Belle Harbor, Three Million Open Jobs, McCullough
November 11, 2012 8:00 PM
In Belle Harbor, N.Y., the only force greater than the devastation of Hurricane Sandy is the determination of the community; Also, millions of jobs are waiting to be filled, but employers say they can't find qualified workers because of "the skills gap"; And, from Paris to the Brooklyn Bridge, author David McCullough shows how hard work and creativity shaped America's cultural landscape
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- I live N Atl.Ga.I lost my job of 21 yrs wit general motors n Dayton,Oh.been n Ga 2 months tryin 2 find a decent job but no luck can u give me more info about where R these jobs and wat I need too do too find gud jobs again thx.Marlon Carter
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- I grew up in Belle Harbor from 1948-1970. Your report was biased to cover the effects of Hurricane Sandy on the irish Catholic community. Belle Harbor is a very diverse cultural community, and there is a huge Jewish Population with 3 long time synagogues who have suffered the devastation of "Sandy" in terms of their homes, property & their houses of worship. I know that Congregation Ohab Zedek on Beach 135th St & Rockaway Beach Blvd. managed to save their Sifrey Torahs, but lost their prayer books and suffered from water, oil & toxic chemical damage. Yes, there are firemen, police officers and other First Responders who live in Belle Harbor, but there are also Doctors. Lawyers, Nurses & Businessmen who also lived there. Your coverage was extremely biased in only focusing on the Irish Catholic Community & St. Francis DeSalles Church.
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- When I read "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James W. Loewen, I felt seriously historically illiterate -- not to the extent where I'd be embarrassed on Jay Leno or caught with the comment about not knowing which states comprised our original 13 colonies, but I think Loewen's book has a serious point about how boring and and cookie-cutter the history textbooks (and by extension history lessons in general for public schools in particular) were in nearly all committing historical suicide. I remember trying my very best, in public school, in the 90s and 2000s trying to like history; yet every time I heard my teachers drone endlessly on about things I couldn't possibly care less about, I felt my own brain cells committing suicide. It wasn't that what they were saying was not interesting or shocking, but none of it made any coherent sense -- none of it was expertly tied together. There were no "Aha!" moments that made one think, "oh, and that's why (we have this/this happened/this is important, etc) . . . ". There was simply the endless droning of noise through my skull.
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