"Ndinoda kushandisa izwi rekuti "kururamisira" - kuti ndakanzwa ndichimanikidzwa kutaura nyaya yechikoro senyaya yekururamisira. Kuti tiri nyore kunyora mabhuku uye kutaura nyaya dzemayunivhesiti makuru, asi kana zvasvika kuzvikoro zvepamusoro hatifungi saizvozvo. Uye zvakadaro kana ukabvunza munhu wese ari mumugwagwa nezvemumwe munhu akavafurira, anogara achiunza mudzidzisi wechikoro chesekondari kana murairidzi wechikoro chesekondari. Zvikoro zvepamusoro zvakave nepesvedzero huru patiri savanhu, sorudzi. Uye panofanira kunge paine zvinyorwa nezvezvikoro zvepamusoro, uye ndinotenda kuti DeWitt Clinton chikoro chikuru chine simba guru pahupenyu hweAmerica. "

-Gerard Pelisson, aimbova mudzidzisi wechikoro chesekondari uye munyori pamwe naye we "The Castle paParkway," nhoroondo yeDeWitt Clinton High School muBronx NY.

"Ever to you" mazwi ekuvimbika kubva murwiyo rwechikoro chesekondari, rwiyo rwechikoro rwunodzokorodza mupfungwa dzangu hafu yezana ramakore mushure mekunge ndasiya DeWitt Clinton HS kumashure kwandaigara muBronx.

Hapana mubvunzo kuti ruzivo rwangu uye rairo pa "DeWitt C" yakandibatsira kuti ndiite utori venhau sebasa, uye pakupedzisira, kunyora makoramu emafungiro akadai.

Apo "changu" ipapo chikoro chevakomana vese, chaimbove chikoro chesekondari chikuru pasi rose, chakatyisidzirwa nekuvharwa nevakuru vehurumende vanozvifarira ivo "vanovandudza dzidzo," ndakagadzirira kuita firimu pamusoro paDeWitt Clinton, gore rayo zana pamwe nenhoroondo, uye zvimhingamipinyi zvinosangana nazvo sefungu rekufambiswa kwemari munyika richitsvaira dzidzo nezvikoro zvakavharirwa muguta neguta. Ndaida kupemberera kukosha kwedzidzo yeruzhinji.

Gwaro renguva refu rave kuwanikwa, rine kubvunzurudzwa nevadzidzi vezvino, alumni nevadzidzisi. (Unogona kuona turera nekushambadza paFacebook.com/dwcfilm, woziva mahodha acho. Pane turera pa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbxKXgALC0E uye kupfupisa promo payoutube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RReJzL5K0nI)

Makore apfuura, mubhuku rangu, Nhau Dissector: Zvishuvo, Zvidimbu uye Polemics, Electron Press (2000) Ndakanyora nezvemakore angu ekukura ndichipepeta bepanhau revadzidzi. ndazvidaidza"Bodoni Bold."

Journalism ine zvakavanzika zvayo. Typefaces ndeimwe yacho. Bepanhau redu repaDeWitt Clinton High School muBronx rakasarudza Bodoni Bold, yakadzika inky nhema inosiyanisa typeface. Ndakanga ndisinganyatsozivi kuti nei. Paiva nerunyerekupe rwekuti mudhindi, akatigadzirira bepa mumhando inopisa kasere pagore rechikoro, akanga avhara musika webhodoni, akaita kuti avharwe, zvichida akatogamuchira komisheni pachirenje chimwe nechimwe chakaroverwa nemavara matema.

Ndiani anoziva? Ndiani ane hanya, kunze kwekunge chiri chimwe chezvinyorwa zvichiri kutenderera mumaseru ehuropi makore ese aya gare gare. Ndiri kufunga nezvehofisi yakapfava, diki yeClinton News, kwechinguva imba yangu kure nekumba.

Pamadziro ega ega paive nemazita evadzidzi vaive vambotitangira, kusanganisira mazita aive nemukurumbira akaenderera mberi. Vamwe vakaenda kupi? Vazhinji vavo, ndinofunga, vaive nepfungwa dzakanaka dzekuenderera mberi kune humwe hupenyu husiri hwevatapi venhau. Ndakasimuka pakati pemazitanho kubva kumutori wenhau kuenda kune mupepeti, ndichiwana whiff yenhau, inotungamira, misoro, uye ne-line bug. Zvakandipa kuravira kwaizogara neni kwehupenyu hwangu hwese.

Lou Simon ndiye mukomana wandingatenda. Akanga ari chipangamazano wedu, mudzidzisi, mureururi. Akanga ari mudiki paakauya kuClinton pakati pemakore makumi mashanu, zvichida 28 kana 29. Akanga ane chikwata uye kufamba kwedhadha kunonakidza. Makirasi ake echiRungu nemasesheni ekutapa nhau akarovera pahwaro. WHO? Chii? Sei? Kupi? Rini? Sei? Akaita kuti tidzokorore aya maW maW, uye akadonhedza nyaya dzakapotsa imwe kana chimwe chikamu chefomula. "Tarisa, tarisa chokwadi chako, tarisa girama yako." Hapana chakatumirwa kumudhinda pasina hombe yeBlue L kubva kuna Lou Simon yakakwenenzverwa kumusoro kukona yekuruboshwe kwekopi. Chakanga chiri chitambi chake chokutendera.

Pane dzimwe nguva dzandairwa naye, ndichipopotedzana naye uye ndichimutuka ndiri pasi pemweya wangu. Aive akasindimara achisimbirira uye kazhinji akarurama, uye iyo Clinton News yaive nemibairo yezvidzidzo kuratidza izvozvo. Taive pano, uyu muhombe 4200 vese mukomana Bronx High Chikoro, chakashata zvekuti taitamba taizozorora mazuva ese kuti tiite vakakuvara, uye taihwina mibairo yepamusoro yevadzidzi vepasirese gore rega rega, tichikwikwidza mukudo count. vachipesana nemapepanhau kubva kuzvikoro zveprep zvemhando yepamusoro.

Vakazara chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chevadzidzi vakabva kuzvikoro zvejunior high muHarlem. Gore roga-roga, vana vatema vakareba vane zvibodzwa zvikuru vaiunza manomano kubva pamaitiro avo epanhandare yekutamba achienda kumabhodhi ekuseri mujimu yechikoro. Pane imwe nzvimbo vainhonga mwana wemuJudha, kana muItaly apa kana apo, mumwe mukomana aipedzerwa miniti yega yega achidzidzira kusvetuka pfuti kana kudzidzira kutyaira akananga mutswanda semudzidzi weSpanish. Clinton ndiye aive mukuru kumatare.

Takanga tiri madzimambo emitambo zvakanaka, tichivhundutsa vanhuwo zvavo vaitamba nesu, vamwe vavo vaitya zvikuru kurwa kusingadzivisiki pashure pomutambo wacho kupfuura makwikwi emitambo pachawo. Zvakadaro, Clinton vakomana vaive nemumiriri wemumugwagwa; rukudzo rwunoberekwa nekutyisidzirwa. Isu takanga tiri chimiro chemufirimu "Blackboard Jungle." Vhiki shomanene dziri dzose, kwakanga kune mishumo yoruzha pamusoro pezvitima zvepasi pevhu chaibatanidza vamwe vevatinodzidza navo. 4200 vakomana vachiri kuyaruka vanopomba testosterone yakawanda.

Kuve pabepanhau hakuna zvakunokuitira pairi mano a mano chikero, asi vatambi vakakuda nekuti vaida mifananidzo yavo mupepa.

Ndichifunga nezvazvo iye zvino, ndinofara kuti ndakaendako. Ndakakandwa muhari huru yeNY yakanyunguduka kana, pamwe zvakanyanya, ndiro yesaladhi, chikafu chemarudzi uye nharaunda dzinopa guta simba raro. Vamwe vedu vakavhengana; vamwe hatina kudaro, asi tose taiva pamwe chete. Pawaienda kukamuri yemukomana, paigara paine vana vatema vaiwirirana. Vakanzwa kuti ma tiles emubathroom aiita kutapira. Uye vaigara vari pakiyi.

Mutambi Robert Klein, uyo akapedza kudzidza makore maviri ndisati ndasvika, akagadzira dambarefu rinosetsa uye HBO special goofing panguva yake paDeWitt C. Akatonyora rwiyo rwekupemberera hupenyu muBronx kareko “The Bronx is so beautiful time this yegore.” Akaridza rwiyo pamusangano wezana remakore reChikoro. Varume vakuru vakachema, vachiimba pamwe chete. Paitove nealumnus ipapo kubva mukirasi ya1919.

Ndaive mwana wechikoro chekushanda pachikoro chebasa. Hapana kunyepedzera, kudiki kukwirisa. Yakanga iri chaiyo pasi pasi, uye kwandiri chikamu chetsika yakakura. Baba vangu vakaendako pamwe chete nababamukuru. Mukoma wangu akanditevera. Chimwe chinhu chinofanira kunge chakamubata pamusoro pechiitiko ichi, nekuti anga ari mudzidzisi wepachikoro chepamusoro kubva paakabuda kukoreji uye mukuru.

Uye zvinosetsa, mumwe wevadzidzi vake aive muzukuru wepakutanga DeWitt Clinton, Gavhuna mukuru weNew York uyo chikoro chakatumidzwa zita rake. Akadzosa mwana kuBronx ndokumusuma kune institution inotakura zita rake.

Usandifungire zvisizvo. Iri rakanga risiri denga rechikoro chesekondari, rakanga risiri oasis yedzidzo kana utopia. Yakanga ine matambudziko akawanda uye zvikanganiso. Yaimhanyiswa ipapo sekamba yebhutsu! Kwakanga kune makirasi akatsvikinyidzana, vadzidzisi vasina mano, uye vadzidzi vakaoma musoro kubatanidza vazhinji vaidada kunzi maJD—vaduku tsotsi. Yakadzidzirawo kutevera, imwe nzira yeelitism, kuitira kuti vana vakajeka vaonekwe kune imwe nyaya yepamusoro uye mukana mukuru. Asi isu tese takasanganiswa pamwechete muimba yekudya kwemasikati, mujimu, pazvikwata uye mumakosi ekutanga.

Chikoro ichi chakaita vana vakaomesesa, mahodhi chaiwo, kuva mamonitor ehoro kuti vaendese simba ravo mune yakanaka asi ichiri chiremera. Ndinogona kunge ndakavenga zvakawanda zvezvakaitika ipapo, asi ndinozviyeuka zvino. Nguva inotora mipendero-uye inotibvumira tese kuti tifunge nezve zera regoridhe iro, hongu harina kumbovapo.

Isu taivewo chizvarwa chemakumi mashanu. Taive nemadhadha-ne-cover fallout shelter drills. Taiva nemagungano aiva nemisoro yokuda nyika. Vazhinji vedu taipfeka bvudzi pfupi uye taive takatwasuka. Ndakapinzwa mupoto neimwe shamwari yechitema yaizivikanwa nejazz world. Asi vashomanana vedu ndivo vaikweva zvisiri pamutemo panguva iyoyo. (Uye hongu, ndakafema.) Yakanga iri nguva yepamberi pezvinodhaka.

Ndakaita zvakanaka kuchikoro-kwete zvakanaka. Ndakanga ndisisina tariro musvomhu, ndakafinhwa nesainzi, asi ndiine hupenyu nenhoroondo, uye, hongu, zvishoma zvekutsvoda mbongoro uye kuita zvakanaka. Asi nanhasi ndinovimbika kune vatsvuku nevatema, uye ndichiri kuyeuka izwi rose rerwiyo rwechikoro, “Clinton Alma Mater, tinoimba zita rako.”

Anenge makore mashanu apfuura, ndakaenda kumusangano wakaunza pamwechete mamwe ezvizvarwa zvaClinton. Pamwe chaive chiratidzo chenguva, asi chakaitirwa mudhorobha reWestchester uko vagari vazhinji veBronx vakatiza mushure mekunge dhorobha rabvumidzwa kuora munjodzi dzemudhorobha dzema60s. Gore iroro, vakaremekedzwa vakanga vari varwi vemakore makumi mashanu veKirasi ye'50 uye veti vemazuva esirivha, pedyo nenguva yangu, Kirasi ye'43.

Varapi vehondo yeHondo Yenyika II vakapemberera hondo yavo, “huru,” vaine nhoroondo dzokunzwa nezvokurwiswa kwevaJapan paPearl Harbor muhoro yechikoro ndokubva vamhanyira kunonyoresa. Vakaenda vari vakomana ndokudzoka vari varume. Havasi vese vakadzoka.

Ndakanyanya kubatwa-batwa nemumiriri wemuna 1968 uyo akati aishuva kuti dai angadai akadada nehondo yechizvarwa chake, iyo yekuVietnam, asi haana. Pakamboita runyararo ndokuombera maoko. Akamira ipapo, tsoka nhanhatu, mutema uye anodada, misodzi ichiyerera mumaziso ake achikumbira ruregerero nekudonhedza bhora mumutambo wePublic School Athletic League (PSAL) weguta rose kota yezana ramakore rapfuura. “Ndiregerereiwo,” akabvunza kudaro, “asi zvave zvichindinetsa makore ose aya.”

Nyadzi dzaive dzichiri naye makore makumi maviri nemashanu gare gare. Akagamuchira ruzha nevakuru vechikoro avo vakakwira pachikuva kunomumbundira. Ipapo vose vakambundikirana nokusvisvina mumwe nomumwe, varume vaduku vokuItaly vakanga vakapfeka masutu asingakodzeri uye joki hofori iyi yaigadzirira mumigwagwa yeHarlem. Ndiwo waive mweya waClinton!

Asi zvino, yakanga yava nguva yokuvhunduka kukuru. Mumakumi emakore akatevera kubvira pandakapedza kudzidza muna 1960, Clinton akanga ava panguva yakaoma. Zvikamu zvikuru zveBronx zvakanga zvapisirwa mari yeinishuwarenzi. Nzvimbo iyi yakava nzvimbo yekuratidzira yenyika yekutanga mukuderera kwemaguta. Zvinetso zvose zvenzanga zveNew York zvakakurumidza kupinda muhoro nerenji, zvichiparadza boka ravadzidzi nomukurumbira wechikoro. Nenguva isipi, Mishonga. Mhosva. Magen’a aipomerwa mhosva yokuputsika kwemipimo yedzidzo. Dare reDzidzo rakaita serakafinhwa nekusimudzira zvirongwa zvedzidzo zvitsva.

Pane imwe nguva, masimba anosarudzwa padanho rakasimba, kupesana kukuru netsika. Vakabatanidza chikoro. Vakapinza vasikana!

Uye zvino, magonhi ekusangana kwedu akavhurika semurindi weruvara achipinda, achiteverwa nevatungamiriri veHurumende yeVadzidzi vauya kuzoti mhoroi kwatiri isu vekare.

Oo, mwari wangu, vakanga vari vakadzi, Latina makava, kunyanya Puerto Rican, akanaka uye ane brassy mune zvipfeko zvakasimba uye zvitsitsinho zvakakwirira. Wow. Vamwe vevakomana vakadzokera kuchimiro ndokuridza muridzo, vachikurumidza kuseka ivo pachavo.

Hongu, Clinton akange achinja, sezvataive taita. Uye zvakadaro vana ava vaive chikamu chetsika dzedu, kubva mumigwagwa vana veguta. Musanganiswa wemadzinza wakanga wasiyana zvino, asi huduku hwavo uye kufara kwakaramba kwakasimba sezvatakanga tamboita. Ndakatosangana nemumwe wevapepeti vevachangomutswa Clinton News. Shamhu yakanga yatambidzwa.

Update: Chikoro ichi chichiri chakakosha muNorth Bronx. Bazi reDzidzo nguva pfupi yadarika rakatyisidzira kuti richaivhara asi iye zvino rave kuda kudzikamisa saizi yeboka revadzidzi uye nekuwedzera zvikoro zviviri zvitsva kune ichadaidzwa kunzi "The DeWitt Clinton Campus."

Vadzidzi, vadzidzisi nevadzidzi vechikoro vose vanopikisa danho iri uye vanopomera Guta mhosva yekurasa vana vane dambudziko redzidzo muChikoro uye nekupwanya bhajeti raro. Hondo yabatanidzwa paClinton sezvo iri mumaguta emuAmerica umo zvikoro zvehurumende zviri kuvharwa uye zvido zveveruzhinji zviri kuda kutora zvinzvimbo. Uku hakusi kurwa kutsva—asi, kunofanira kurwa!

News Dissector Danny Schechter went on from The Clinton News to editing a magazine at college and then plunged into a career in print, radio and TV. He tells that story in a new book, Dissecting The News and Lighting The Fuse. He is a blogger (NewsDissector.net) who also edits Mediachannel.org Comments to dissector@mediachannel.org

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