John O'Connell:
CLASS OF 1982
St. Raymond Boys High SchoolClass of 1982
Bronx, NY
Yeshiva UniversityClass of 1997
New york, NY
Manhattan CollegeClass of 1987
Riverdale, NY
St. Raymond SchoolClass of 1978
Bronx, NY
St. John Vianney Cure of Ars SchoolClass of 1977
Bronx, NY
John's Story
College
ah life in the Quad....lounging out in Plato's cave and Campus Ministry. The library is bigger now but they cut into that spiral staircase. I remember biking to school, 5 miles up hill, bothways...LMAO. Is Prof. Simon still there teaching Physics? He was great. You could bring in anything for a test and he'd say "You can even bring your grandma. Provided she's not a Physicist." You made Science fun!
Workplace
I guess my life has come full circle from learning computers at St. Ray's. I remember the first batch of TRS80's that they got to replace the old punch card ones. Ah, the good old days of Basic. I went on to college to study Computer...Expand for more
Science, but could never quite understand Calculus, so I switched majors in my Junior year. I remember Mr. Norelli's words of wisdom, "for the first year just take electives that are required by all then in your second year plan your major. But if you change your mind later, just get a degree 'cause while you were taking science classes, the others were taking ecomonics 1, 2 and 3 and you'll have to start all over." I went back to school for an MSW and worked as a Social Worker for about 15yrs. Now I'm in the Healthcare field employed in the MIS Dept. It's great to do something that you love! Also I can provide training and therapy for some added income.
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