipo anabwerera ali amuna. Si onse amene anabwerera.
Ndinakhudzidwa mtima kwambiri ndi woimira 1968 yemwe ananena kuti amalakalaka akananyadira nkhondo ya m’badwo wake, imene inali ku Vietnam, koma sanatero. Panali zii, kenako kuwomba m’manja. Iye anayimirira pamenepo, mapazi asanu ndi limodzi, wakuda ndi wonyada, misozi ikutuluka m’maso mwake pamene anapepesa chifukwa choponya mpira mumpikisano wa Public School Athletic League (PSAL) wampikisano wa mzinda wonse kotala zaka zana zapitazo. “Ndikhululukireni,” iye anafunsa motero, “koma zakhala zikundivutitsa zaka zonsezi.”
Soni jwaliji jwamkongwejo panyuma pa yaka 25. Analandira mokweza ndi alumni akulu omwe adakwera pa siteji kuti akamukumbatire. Kenako onse anakumbatirana ndi kufinyana wina ndi mzake, tiana tating'ono tating'ono ta Chitaliyana tovala masuti osayenera ndipo jock wamkulu uyu adakonzekera m'misewu ya Harlem. Umenewo unali mzimu wa Clinton!
Koma ndiye, inali nthawi ya kugwedezeka kwakukulu. M’zaka zambiri kuchokera pamene ndinamaliza maphunziro anga mu 1960, Clinton anakumana ndi mavuto. Magawo akuluakulu a Bronx adawotchedwa chifukwa cha ndalama za inshuwaransi. Derali lidakhala chiwonetsero chambiri padziko lonse lapansi pakuchepa kwamatauni. Mavuto onse a anthu a ku New York posakhalitsa analoŵa m’maholo ndi m’magulu, akumawononga gulu la ophunzira ndi mbiri ya sukuluyo. Posachedwapa, Mankhwala Osokoneza Bongo. Upandu. Magulu achifwamba anaimbidwa mlandu chifukwa cha kugwa kwa miyezo ya maphunziro. Bungwe la Maphunziro linkawoneka lotopa ndi kulimbikitsa mapulogalamu a maphunziro apamwamba.
Panthawi ina, mphamvu zomwe zimaganiziridwa pa sitepe yowopsya, kuphwanya kwakukulu ndi miyambo. Anaphatikiza sukulu. Amalowetsa atsikana!
Ndipo tsopano, zitseko za kusonkhana kwathu zidatseguka pamene mlonda wamtundu adalowa, akutsatiridwa ndi atsogoleri amakono a Boma la Ophunzira omwe anabwera kudzatipereka moni kwa ife akale.
O, mulungu wanga, anali akazi, nkhandwe za Latina, makamaka Puerto Rican, zokongola ndi zamkuwa muzovala zolimba ndi zidendene zazitali. Oo. Ena mwa anyamatawo adabwerera ku mawonekedwe ndikuyimba mluzu, akuseka okha chifukwa chotero.
Inde, Clinton anali atasintha, monganso ife. Ndipo komabe ana awa anali gawo la miyambo yathu, kuchokera ku misewu ya ana a mzinda. Kusakanikirana kwa mafuko kunali kosiyana tsopano, koma unyamata wawo ndi chisangalalo zidakhalabe zamphamvu monga zathu. Ndinakumana ngakhale ndi mmodzi wa akonzi a otsitsimutsidwa kumene Clinton News. Ndodo inali itaperekedwa.
Pezani: Sukuluyi ndiyofunikabe ku North Bronx. Dipatimenti ya Maphunziro posachedwapa inawopseza kuti itseka koma tsopano ikufuna kuchepetsa kukula kwa gulu la ophunzira ndikuwonjezera masukulu awiri atsopano ku zomwe zimatchedwa "DeWitt Clinton Campus."
Ophunzira, aphunzitsi ndi alumni onse akutsutsa kusamukaku ndipo akudzudzula Mzindawu chifukwa chotaya ana omwe ali ndi vuto la maphunziro pasukuluyo ndikuphwanya bajeti yake. Nkhondo yaphatikizidwa ku Clinton monga momwe zilili m'mizinda ku America komwe masukulu aboma akutsekedwa ndipo zofuna zawo zikufuna kulanda. Iyi sinkhondo yatsopano, koma ndi yofunika kuimenya!
Wofalitsa nkhani a Danny Schechter adapitilira kuchokera ku The Clinton News mpaka kukonza magazini ku koleji kenako adayamba ntchito yosindikiza, wailesi ndi TV. Amanena nkhaniyi m'buku latsopano, Dissecting The News ndi Lighting The Fuse. Iye ndi blogger (NewsDissector.net) yemwe amasinthanso Mediachannel.org Ndemanga kwa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]
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