Comments on: One of these things is just like the other http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/ The Revolution will not be televised. It's on the Radio. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Diane http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-369 Diane Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:22:45 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-369 Wow, thanks for sharing those pictures! I remember when the "Class of '80" sign was brand new. And I remember when the 4th floor was off limits, but we snuck up there anyway, and a lot of backstage hijinks when we did plays in the auditorium. And not until I saw those ceiling tiles did I remember counting the dots in them, depending on the class. It's sad to see, but that's what happens when you don't take care of things. Wow, thanks for sharing those pictures! I remember when the “Class of ‘80″ sign was brand new. And I remember when the 4th floor was off limits, but we snuck up there anyway, and a lot of backstage hijinks when we did plays in the auditorium.

And not until I saw those ceiling tiles did I remember counting the dots in them, depending on the class.

It’s sad to see, but that’s what happens when you don’t take care of things.

]]> By: Barrett http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-348 Barrett Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:08:00 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-348 I can honestly say that Baton Rouge High is in my heart, and the spirit that was Baton Rouge Magnet High School runs through my veins. My aunt, uncle, father, sister, and multiple cousins attended BRH like I did. My mother taught and was a guidance counselor there for over 15 years. I grew up running the halls of Baton Rouge High, and noticing the changes in the student body over the years. Of course, the condition that Baton Rouge High has been kept at is appalling to me...but really, what good is the balcony when it isn't even used anymore. The graduation ceremony, which to me is the biggest event in high school, is no longer held in the auditorium. However it is still used for various programs such as the welcome back, Christmas, and African American Heritage programs. Most plays cannot fill the auditorium like they used to, for whatever reason you would like to pick. But to say that the entire balcony is full of junk is misleading, because it's the hallways to the balcony that store tv's. It has been like that as long as I can remember. But I agree to the fullest extent that a serious action needs to be taken with the condition of Baton Rouge High, however the condition of Baton Rouge Highs policy needs to be looked as well I can honestly say that Baton Rouge High is in my heart, and the spirit that was Baton Rouge Magnet High School runs through my veins. My aunt, uncle, father, sister, and multiple cousins attended BRH like I did. My mother taught and was a guidance counselor there for over 15 years. I grew up running the halls of Baton Rouge High, and noticing the changes in the student body over the years. Of course, the condition that Baton Rouge High has been kept at is appalling to me…but really, what good is the balcony when it isn’t even used anymore. The graduation ceremony, which to me is the biggest event in high school, is no longer held in the auditorium. However it is still used for various programs such as the welcome back, Christmas, and African American Heritage programs. Most plays cannot fill the auditorium like they used to, for whatever reason you would like to pick. But to say that the entire balcony is full of junk is misleading, because it’s the hallways to the balcony that store tv’s. It has been like that as long as I can remember. But I agree to the fullest extent that a serious action needs to be taken with the condition of Baton Rouge High, however the condition of Baton Rouge Highs policy needs to be looked as well

]]> By: The Mighty Favog http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-334 The Mighty Favog Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:17:00 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-334 Anonymous writes:<br/><br/>"The picture you placed immediately before this description is also misleading -- the 'No public seating on balcony' sign is only used when an event doesn't draw enough people to fill up the downstairs portion of the auditorium."<br/><br/>ACTUALLY, the sign says "No public seating in the bacolny," and it is what it is. That is what I found there years after I graduated -- it's not like I planted the sign, or the junk in both balcony entrances.<br/><br/>In one entrance, there was no way to squeeze past the discarded desks, etc., to get into the balcony -- or "bacolny," as the case may be. In the other second-floor balcony entrance, I was able to squeeze -- barely -- past the junk to get to the balcony.<br/><br/>So, you're telling me that the school staff has to remove all that crap and find somewhere to put it whenever there's a large assembly at Baton Rouge High?<br/><br/>Again, the pictures are what they are. And the junk-filled balcony entrances are the LEAST of the school's problems.<br/><br/>You say the post "raises a lot of interesting points," and THIS is what you seize upon in order to get your knickers in a twist?<br/><br/>I'm not raising "interesting points." I'm screaming at the top of my lungs that your old school and mine has been allowed to become a f***ing dump!<br/><br/>As in "unfit for human habitation."<br/><br/>And that the school board -- and the taxpayers, too -- let it get that way, blithely sending their kids and others' to school there as the place crumbles around them.<br/><br/>But dat's Looziana for ya'!<br/><br/>And I'm horribly sorry if I misrepresented the usage status of the auditorium "bacolny." Coulda fooled me, and perhaps did. Anonymous writes:

“The picture you placed immediately before this description is also misleading — the ‘No public seating on balcony’ sign is only used when an event doesn’t draw enough people to fill up the downstairs portion of the auditorium.”

ACTUALLY, the sign says “No public seating in the bacolny,” and it is what it is. That is what I found there years after I graduated — it’s not like I planted the sign, or the junk in both balcony entrances.

In one entrance, there was no way to squeeze past the discarded desks, etc., to get into the balcony — or “bacolny,” as the case may be. In the other second-floor balcony entrance, I was able to squeeze — barely — past the junk to get to the balcony.

So, you’re telling me that the school staff has to remove all that crap and find somewhere to put it whenever there’s a large assembly at Baton Rouge High?

Again, the pictures are what they are. And the junk-filled balcony entrances are the LEAST of the school’s problems.

You say the post “raises a lot of interesting points,” and THIS is what you seize upon in order to get your knickers in a twist?

I’m not raising “interesting points.” I’m screaming at the top of my lungs that your old school and mine has been allowed to become a f***ing dump!

As in “unfit for human habitation.”

And that the school board — and the taxpayers, too — let it get that way, blithely sending their kids and others’ to school there as the place crumbles around them.

But dat’s Looziana for ya’!

And I’m horribly sorry if I misrepresented the usage status of the auditorium “bacolny.” Coulda fooled me, and perhaps did.

]]> By: Anonymous http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-333 Anonymous Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:06:00 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-333 "Instead of holding students at assemblies or the public for community events, the balcony of the school's grand old auditorium now holds junk. Not people."<br/><br/>While your post raises a lot of interesting points, this one simply is not true. I graduated this past May, as a member of the class of 2007, and I know from personal experience that the balcony is used for seating during events. <br/><br/>The picture you placed immediately before this description is also misleading -- the "No public seating on balcony" sign is only used when an event doesn't draw enough people to fill up the downstairs portion of the auditorium. Since it doesn't make sense to have some people sitting downstairs and some people sitting upstairs when the downstairs is not completely filled, this sign is used. “Instead of holding students at assemblies or the public for community events, the balcony of the school’s grand old auditorium now holds junk. Not people.”

While your post raises a lot of interesting points, this one simply is not true. I graduated this past May, as a member of the class of 2007, and I know from personal experience that the balcony is used for seating during events.

The picture you placed immediately before this description is also misleading — the “No public seating on balcony” sign is only used when an event doesn’t draw enough people to fill up the downstairs portion of the auditorium. Since it doesn’t make sense to have some people sitting downstairs and some people sitting upstairs when the downstairs is not completely filled, this sign is used.

]]> By: Alan Gutierrez http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-332 Alan Gutierrez Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:34:00 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-332 Thank you for taking the time to write this article and expound on this metaphor, a decrepit motor court compared to a decrepit school. It will make me think if our schools in Baton Rouge and New Orleans when I pass the pestilent motor courts on Tulane Ave. Thank you for taking the time to write this article and expound on this metaphor, a decrepit motor court compared to a decrepit school. It will make me think if our schools in Baton Rouge and New Orleans when I pass the pestilent motor courts on Tulane Ave.

]]> By: Editor B http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-331 Editor B Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:37:00 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-331 Truly deplorable. I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm married to a public school teacher... Truly deplorable. I wish I could say I was surprised, but I’m married to a public school teacher…

]]> By: Clay http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-329 Clay Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:54:00 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-329 Wow, looks like Orleans Parish Public Schools...<br/><br/>http://www.neworleansleftbehind.com/ Wow, looks like Orleans Parish Public Schools…

http://www.neworleansleftbehind.com/

]]> By: Anonymous http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-328 Anonymous Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:51:00 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-328 How sad. at one point, I attended BRHS and it was great! More sad is the fact that our current Superintendent of schools was facility and money manager for years and did nothing! Now she gets raises for her performance? How sad. at one point, I attended BRHS and it was great! More sad is the fact that our current Superintendent of schools was facility and money manager for years and did nothing! Now she gets raises for her performance?

]]> By: Anonymous http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-327 Anonymous Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:15:00 +0000 http://revolution21.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/one-of-these-things-is-just-like-the-other/#comment-327 mandamus (man-dame-us) n. Latin for "we order," a writ (more modernly called a "writ of mandate") which orders a public agency or governmental body to perform an act required by law when it has neglected or refused to do so. WHY HASN'T SOMEONE FILED A WRIT OF MANDAMUS AGAINST THE SCHOOL BOARD, ONE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS THEY OWN mandamus (man-dame-us) n. Latin for “we order,” a writ (more modernly called a “writ of mandate”) which orders a public agency or governmental body to perform an act required by law when it has neglected or refused to do so. WHY HASN’T SOMEONE FILED A WRIT OF MANDAMUS AGAINST THE SCHOOL BOARD, ONE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS THEY OWN

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