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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts) Wed Sep 11, 2019, 09:26 PM Sep 2019

Where were you when the world stopped turning....?

There were many chest thumping songs, but Jackson anchored his remembrance in a recognition of our common humanity.

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Where were you when the world stopped turning....? (Original Post) guillaumeb Sep 2019 OP

Thanks mainstreetonce Sep 2019 #1

My wife works as an instructructional assistant at a middle school. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2019 #2

It would be good if schools taught history. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #3

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)

1. Thanks

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 10:03 PM

Sep 2019

Must be part of this day.

LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(12,577 posts)

2. My wife works as an instructructional assistant at a middle school.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Thu Sep 12, 2019, 02:42 AM

Sep 2019

She said that only one teacher talked about 9-11. One boy thought it was a big joke. If I had been the teacher, I think I'd sit him in front of a computer and have him watch one of the many 9-11 documentaries on YouTube, then ask if he still thought it was funny.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

3. It would be good if schools taught history.

Reply to LastLiberal in PalmSprings (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 12, 2019, 01:40 PM

Sep 2019

But at a primary level, many children think many things are a joke.

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