Archive for the ‘Trinity School’ Category
A Christmas Day Way
In the third grade in 1972, our class at Trinity School was all boys. We, along with the younger boys and the fourth grade above us, formed ourselves in single file – “Chapel Line” we called it; shortest to tallest – as we marched down the length of the sanctuary in the Upper School building […]
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a heart of darkness
When I was 13, my mother told me that my father was xenophobic, which I would not have understood until I became an English major in college, for my earlier years were spent looking at photos in surfing magazines, had she not added for my benefit, “He’s scared of foreigners.” This struck me as […]
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Cushie
My internship at the Museum of Broadcasting when I was 17, a senior at Trinity School, consisted mainly of viewing Jamie Farr’s personal collection of M*A*S*H shows on VCR tapes to make sure the entire episodes were there. Occasionally, toward the end of an show, the channel would cut to a Yankees game, and we’d […]
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Reading Anne Lamott
When I can’t think of what to write, I sometimes write about writing. Math teacher Mr. Mirobito – named “Bito Bug” by my fellow sixth graders at Trinity School in Manhattan in 1975 – would punish his student transgressors (Loud Talkers, The Disobedient, Homework Shirkers) by requiring them to write a 500-word essay about the inside […]
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Mrs. Spaghetti
Susie Scott was my pre-school girlfriend. Except in the 1960s it was called “nursery school.” This is her real name, since there is nothing in this post but admiration for her and because there are many Susie Scotts out there: I Googled her, and – believe me – her anonymity is secure. Susie and I attended […]
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