The year is 1994, and the kids gazing out at the camera for their annual class photo have just entered the New York City public schools.
As the girls smile broadly and some of the boys try to look tough, they're captured at a time in their lives when the future seems so far away.
But in the 13 years that followed, the 23 kids who had the good fortune to test into the gifted kindergarten at Harlem's Public School 36 would see their class splintered by adversity and fate.
One of the girls would grieve the murders of both her parents. One of the boys would be arrested three times and spend a week on Rikers Island. One would get involved in a gang. Another would attend a city high school so violent she'd see four knifefights in four years.
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/education/2007/06/24/2007-06-24_young__restless.html
Story of Room 206, then and now.. really interesting!
As the girls smile broadly and some of the boys try to look tough, they're captured at a time in their lives when the future seems so far away.
But in the 13 years that followed, the 23 kids who had the good fortune to test into the gifted kindergarten at Harlem's Public School 36 would see their class splintered by adversity and fate.
One of the girls would grieve the murders of both her parents. One of the boys would be arrested three times and spend a week on Rikers Island. One would get involved in a gang. Another would attend a city high school so violent she'd see four knifefights in four years.
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/education/2007/06/24/2007-06-24_young__restless.html
Story of Room 206, then and now.. really interesting!
