Gothamist: Bridgette Francis, High School Teacher

optimus crime

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 23:23:35 -0500

where were the teachers like this when i was in high school? and why doesn't she answer the real question: how hard is it having 17-year-olds trying to mack you all day?

Old Hag

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 22:45:33 -0500

I'm a morbidly obese shut-in with fractious hair and and even more incendiary complexion.Very pretty nails, though.

Josh

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:38:40 -0500

cuz I bet she is hot

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:05:43 -0500

Shut up anonymous.

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 20:24:12 -0500

Did you guys avoid putting comments links on the past couple interviews to avoid this kind of thread?

Josh

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 19:35:19 -0500

Is Old Hag hot? I want to see a picture.

Old Hag

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:48:21 -0500

Hotttt.

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:36:28 -0500

Is Felicia hot?

Old Hag

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:31:19 -0500

Yes, absolutely. And tell me where a 30-year-old woman can go, because I'm bored. So, is the overarching "missive" of these, "People I like hangin' out in the Ville"? This is fine, I just want to know so I am no longer confused. And can you interview my brother's fiance Felicia next?

krucoff

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:26:46 -0500

Ah, the punk thing. I think she was just a "scenester" (is that still a word?) not a musician in her Staten Island youth. I don't know what else to add about that. I guess you were either part of it or not, and I wasn't. Do you wanna hear about the local punk bands I used to see at the Crofton Fire Hall growing up in Maryland?

Old Hag

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:11:58 -0500

No one must be famous! No one is insular! I was just tryin' to get a sense of the underlying narrative linking these interviews...and to hear more about the punk thing, as I am out of the loop and thought, as usual, that I was missing something.

ralphie

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 14:00:09 -0500

my cat's breath smells like cat food.

miguel

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:48:37 -0500

I'd still be interested in that punk thing she did, what was that? and: why is there no weekend edition?

krucoff

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:24:45 -0500

Oh oh oh, you all want a BIO. Silly me, sometimes I can be so dense my friends call me Trigonometry. Okay, besides the aforementioned information like her name is Bridgette Francis, 24 years old, from and lives in Staten Island, went to Eugene Lang College, now a teacher... She follows a strict vegan diet, she's awful at basketball but really tries hard, was once photographed in the Village Voice at a demonstration against police brutality, AND her brother is a NYPD cop. (the levels, the levels) I also *think* her sister lives in New Jersey and often wears a NY Giants sweatshirt when housecleaning on the weekend. I hope that clears everything up!

Farmer

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 03:21:15 -0500

Why is it that if someone is outside the insular blogger community does she have to defend herself, to "be" someone? Can't she just be some cool chick who is worth her salt and hearing out?

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 03:16:53 -0500

Who she is has no bearing on the matter at hand. She's the everybabe. The woman you made out with during your "I'm just trying to figure it all out, Mom" orientation week at Swarthmore. The mailroom floozy your boyfriend sucked face with at Holiday Party '94 just after he did two shooters and pounded fists with the lunchroom pizza guy. She's Halleluiah Mary and Go-Get-Em Gidgit riding the ferry to Mecca with the wind up her skirt. She's a doppelganger with double Ds. A bio would only adversely affect her chameleon powers. Let the magic ooze over you and set you free. To define her would be to define you.

Old Hag

Sat, 07 Feb 2004 01:36:02 -0500

Of that I have no doubt...but COULD you give us a short bio? You know, those of us that grew up in the wilds of Jersey defending freakin' Satan Island? Cuz we still have no idea who she is.

krucoff

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 20:42:45 -0500

You see, there's this little-known and well-guarded list at the NYC Board of Ed that contains a ranking of the "celebrityness" of all teachers. Fascinating stuff I can assure you. I have access on account of my undercover NARC years (Rego Park, '91-'94) and a secretary who just can't say no to macadamia nuts. You'd be surprised who's teaching in the NYC public school system: Fran Tarkenton, Roberta Flack, Wes Anderson, and Helen Thomas, just to name a few. Naturally, they too are on the anonymity bandwagon for obvious reasons and use names like Mr. Bluegrass and Ms. MrrrMrrr. While none of you may have heard of Bridgette's legendary Staten Island status, she did rank over 100 spots higher than Old Hag's brother's fiance. Send along her info and we'll reserve her a spot too.

Dawger

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 19:27:18 -0500

My take on it is that it's just new yorkers, big and small. no need for the bios/intros. Just one new yorker after another (and the only qualification to be a NYer is to live her, not be from here). Submit your brother's fiance and I bet Krucoff's monkeys will interview her too.

Old Hag

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:58:55 -0500

I too am confused/concerned...she seems nice and all, but who is this person and why is she different from my brother's fiance who teaches in the Bronx (alternate fir kashes)?

Sterling

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:54:02 -0500

Yeah, I'm with Maureen. New Jersey wraps its sheltering arms around Staten Island, the red-headed stepchild of New York City. I can't count how many times, as a Jerseyite, I told Manhattanites that "Staten Island's not so bad."

Josh

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:52:50 -0500

she's too cool for williamsburg?

maureen

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:32:33 -0500

what is with the "Jersey: Wants to be Staten Island, but smells too bad to pull it off. For real."? as a jersey girl i constantly find myself defending staten island from uppity manhattanites who don't even know the borough exists. even so, we all know that the only reason some parts of jersey get a bad rap about their smell is the wafting fumes from the arthur kill and the fresh kills dump. please. staten island wants to be jersey. or worse - long island.

Monty

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:26:17 -0500

hot stuff!!

Matt

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:56:41 -0500

1. You emerged from the Staten Island punk/hardcore scene who is she? you guys need a "bio" section to your interviews.

tien

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:36:23 -0500

did those kids call you mr. dobkin? oh the memories of that fine school. and damn, i didn't have any teachers that look like bridgette. i wholly support this gothamist interview feature, especially if continues to interview such interesting (read - hot) women.

jake

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 11:07:17 -0500

teaching is the hardest and most underrated job in the city. when i was 21 and fresh out of college, i taught chemistry at a high school downtown for one year. i was expecting an easy 9 to 2pm job, but it turned out to be a hellish 12 hour slogfest every single day. not to say that it wasn't fun- but people don't realize how hard teachers work.