My Education Experience

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Monday, July 15, 2019

The Brothers

Something I haven't talked too much about is that my high school is under the LaSallian Christian Brothers. I'm going to write briefly about the Brothers. St. John Baptiste de La Salle was a priest who revolutionized education. He wanted the poor to have an education and for efficiency, went with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

Did He Know?

After my freshman year of high school, Mr. Heigl became the principal. He was the first lay person to become the school's principal, the previous principals having been Christian brothers of the La Sallian variety. Once in a while, I would exchange greetings with Mr. Heigl. That was it. After I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 7, 2019

Am I Being Accused?

October 20, 2000. I received a green slip in homeroom from Mr. Heigl to head to his office as soon as homeroom concluded. I was confused. I hadn't done anything bad academically to speak to Mr. Heigl. My grades were solid. The only thing I could think of was that as the assistant principal of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 6, 2019

Boys Toys

6th Grade. 1998. My friend Davey and I were standing behind Tim Stanton while he was surfing the web at school. Davey and I didn't like Tim, but we were at an ebb period with him. Tim was looking for some sort of jhit toy at the time. He couldn't type it so he typed "Boys Toys" into the search... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 1, 2019

I Never Thought He'd Die

I never thought Mr. Cillo would die. I found out that on Saturday night, he died, making him human, like the rest of us. The 87-year-old was a math teacher at my high school. He taught at the school from 1960 to this past June. He retired earlier this month. I thought he'd never stop teaching and... Sign in to see full entry.

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