Mel glenn biography
Mel glenn biography
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His Life:
Mel was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 10th, His family came to the United States when he was three years old, and settled in Brooklyn, New York.
He grew up playing stickball in the street (three manhole covers = a home run) and stoopball (a forgotten art, really) outside his house.
Mel graduated NYU in with an English degree, which in no way prepared him for life in Africa.
So he joined the Peace Corps and went to Africa.
Mel lived in Sierra Leone for two years, teaching English and history, before coming back to the States.
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He went back to school, and got his Masters degree from Yeshiva University, and did some post-graduate work at NYU.
And, having not yet had his fill of school, he became a teacher. First, junior high for a few years, at JHS in Brooklyn.
A few years later, he settled in for the long haul: 31 years at the same school from which he graduated, Abraham Lincoln High School, near Coney Island. Mel loved teaching English, helping his