Susan Baum (Schloss)

Susan Baum (Schloss)

I don't know what happened to the response I just posted here, but since I don't see it, I will post again. I was friendly with Hollis in elementary school. We lost touch over the years but re-connected 3 years ago on facebook. I will always remember her as a sweet, lovely girl, and was shocked when she died right after an operation.

Carrie Czajkowski (Hogan)

I'm thinking of all our classmates who live in Florida and hoping that everyone is safe. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

My sister lives in Port Orange and I know they are being hit hard. She had to evacuate her trailer park and is staying in a friend's guesthouse until it is over.

Good luck everyone!

Ellen Deutsch (Riseman)

Ditto. Hope you all get through it safely and with your homes intact.

Claire Sylvan (Sylvan)

Also hoping that everyone in Florida stays safe.  Writing from Argentina, where, now working remotely and only p/t, I spend several months of the year, with my husband (who was born in Buenos Aires).  Be well, all.

Barry Pitter (Pitter)

s Hi Claire, Thank you for your thoughts. We dodged the bullet here in Boynton Beach. How exciting for you coming from Elmont and living in Argentina. Did you learn Spanish in Dr. Arnau's class as I did?

Barry Pitter (Pitter)

Happy belated birthday Susan Baum. All the best. I enjoy your posts. 

Claire Sylvan (Sylvan)

Glad to hear you're okay, Barry, and hope the same for the rest of our classmates.  

Re: Spanish - I only remember the name of one Spanish teacher (Mrs. Cox) but I'd say I really solidified my Spanish during the summer between 11th and 12th grade, when I was an exchange student in Bogota, Colombia (Jan Oxenberg went to Chile that summer, in the same program).  I live in Argentina only a couple of months a year - mostly I'm in NYC, and sometimes in the Catskills. 

Be well, and hope we have a reunion in '18.

Carrie Czajkowski (Hogan)

I took German with Herr Kohler! I should have taken Spanish!

Roy Rosenberg

Don't forget Mr. Hoppenhauer who we affectionately called Hoppy.

William Atwell

Likewise, Carrie. The only phrase i remember is .......Herr Atwell, Es gibt kein entkommen!  There is no escape! My parents forced me to take German since they wanted me to be an engineer. It didn't work.

Cristine Boehringer

Yes! Roy... I had Mr. Hoppenhauer for Spanish!   He was super and always made Spanish a fun language to learn.. Wished I had been more serious about learning though but I can speak or pick up some of it if I hear Spanish which is a good thing..  I ended up teaching Elementary children and some of them spoke Spanish so it did help me...

Jacob Fishman

I took French and had 2 teachers.  One was a real witch and I do not remember her name.  I do remember she had difficulty smiling, or so it seemed.   The other was a sweet man, I think his name was Kaplan.   I did not learn much from either of them, though it is safe to say it was entirely my fault.  However, I have a recurring nightmare where I have earphones on and am listening to the following (disregard the spelling):

[LOUD]       "LA DIALOGUE. . . . .REPETEZ"

[YOUNG KID]     Allo, pasee vant deux quinz?

[CLEARLY A MOTHER]        Oui, qui et a la parlez?

[THE YOUNG KID AGAIN]     Ici Pierre, Bernard et las?

In my nighmare, the phone then hangs up, so I never find out where Pierre is and I cannot remember the rest of the dialogue.

And another one:

[I DO NOT KNOW WHO IS TALKING]   Dee donc, ooh et las bibliothec?

[ANOTHER UNRECOGNIZABLE CHARACTER]   Cest two dois, tooee    (like "tuenol", or "Louie the tooee") vas toots suite.

Then the conversation stops.

So I must have learned something from the witch and the nice man. I dream this shit.

But one of my kids looked at my high school yearbook and noted that 

I was in the German club.

This is all quite nuts.

J. Fishman

Carrie Czajkowski (Hogan)

Funny how we can remember the names of some of the teachers but other names escape us.(or what we had for breakfast yesterday!)

I took German because my next door neighbor was a German war bride and when she talked it sounded so cool!

Auf Wiedersehen!

Stephen Migden

Everyone,

As long as we're talking about Spanish teachers - one of the Spanish teachers we had at EMHS was a man named Mr. Araoz.  He was an immigrant from Argentina.  I've since run into him professionally once or twice - Dan Araoz is a well respected psychotherapist and one of the few hypnotherapists on Long Island.  

And Claire - my wife and I were on vacation in Argentina for a couple of weeks three years ago.  What a great place - I'll never forget the strange blue colors of the icebergs down there.

Steve

Ilene Brand (Robeck)

I had both of those French teachers as well. I seem to recall that the woman french teacher was named Friedman. My memories of them are the same as yours

Susan Baum (Schloss)

Barry-Thanks for the Birthday wishes, and I'm glad you enjoy my posts!

I had Miss Vitiello (the first day of class, in 7th grade, she wrote on the board--V T L O, to help pronunciation of her name!) for French. She did not have much of a French accent, but I thought she was nice.

I remember all the diaglogues that Jacob Fishman spoke of. I used to repeat them at home, until my sister Sheila learned them as well, even though she was only in 4th grade.

Don't remember the spelling, but here are some of the lines:

Dis Donc, ou et la bibliotheque?--Say there--Where is the library?

C'est tood vas-too ee vas toot suite?--Not far-do you want to go there soon?

Oui. Il faux que jaiz cher chez un livre.--Yes. I want to find a book.

Now, these words are coming to me from about 54 years ago, so I think that's pretty good!

There was one about food in the cafeteria-- the response was, Des so cise, sans doute--Hot dogs, I hope.

Also, one about skiing--La neige et belle aujourdhui--the snow is pretty today--Si on a la faire du ski? Do you want to go skiing?

Jacob Fishman

I cannot figure out the line spacing.

Susan-what a memory!!! and the translation too!!!

I guess it is OK to spill the beans now-when we took tests on the dialogues and had to write the whole thing out, I cheated, using a method one of my compadres in class taught  me and others to use.  He was smart then and is smart now-he is a doctor.   God Bless America.  My guilt over this is maybe why I have those nightmares.  

School lunch: I have good memeories of Friday lunch in the cafeteria:  "meat" sauce and  spaghetti or fish steak and spaghetti.  (Why did they call it "meat" sauce and not "beef" sauce-was this a disguised means of informing us to beware of what was actually in the "meat"?)    The best meals of the week and an extremely difficult choice.  And the chocolate layer cake every day (chocolate icing with two, or was it three- layers of white cake, or was it chocolate cake) for fifteen cents, a real bargain at twice the price.    Due to inflation, today it would be a real bargain at five times the price.   Life was good at Friday lunch.    And every day-every day at the same time-12:30- the radio played "I'll Be There", and Peter Star yelled out at the appropriate time "Just Look Over Your Shoulder".

Does anyone know if the hot dogs in the cafeteria were all beef, or the lip, eyeball, and cheek (with assorted fillers) variety.   The mustard was that yellow crap. Decent mustard was only available in Jewish delis. I always felt like throwing up when I ate the hot dogs.   The guy in the French dialogue who claimed to like the hot dogs in his school cafeteria was either lying or was French.   The French eat a lot of "Tshit" (voi-la!!!).  To this day-how many years later, i still get flashbacks and a sick stomach when I smell boiling "not all beef" hot dogs.

I cannot believe I am writing this, but I am lauging, so bear with me or close your eyes. And all the memories reported by others are always enjoyable and worth the read. 

Thinking about cheating on tests in high school, I seem to recall it was a somewhat regular event among many of the troops.   And the greatest honor of all was when someone copied off me (voi-la!!!).

Whatt does "voi-la" mean?.

Carrie Czajkowski (Hogan)

I do remember that there were 2 sections of the cafeteria. One was for junior high students and one was for senior high students. But once I got into Leader Corps. I usually ate in the Leader Corps. room.

I remember the day President Kennedy was shot and Mr.Reynolds came racing through the cafeteria yelling "The president was shot!" We had no idea what he was yelling about!

Just looked at my yearbook. The teachers in the language dept were DiCristina(chairmen),Bubeck, Cox, Epperlein, Filner,Freidman,Gittleson,Heppenhauer, Kaplan, Kohler and Weber.

Ellen Deutsch (Riseman)

I remember just having finished lunch and being on the way to music. Can't believe that was 55 years ago. Carrie, wasn't lunch in the Leader Corp lounge fun?! I believe I had Senora Epperlein for Spanish. I remember all of my teachers from Dutch Broadway, but have spotty recollection of the others, especially from junior high.

Sabina Musci

I think my 9th grade Spanish teacher was named Ms. McLean.  She came to Elmont about a week or two after school started.  So many students had signed up for Spanish that they needed an extra teacher.  I believe she also taught Spanish on a TV station.  Working at Elmont was just a temporary, part-time job for her.  The following years we had Ms. Carroll (her name before she was married).  I remember hearing that some of the "varsity" guys carried her VW into the school and left it in the hallway outside her classroom.  Does anyone know if that really happened, or is it  just another high school legend?

Sabina

Carrie Czajkowski (Hogan)

Yes, lunch in the Leader Corps room was fun! We were also able to hang out in the room during what should have been study hall. Didn't get much studying done!

Angelo Amendolare

Happy Tuesday everybody...im feeling a little sad today because its a beautiful day in New York and i would love to take a boat ride around the marsh but i traded my boat in for a new one  and now  I'll have to wait until spring to get it....Hay maybe someone can help me out  with interping some Italian

What does ...Buta Bing...Buta Bang...Buta Boom  mean.......lol .....love to all ...stay safe and be well

PS...thanks to all the girls who helped me learn how to type when i arrived at Elmont Mem. mid 9th grade...Angelo

Ellen Deutsch (Riseman)

Carrie, I'd forgotten about study hall. Between our leader corps assignments and the LC lounge, I never had a single study hall in high school! I don't remember doing any homework down there.

Angelo, I'd love to help you out, but our boat is out of the water and shrink-wrapped for winter. Otherwise it's only a short trip to Boston!

Carrie Czajkowski (Hogan)

Hope all our friends and their families stay safe during Hurricane Harvey. You are in my thoughts and prayers!