Comments on: City students rally against possible end of free student Metrocards

By: Brahim

Brahim — Fri, 07 May 2010 23:20:30 +0000

Cant the MTA see that there are students from the Bronx , Manhattan , Queens , Staten Island , and Brooklyn that need to go to places out of there burrow and there losing here chances to learn for being late

-Brahim Lukolic P.S.56

By: Tamim Taher

Tamim Taher — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:59:48 +0000

I am a student and I am concerned about my future. I’d like to know more about this situation.

By: David

David — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:46:37 +0000

Don’t want to lose your student Metro Card? Come out and make your voice heard! The MTA is holding hearings next week in every borough! Click here for the hearings schedule: http://www.mta.info/news/pdf/public_hearing.pdf

By: Brandon T

Brandon T — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:28:00 +0000

Really taking away student metro cards are going to cause major problems for students and Parents because Many are going to resort to sneaking on the bus and hoping turnstiles just to get to school and truancy can’t do anything because lets say a Student is walking to school and they live in a different borough like Manhattan to Brooklyn they are going to stop them and ask them why aren’t they in school and the answer will be “I didn’t have any money and my family is having money Problems so I am walking to school” and here is another thing watching your child arrive home in a police car and if this goes on and students who have no money to make it to a school that they are going to and have to be forced to go to a school that is in the borough or district that they are in that is taking away a students right of Choice and yeah most adults are going to say we did this and that in the 80s well sorry to sound rude but this is the 21st Century we never existed in your time so we do not know nor want to know how it was back in your time. Doing this is like saying a parent is not allowed to keep their child in their household because they can’t pay nothing its very wrong

By: I noticed that...

I noticed that... — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:04:20 +0000

Matthew,

I could understand the anger that students must be feeling regarding the elimination of students’ metrocards. But, we can not condone or endorse breaking the law.

As an educator, I always teach my students to fight for their rights, protest unfairness, write to their politicians, come up with various campaigns to deal with the inequities, but never, never break the law. Redressing the cuts to their metrocards by organizing and mobilizing is another teachable moment for our students. Here’s an opportunity for students to get involved in social justice.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:07:27 +0000

Here is a button size design to protest the elimination of discounted and free student fare:

New York City Kids, Jump the Turnstiles!

http://matthewstudio.com/jtt.jpg

By: nybee

nybee — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:50:02 +0000

Angelo. Student fares have been around since the 40′s. This is not about the students but actual working families that have to dish out the money now. Students who live in affluent neighborhoods, can go to their local schools and not worry about public transportation, because they can either walk, their parents will drive them in their SUV’s, or they have their own cars. They also don’t have to worry about subpar schools. However, inner-city schools travel far to good schools for the opportunity for a better future. Why should they be penalized by the State. Whatever happened to NCLB? These students should not be penalized. They need to find different ways to get money. I prefer to pay more for my metrocard than to penalize children of the future.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:58:25 +0000

Angelo S. seems to think that some families should pay to send their children to school while others shouldn’t have to based on what? How they choose to spend their money? A child owning a fitted cap or a cell phone doesn’t mean they are rolling cash and just whining about another bill. I have plenty of students who are dressed nicely who could not afford the $1,000 per school year to send their child to our school. Can some children remain in their district and stop going to schools that are outside of their zone? Sure, but you are asking families to choose between what their children need and what costs the least money. Consider special education students whose districts cannot provide the services that they require who must travel in order to attend a school that can. Should they be punished with a bill just so they can get to the school that can provide them with the services that they are legally entitled to? That is not my definition of public education and Angelo S. sounds like he has a very distanced relationship from these concerns, what its like to be a student in 2009 in NYC, and obviously is not a parent.

By: We Won’t Pay! F*CK the MTA! « take the city

We Won’t Pay! F*CK the MTA! « take the city — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:19:37 +0000

[...] pissed of NY’ers gathered in front of MTA headquarters at 44th street and Madison Avenue to protest against the proposed MTA cuts. The energy of the crowd was amazing and there was a lot of rage against this ridiculous plan. [...]

By: Angelo S

Angelo S — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:32:14 +0000

if these can afford expensive sneakers, jewlery, nails done, sidekicks, blackberries, G1s, gshock watches, fitted caps, $5 breakfast, etc., then they have no problem paying a fare for their bus/subway ride. (this does not apply to the ones who are actually poor and arent able to afford much.. im talking about ones who think theyre as rich as a typical celebrity) if us adults made it to school back in the 80s and early 90s when we were teens, then these kids can do it too