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New Brooklyn School To Offer Middle East Studies

Submitted by Larry Miller, Aug 17, 2007 15:00

most respect neighborhoods, sections and communities of brooklyn.please send to:Larry_Miller101@hotmail.com your thinking (2-3 pages,more if you care to) on this issue concerning the khalil gibran school and the response of parts in the school community of ps 282. tell me if you are interested in the organizing of a small town hall of independent booksellers to discuss this issue.thanks.


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i live in a city where half of our street signs and store front are written in arabic. why should... [MORE]

Christina 

Nov 25, 2007 20:29

Please feel free to contact me if you need my suport i think peace coming with education in any culture.... [MORE]

ramon almonte 

Oct 4, 2007 11:18

Why is this school being funded with public dollars. I'm not against having the school but don't understand how this... [MORE]

Kurt J. 

Oct 12, 2007 15:09

Hello, i've been trying hard to find the academy contact information, I would appreciate if some one help me in that Thanks... [MORE]

radwa elshaabany 

Sep 25, 2007 12:59

My god! Someone please slap Garth Harries and give him a mathematics history lesson! The concept of zero as we... [MORE]

Patrick 

Sep 20, 2007 12:02

The three first breaths of man were Jesus, the Buddha and Kahlil Gibran. [MORE]

Bernard Rooney 

Sep 20, 2007 07:47

Khalil Gibran was a wonderful, sensitive man. His book 'The Prophet' was read by everyone I know in the 1970's.... [MORE]

Sharon Tolagson 

Aug 19, 2007 19:54

most respect neighborhoods, sections and communities of brooklyn.please send to:Larry_Miller101@hotmail.com your thinking (2-3 pages,more if you care to) on this...

Larry Miller 

Aug 17, 2007 15:00

This is excellent. I am Jewish and I'm going to send my kids to this school. I want them to... [MORE]

Jebodiah hinkleman 

Jul 11, 2007 20:23

I invite you to consult some good, in-depth, nonbiased, non-ethnocentric histories of mathematics to check my accuracy. I have already... [MORE]

Bob 

Jul 5, 2007 04:49

I'm totally disappointed that the efforts, work and passion we spent in the '60s and '70s was fruitless. We now... [MORE]

Former Hippie 

Jun 27, 2007 13:20

The images of the middle east held by the educated American public when 9/11 hit were those of camels, belly... [MORE]

Victoria Mares Hershey 

May 4, 2007 08:58

Thank you Ms. Hershey. Your intelligence is refreshing. [MORE]

Lorrin 

May 8, 2007 09:45

I am delighted to hear that this school has been created and I believe it will make a real difference... [MORE]

T. Walker-Lay 

May 2, 2007 16:05

Are non-New York residents eligible to apply or must you reside in NYC? [MORE]

S. Newman 

Mar 21, 2007 15:46

1.Will the children be required to learn from the Koran while at school? 2. Will the girls be expected to... [MORE]

Ivonne 

Apr 19, 2007 01:15

In general, most NYC public schools that have the space will accept students who do not live in NYC, but... [MORE]

George S 

May 4, 2007 14:45

As a mother of a 3rd grader at PS282 in Brooklyn, the new site of the Khalil Gibran school, I... [MORE]

Jennifer Bacon 

Mar 12, 2007 22:01

I am a Muslim-American and mother of both a 4th grader and a Kindergarten student at PS282. Although I think... [MORE]

Kimtoya Williams 

Mar 21, 2007 10:51

First and foremost I think this school is a great idea. Hatred is derived from fear and ignorance. If we... [MORE]

laura 

Sep 9, 2007 16:35

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