Neil S. Bernstein - Candidate for the Swampscott School Committee Last update to this page:   .   Passionate About Learning The love of learning is one of the most important gifts we can give our children.

Education and related achievements Public School, San Fernando Valley, CA: Honor Society, throughout high school. Stanford University, CA, 1970-1972: Recipient of Calif. State and National Merit Scholarships (took leave of absence and never returned, as a student). Varsity Cross Country Team, in Freshman year. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1985. Outstanding Senior Project Award, 1985: Electrical Stimulation of Arm Muscles (for quadraplegs). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1989. Dimensions and Tolerances: Results are used today in international standards and commercial Computer-Aided Design software. Cranfield University, England: Ph.D., Applied Mathematics and Computing, 1996. Datum Reference Frames: Results are used today in international standards and commercial Computer-Aided Design software. Education-specific: Linguistics / English as a Second Language: I studied linguistics in the early 1970s. Alongside the courses, I tutored two Spanish speaking elementary school children in English and Mathematics. One was a Stanford University student's son. The second was the son of a migrant farm worker. Child raising and child education in kibbutz: Pursuing my own interest in both alternative education techniques the communal settlement movements, I read two (now well-known) books:    Children of the Kibbutz, Melford E. Spiro    Children of the Dream, Bruno Bettleheim A direct consequence of reading the books was my decision to take a leave of absence from college and spend 8 months in Israel, on a kibbutz. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to stay in Israel, where I lived for 17 years, 11 of those years on kibbutz(es). A variety of training and certificate programs, including: Draftsman, technical office, quality control. Machine tool operation (lathes, milling, drill presses, etc.). Electronics. Self-taught: Software: Numerous programming languages and operating systems, data base management, software application languages and application program interfaces (APIs). Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Home: http://schoolcommittee.nsbernstein.com/ Candidacy home: http://schoolcommittee.nsbernstein.com/candidate/   Top