Every year on this day, my mind drifts back to that day.
I always feel inclined to post something - such a significant day should be noted, remembered, retold. But I never seem to have the words.
I find it very sad that so many young people haven't been taught, haven't been told, an don't understand what this date "9/11" means to citizens of the United States. Last year I was shocked at the number of students that didn't know "exactly" what happened. I got responses like, "a bomb went off in New York" or "didn't someone bomb New York and the Pentagon?" I realize that my middle school students would have only been babies at that time, but I would think that in 7 years of schooling someone would have shared more about this tragic event that did, even though they were young, happen in their lifetime.
I still don't have many words to share or anything profound or beautiful to say. Today, I just remember... and I will never forget.
1 comments:
I can't beleive they don't know! How can that possibly have been allowed to happen? I still dont' understand who thinks its a good idea to not show the video, why we're not supposed to be angry! Those kids need to see those videos, and pictures, and hear the interviews, and see the tears, and the grief! They need to know!
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