Howard Posner's Page

Wow Janet. We clearly traveled in different circles. I will say you and I had one very intense shared experience: Mrs. Emerick. I distinctly remember the last day of second grade (I think my teacher was Mrs. Rozgold) when report cards were handed out and they included the name of your next year's teacher. Everyone said you don't want Mrs. Emerick and of course that's who I got. I guess I was pretty arrogant for a skinny little Jewish kid, but my reaction was: this will be no problem. Yes it was a problem. I felt terrorized for the entire year. I also recall we couldn't wear plaid and we couldn't bring bologna sandwiches for lunch, because those made her feel sick. It was quite a year. As for Mrs. Bromberg, I recall liking her as my sixth grade teacher, but pretty much nothing else about her. I don't remember anything about clubs but for a while I used to help Mr. Edelson, my fifth grade teacher, with audio visual equipment. Maybe that was part of a club activity. What I most remember, and what my newly reconstituted group of very old 76 Avenue/76 Road friends most often talk about in regard to 164, is Dr. Karow and the documents, many of which I still can recite verbatim. If nothing else, they instilled a sense of awe in me for government and public service, which directed my career and maintain to do so to this day (Donald Trump notwithstanding). What an incredible school and what an incredible experience. By the way, are you perhaps in touch with any of our classmates? Besides those I mentioned, I had email contact a few years ago with Esti Schwartz, who also lived on 76 Avenue. But that's about it.