Gangsters at JHU

JHU_michelle
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:07:42 +0000

Obviously, growing up in Baltimore’s central city and going to the Baltimore City public schools is a pretty trying experience. (Hence the coverage on this season of The Wire and the reason why JHU gives successful BCPSS graduates a full tuition scholarship - they’ve earned it).

But for the most part, going to an elite private school in a “park-like atmosphere” is very different experientially than growing up in central Baltimore City. So the analogy is a bit hazy at best.

The murder thing is admittedly a bit scary - but again, most of those are gang or drug related, not random acts of violence, especially not against JHU students.