Word: mathe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Howard's schooling was irregular. He went to private schools in Massachusetts and California, took a few courses at CalTech, attended Rice Institute in Houston for a year. When he tried, he got high marks, especially in math and chemistry...
...Margaret there, a small soprano voice asked. Mrs. Jokiel said no. "Well," said the voice, "if she doesn't pass everyone in math tomorrow, she'll soon be pushing up daisies." Mrs. Jokiel, a teacher herself, thought the call was probably a joke. But a few minutes later, gunfire echoed through the quiet Brooklyn street. Bullets zinged through windows, smacked into walls. When the police arrived, they counted 24 bullet holes in the Jokiel house. Neighbors said the shots had come from a darkened car cruising slowly past the house...
Next day, two detectives escorted Teacher Margaret Jokiel to Fort Hamilton High School. She had no idea which of her 165 pupils could have wanted to shoot at her ("They all seem O.K. to me"). After the math exam, the detectives began questioning the kids. One boy could only stammer his answers. Questioned further, he admitted that he had not signed his own name to his test paper: he was taking the examination for a friend...
...Kindly, The Resentful. In P.S. 120, the project found that more than 90% of the boys were at least a year behind in reading and math. Some with normal I.Q.s kept failing in their work; and no one bothered to find out why. There was seldom a full file on any student...
Applied Science Ahf, French Ab, French Cb, French Cab,French Eb,French Fb, French 23, German Ab, German Bb, German Cb, Government 1b, Math Aa, Math Ab, Math C, Math 2a, Math 2b, Military Sci 1b, Military Sci 2b, Naval Sci 102, Naval Sci 202, Spanish Cb, Spanish Cab, Spanish Fb, Spanish 1b, and Spanish...