How is to live in Prospect Heights?

sure!!!But your kids can go to the best school in the whole world and become criminals, it is not about the schools its about the parents, look at all the kids in Park Slope that have well to do parents they are all smoking weed, cigarrets drinking on street corners and guess what>>They go to Berkley Carrol, Polly Prep. ps 321, Saint Ann's so it is not about the schools, if you have a kid that gets education at home it does not matter how bad the school is.I went to John Jay back in the early 90's when Jonh Jay was the worse school in the city, shootings rapes, fights, weed and crack smoking but i love school my parents took an interest in my learning and just because the school was shitty it was me who wanted to be educated no matter of the circumstances!!!!!!!

poopypoop wrote: sure!!!But your kids can go to the best school in the whole world and become criminals, it is not about the schools its about the parents

Agree 100% but it is also about the school. If they don't care and don't try to get the extra programs to enrich our children then it is - in my opinion - a crappy school no matter where it is.

poopypoop wrote: I went to John Jay back in the early 90's when Jonh Jay was the worse school in the city, shootings rapes, fights, weed and crack smoking but i love school my parents took an interest in my learning and just because the school was shitty it was me who wanted to be educated no matter of the circumstances!!!!!!!

Went there also (82-86) when they first installed those metal detectors and on this point I disagree with you. When a school is that bad teachers do not want to teach there and the ones that are there do not go the extra mile to help those who are having trouble. Your parent can be the most involved, supportive parent and you could be the best student and more than willing to learn but if you do not have the foundation (a smoothly run school) then it is all for nothing and you are better off being home schooled.

Fixed your quote tags for ya, Stacey. -- Mod.

I've worked in a "bad" school. (The kind of place featured in books.)

Yes, there were some wonderful teachers there, smart people who worked very hard and cared enormously. The students were still at a tremendous disadvantage because of the disorganization of the school, the frequent disruptions, the lack of facilities (like a library), the lack of enrichment classes, and the lazy attitude of the administration of the school, which tolerated teachers who were far from wonderful and which made the students feel disposable. To suggest that those students' parents would have been wrong to expect more, that they would have been "spoiling" their children is insulting. Those students, most of whose lives outside school had more than enough difficulty, deserved better. (Those wonderful teachers deserved better, too.)

dingleberry wrote: Hey it seems that you are the ones that do not have faith in teachers, i know plenty of teachers that work in KAKA schools and they do give a crap about their students and their schools even though they do not have the resources they need, so for you to say that teachers do not want to go the extra mile to help their students or their schools is very insulting to anyone who works in education.So do yourselves a favor send your kids to the private schools where you will be charged 10.000 to 20.000 a year i bet their programs will satisfy you and your spoiled brats!!!

As I said, if the “school” that means principals, administrators, teachers, etc. don’t try to get the extra programs then I stand by what I said about it being a crappy school. For example I find PS 9 to be a great school because they have been able to get so many programs for kids who otherwise would not be able to afford and/or attend these type of activities. For example there is violin lessons, piano lessons, robotics, art, chess, basketball, drama, dance and many more that the principal and teachers have implemented. They makes sure that they tap every resource available to them. That is dedication to me.

I also said that when “I went to John Jay” there were many teachers there who did not give a crap. That's just how it was and I am speaking from my experience and I know I can speak for a lot of my old classmates.

I have attend only public schools and so far my son has also. I stand by my school and I support my son’s school 100% that goes not only for the teachers but the principal and administrators as well. I never once said that NYC public school teachers were not worthy of any respect or that they did not do their jobs.

Smokin' Joe wrote: [quote=dingleberry]Hey it seems that you are the ones that do not have faith in teachers, i know plenty of teachers that work in KAKA schools and they do give a crap about their students and their schools even though they do not have the resources they need, so for you to say that teachers do not want to go the extra mile to help their students or their schools is very insulting to anyone who works in education.So do yourselves a favor send your kids to the private schools where you will be charged 10.000 to 20.000 a year i bet their programs will satisfy you and your spoiled brats!!!

now i really want to go to your restaurant. can i bring my spoiled brat with me?

only if you let the kid run loose.

amusingly, before I came back to nyc last week, I had lunch at giraffe restaurant in islington in london and holy fuckin' shit - it was chaos. kids EVERYWHERE. for example, one dad, alone, with 5 kids. sitting there, guzzling brooklyn lager after brooklyn lager (the new hipster beer in london, fwiw), watching his kids throw french fries at each other. hilarious. especially as the seating is COMMUNAL.

gave me new respect for park slope.

Every time I look at this thread title, I can't help but have my inner Borat say... "Prospect Heights is to live... niiiice."

Nmello there are rapes everyday that is why people live here, there aremuggins, murders, it is very unsafe to walk to the subway, the food is terrible, there are no places for you to hang out with your newborn, schools are crappy, teachers don't care and god forbid your child will be going to school with kids of different origins, rethink your move!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least the dog's poopypoop is more interesting than the one dropped on this board.