9/11 in schools, foreign prospective.

• thavoice

  Talked to a Germany exchange student and he said he was surprised that in schools yesterday they didnt mention or do anything regarding the anny of 9/11.
  He said in Germany every 9/11 they have things about it in school, and he spoke with friends from back home yesterday and said they talked and had documentaries and such in their school over there yesterday.
  
  Is this common in the US y athink?
  
  Is it better we just forget what happened? Does it bring up too much bad feelings to show the stuff and have school events about it?
• sleeper

  

  Never forget.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  That's pretty sad. At 8:48, or whatever the time it was that the buildings were hit, we had a moment of silence and our Senior class president gave a monologue.
• FatHobbit

  

  I get people having a moment of silence, but I don't understand when some people get upset when other people choose to recognize it differently.
• WebFire

  I asked my 3rd grade son if they talked about it at all yesterday in his class. I guess I was a little surprised they didn't at all. But then again, when I was in school it's not like we talked about world war 2 dates every year, unless it was a history class or what not.
• Gblock

  we had a moment of silence at 9:11 not sure if that was planned or not but i assumed it was.
• thavoice

  WebFire;1268852 wrote:I asked my 3rd grade son if they talked about it at all yesterday in his class. I guess I was a little surprised they didn't at all. But then again, when I was in school it's not like we talked about world war 2 dates every year, unless it was a history class or what not.

  3rd grade may be a little young for them to discuss it possibly.
  Kid I was talking to is a Jr in HS and he brought it up to me that he was surprised that nothing was said/done.
  
  Just was throwing it out there.
• WebFire

  thavoice;1268865 wrote:3rd grade may be a little young for them to discuss it possibly.
  Kid I was talking to is a Jr in HS and he brought it up to me that he was surprised that nothing was said/done.
  
  Just was throwing it out there.

  Sure. I didn't care. I just figured they might discuss it as an historical event, especially since they would be hearing it from others and seeing it on tv, etc., all day.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  I talked to a German exchange student yesterday and he said war überrascht, dass in den Schulen sie gestern nicht erwähnt oder machen Sie nichts über die anny von 9/11.
• FatHobbit

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1269541 wrote:I talked to a German exchange student yesterday and he said war überrascht, dass in den Schulen sie gestern nicht erwähnt oder machen Sie nichts über die anny von 9/11.

  Wirklich?
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  FatHobbit;1269625 wrote:Wirklich?

  ja
• FatHobbit

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1269636 wrote:ja

  Schoen
• O-Trap

  

  sleeper;1268800 wrote:Never forget.

  
  Thank you for the bumper sticker.
  
  We shouldn't forget, but I have to be honest, I get REALLY sick of people using it as an excuse to advertise how patriotic they want everyone to think they are. A moment of silence and ensuring that all our children learn about it in school will suffice.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  ccrunner609;1270255 wrote:We had a reading over the PA ssytem and a moment of silence and then a trumphet player from the HS band played a great version of Taps to teh whole school. The 7th gradeers I had in class at the moment were all moved as I told them about that day and how their older peers experienced it.
  
  I will never forget that day, ever.

  
  *system
  *trumpet
  *the
  *graders
• ernest_t_bass

  

  ccrunner609;1270356 wrote:Fuck off!

  
  FIFY