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9/11 related. My oldest current student was born in May of 2005. They have zero understanding of that day.

Posted by Volnelk Sep 11 '23, 07:18

We did a moment of silence this morning and it occurred to me that many of them wouldn't really understand why. May as well be talking about the Korean War as far as they were concerned.

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I’m actually surprised I haven’t been asked about it by my older niblings. Figured they’d be learning about it in high school. - znufrii, vice president Sep 11, 08:21
My oldest was 1 when it happened. I don't think he has any frame of reference for the meaning of it. We were pregnant when 9/11 happened but - oblique Sep 11, 07:52
I was at a recruiting event for students a few years back and there was interesting conversation on this. - MDH Sep 11, 07:41
to be fair, i think that's how we as kids were about things like the Vietnam War, or WWII, etc. It's just not 'real' to you if you didn't experience - Andie Sep 11, 07:30 2
- Oh I know. I'm not blaming them or anything. It's just weird since this is one that I experienced. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 11, 07:35
- yeah -- nm - ty97 Sep 11, 07:31
Honestly the only way to show children born post 9/11 the true horror of that day is to air what happened that morning unedited and unfiltered. -- nm - Jovian Sep 11, 07:28 7
- Perhaps, but still it's not the same (I think) having not lived through it. - ty97 Sep 11, 07:31 5
  - of course not. But it gets you somewhere with them. Instead of an indifferent I could give a shit shrug. -- nm* - Jovian Sep 11, 07:41
  - Similar to my earlier comment about Morocco, the personal knowlege makes a big difference. -- nm - Meg Sep 11, 07:39
  - exactly -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 11, 07:35
  - You could never recreate the "world just shifted forever" feeling. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 07:33 1
    - Yeah, impossible to fathom what it was like before. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 07:59
- and not saying you should do that as an educator! God only knows what kind of crap you'd get into (w parents school etc). But that's really the only - Jovian Sep 11, 07:30

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