Talking about 9/11 at school

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree completely OP. At a minimum, there should have been a moment of silence for the lives lost on that day -- the largest attack and death toll on American soil since Pearl Harbor.

Our kids lives and the world they live in were indelibly shaped by 9/11 and its aftermath, from omnipresent security to America's role in the world. Yet they learn very little about it in school, and apparently don't even see it acknowledged barely 20 years later.

Honestly, I think you're exaggerating the practical impact. A lot of changes likely would have still happened for other reasons had 9/11 not happened. Security was increasing before 9/11 due to other domestic and foreign terrorist attacks. The US was already involved militarily around the world, including the middle east. Domestic surveillance was already ramping up, with most of the Patriot Act written before 9/11.

☝️☝️☝️☝️Why it needs to be remembered. Already idiots think it wasn’t important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree completely OP. At a minimum, there should have been a moment of silence for the lives lost on that day -- the largest attack and death toll on American soil since Pearl Harbor.

Our kids lives and the world they live in were indelibly shaped by 9/11 and its aftermath, from omnipresent security to America's role in the world. Yet they learn very little about it in school, and apparently don't even see it acknowledged barely 20 years later.

Honestly, I think you're exaggerating the practical impact. A lot of changes likely would have still happened for other reasons had 9/11 not happened. Security was increasing before 9/11 due to other domestic and foreign terrorist attacks. The US was already involved militarily around the world, including the middle east. Domestic surveillance was already ramping up, with most of the Patriot Act written before 9/11.

☝️☝️☝️☝️Why it needs to be remembered. Already idiots think it wasn’t important.

Exactly. And no, not exaggerating. Um, we fought the LONGEST US war ever as a direct result of 9/11. Thousands of Americans lost their lives in the Afghan and Iraq wars, and multiplies more had their lives forever changed as a result of their service. And whether you agree or disagree with the decision to invade Iraq, something that absolutely would not have happened absent 9/11 because only the massive scale of that attack could bring the consensus that resulted, that part of the war 100% led to much of the instability in that area of the world right now, the ascendancy of many anti-American groups (terrorist and otherwise) and great division in the US over the role the US should play in the world.

And while the Patriot Act may well have been "written" before 9/11, it never, ever, ever would have passed without that transformative event.

As PP said, the fact that any American adult can dismiss 9/11 as anything less and a critical event and inflection point in US history demonstrates just how much more our education system needs to do on this point.

[Anonymous]

Our school did a minute (an actual minute) of silence during morning announcements.

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Do you expect schools to have a moment of silence on Dec. 7?

As a PP said, the events of Sept. 11 are regarded very differently by the people who lived through that day vs. younger ages, for whom it feels like ancient history.

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Many teachers were likely in elementary school or middle school when 9/11 happened and don't have the perspective to reflect on it from the adults who experienced that day.

[Anonymous]

I told my 2nd grader about it, though she said she was taught it at school, and we talked about it at home a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree completely OP. At a minimum, there should have been a moment of silence for the lives lost on that day -- the largest attack and death toll on American soil since Pearl Harbor.

Our kids lives and the world they live in were indelibly shaped by 9/11 and its aftermath, from omnipresent security to America's role in the world. Yet they learn very little about it in school, and apparently don't even see it acknowledged barely 20 years later.

Honestly, I think you're exaggerating the practical impact. A lot of changes likely would have still happened for other reasons had 9/11 not happened. Security was increasing before 9/11 due to other domestic and foreign terrorist attacks. The US was already involved militarily around the world, including the middle east. Domestic surveillance was already ramping up, with most of the Patriot Act written before 9/11.

☝️☝️☝️☝️Why it needs to be remembered. Already idiots think it wasn’t important.

No, we apparently need to teach modern American and world history better, given that you don't seem to remember anything between WW2 and 9/11.

[Anonymous]

It was discussed in two of my HS age child's classes.

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I think it's perfectly fine for 9/11 to be discussed in history class, including everything that it catalyzed, but have no need for a "moment of silence" on the actual day.

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Anonymous wrote:My senior child at BCC HS was upset that none of the teachers even acknowledged the day at all. She's in 5 AP classes and 1 IB class so clearly the students can handle the material for a few minutes. It is such a sad day in my memory that I'm surprised it is not acknowledged by the school system to speak about the need to discuss a recent historical even that happened 23 years ago. And the aftermath is still being dealt with.

I work for a DOD agency, and it wasn't mentioned either. Seems like they only do it on milestone dates.

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Anonymous wrote:The graduating class was just born when 09/11 occurred. It’s just another day in history for them. I’m glad schools are starting to treat it as such for the students. The moment of silence and lessons each year were getting to be ridiculous.

What graduating class???? High school seniors were born 5 years later. Babies born before 9/11 are now 23 and older

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It is better to teach historical events in context. I teach about 9/11 in world history when we learn about the the 20th century. We would have a pretty superficial conversation if we interrupted the mongols to “say something” about 9/11.

In my AP Govt class, we talked about the debate, not 9/11, yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The graduating class was just born when 09/11 occurred. It’s just another day in history for them. I’m glad schools are starting to treat it as such for the students. The moment of silence and lessons each year were getting to be ridiculous.

The high school graduating class are 18, not 23! But agreed on just another day for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My senior child at BCC HS was upset that none of the teachers even acknowledged the day at all. She's in 5 AP classes and 1 IB class so clearly the students can handle the material for a few minutes. It is such a sad day in my memory that I'm surprised it is not acknowledged by the school system to speak about the need to discuss a recent historical even that happened 23 years ago. And the aftermath is still being dealt with.

Same. Though the flag was at half mast at the DoD facility where I work
I work for a DOD agency, and it wasn't mentioned either. Seems like they only do it on milestone dates.

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Considering my daughters HS has a ton of Muslim students, No