We are doing a shabby job at educating the next generation about what happened on that day. Yesterday on the school bus someone mentioned that it was September 11th, and a 7th grader who is fairly bright and does well at school asked, “Wasn’t that the Twin Towers and all those people died?” A fifth grader who is a bit of a history buff knew that there were 3 planes that crashed into buildings and one that crashed in a field because the passengers fought back. And that was about it. There weren’t any high schoolers present, so maybe they wait until the kids are more mature to teach about it. I’ll have to ask around. But it is our history, we should be teaching not only what happened, but why. Otherwise…well, we all know the saying.
Pearl Harbor and WWII are taught as part of American History, but they seem as far away and disconnected to the current generation as tricorn hats and goober peas, I think.
We are doing a shabby job at educating the next generation about what happened on that day. Yesterday on the school bus someone mentioned that it was September 11th, and a 7th grader who is fairly bright and does well at school asked, “Wasn’t that the Twin Towers and all those people died?” A fifth grader who is a bit of a history buff knew that there were 3 planes that crashed into buildings and one that crashed in a field because the passengers fought back. And that was about it. There weren’t any high schoolers present, so maybe they wait until the kids are more mature to teach about it. I’ll have to ask around. But it is our history, we should be teaching not only what happened, but why. Otherwise…well, we all know the saying.
For those of us that lived through it, that is hard to believe. I mean people still know Pearl Harbor, right?
Pearl Harbor and WWII are taught as part of American History, but they seem as far away and disconnected to the current generation as tricorn hats and goober peas, I think.
Two words…. Very Inspirational
Thank you. I think the message holds up after all these years.
I was concerned very early yesterday morning… before 5AM,
that I did not see any news about it being 9/11.
Thankfully as the day went on major news station did start to remember the day.
History is too easily forgotten.