Career Preparation with Mr. Silberman

By Cynthia Breiner, Zainib Khan, Jamira Regnier, Aya Zubi

Ever thought about a career in business, or what to do after high school? If not, Mr. Silberman is a great person to meet. If you have met him you would know that Mr. Silberman is a highly educated businessman who teaches students about business careers.

“I was a call center operator,” says Mr. Silberman. After that, he began teaching at West Hempstead High School in 2003. Mr. Silberman has been a teacher for 15 years. He has an undergraduate degree in Economics, an MBA in Finance, and Masters degree in Business Education.

He has given all of his students useful tools to use after graduation. Mr. Silberman believes that “Everything in life is related to business.” We asked why he decided to bring the new Virtual Enterprise (VE) class to this school? Mr. Silberman started the Virtual Enterprise program in our high school. We were curious how he got the idea to start it in our school so we asked him. He told us, “I went to a conference six years ago, and they had the virtual enterprise program and I liked how they ran it, so, I decided to start it here.”

An English Teacher With a Story to Share

by Haj Kargbo, Rachel Treglia, and Cathy Velasquez

The purpose of this interview was to get a greater insight into Mr. Kufta, not only as a teacher but as an individual and an intellectual. 

Mr. Kufta is a renowned English teacher around West Hempstead High School. He has had a significant impact on past and current students. His funny and enthusiastic persona is something that is embraced by both students and teachers around the school community.

He started his career in the advertisement business; however, thanks to his loving wife she encouraged him to go into the teaching profession. She was a teacher herself and he was an English major. He has been teaching for fifteen years and his motivation for teaching are his students. He wants his students to be successful and remember what they’ve learned so they can use it for the future.