“By the time I entered this prestigious high school, my interest in formal education had already been exhausted.” Quote by Lewis Schiff
“In the summer between my freshman and sophomore year, my grandfather got me a job at a local messenger company working on Wall Street. I was lucky enough to have been in the business during a stock market boom but just before the fax machine appeared on the scene, let alone email and the Internet. As a result, the messenger business was booming.” YearsHas BeensEnoughJobsResultsCompanyStreetsWallInternetSceneLuckySummerMachinesLocalsGrandfatherEmailMy GrandfatherMessengersFreshmanSophomoreFaxSophomore YearFax Machines Author:Lewis Schiff
“I got to carve through the streets of New York's financial district and discover the awesome feeling of being part of a system where, the harder you worked, the more of those scarce resources you earned! I never looked back.” FeelingsStreetsNew YorkResourcesHarderFinancialScarceScarce Resources Author:Lewis Schiff
“I'm someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I was, surprisingly, have loved romance.” PeopleRomanceGrewGrew UpNerd Author:Mindy Kaling
“While I did complete high school, I would have to say that it was by the skin of my teeth. My education ever since then has been one that I got "on the job" and I consider myself a very well-educated person at this point!” WellsPersonsHas BeensSchoolJobsHigh SchoolSkinsTeethEducatedWell EducatedEducated Person Author:Lewis Schiff
“I did in fact take a couple of classes at my local college here in NYC. But I did it unwillingly and without enthusiasm. That is until a protest broke out in the streets around campus against rising tuition costs.” FactsClassStreetsCollegeCoupleCostLocalsEnthusiasmBrokeRisingProtestCampusNycTuition Author:Lewis Schiff
“Because my college was a local college, it had a historic role in educating minorities and the tuition increase was viewed as an obstacle in creating more opportunity for minorities. I threw myself info the protests with all my heart. Ultimately, a group of us barricaded ourselves in the school for about 3 weeks so we brought the running of the campus to a halt.” HeartRunningSchoolOpportunityRolesGroupsWeekCollegeMy HeartCreatingIncreaseObstaclesLocalsMinoritiesProtestHistoricHaltCampusTuition Author:Lewis Schiff
“During that time, I began writing and designing the propaganda that we distributed to the students who we were trying to convince to join us.” WritingTryingDesignStudentsPropagandaConvince Author:Lewis Schiff
“I found that I loved producing that kind of propaganda and I loved the power that a few students with a Macintosh computer could wield. I was hooked on communications at that point.” KindFoundStudentsCommunicationComputerPropagandaHookedMacintoshMacintosh Computers Author:Lewis Schiff
“I went to work at political consulting firms, graphic design and communications firms and ultimately, magazines. Today, my career is in the media business. And more specifically, I'm in the "words" side of the business as opposed to video or music.” TodayPoliticalSidesCareersMediaDesignCommunicationVideoMagazinesFirmGraphicGraphic DesignConsulting Author:Lewis Schiff
“There is a direct line between the communications work I did to protest tuition increases at my school and what I do today. Plus it had one other benefit...it got me kicked out of college!” TodaySchoolLinesCollegeCommunicationBenefitsDirectIncreaseProtestPlusTuition Author:Lewis Schiff