Q&A: ‘What’s Your Favorite School Memory?”

September 15, 2011 Updated: October 1, 2015

NEW YORK— Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, and it also signals the beginning of the school year. The Epoch Times asked New Yorkers on Monday, "What’s your favorite memory of school?"

Zulema Ibarra, 24, Brooklyn, Entrepreneur

Zulema Ibarra, 24, Brooklyn, Entrepreneur  (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
Zulema Ibarra, 24, Brooklyn, Entrepreneur (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
I think probably the time I’ve done activist work, the free Burma protests particularly.

 

 

 

Jerard, 24, Brooklyn, Medical Coordinator

Jerard, 24, Brooklyn, Medical Coordinator (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
Jerard, 24, Brooklyn, Medical Coordinator (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
My favorite memory in school was the interaction in speech class, the different classmates and their experiences, and how they had to share it individually in front of everyone.

 

 

 

Charisma, 17, Manhattan, Student

Charisma, 17, Manhattan, Student (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
Charisma, 17, Manhattan, Student (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
My first day of school when I was little starting in fifth grade [and] the last year before I was going to graduate [elementary school].

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ronda, 46, Manhattan, Sales

Ronda, 46, Manhattan, Sales (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
Ronda, 46, Manhattan, Sales (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
12th grade: I was happy to be done with school completely.

 

 

 

 

Andre Thomas, 49, New Jersey, Computer Repair

Andre Thomas, 49, New Jersey, Computer Repair (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
Andre Thomas, 49, New Jersey, Computer Repair (Zack Stieber/The Epoch Times)
Skateboarding around campus … at the time skateboarding was big on the West Coast … I was going to Rutgers at the time … I would run into people, they’d be like “we would remember you because you were always out there skateboarding."

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