My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I went to public school up until junior high.
I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.
I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
I had teachers in high school to point me in the direction of the University of Indiana School of Music, and after IU, I went on to study at the Academy of Arts in Philadelphia. I graduated in 2006.
I grew up in Indiana. My first four years of elementary were in the gym where Coach Wooden went to high school.
I worked in a number of high schools in New York, and I wound up at Stuyvesant High School, which is known nationally for producing brilliant scientists and mathematicians, but I had writing classes. I thought I was teaching. They thought I was teaching, but I was learning.
I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education.
I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.
At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education.
I definitely had a top-notch education.