Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Things That Worry Me

The first Campaign challenge is up. I plan to get to it, but I'm going to need some time to ponder before I submit anything.

So, for today, I'm doing another repost Tuesday. I stumbled across this in my files, and considering the anniversary is this coming weekend, I thought this post was kind of apropos. It was originally posted on October 30, 2006.  


So today I was in this AVID class (Advancement Via Individual Determination) and they had this interview assignment. They were supposed to talk about some historical event. It was a strange assignment, but it's not my job to judge. I just had to make sure they were doing it.

Anyway, two of them looked over at me. They wanted to know when 9/11 was.

Let me repeat, they wanted to know when 9/11 was.

My reply: "September 11th."

That's when they clarified.

One said it was in 2003 and the other was going for 2004. When I informed them that it had happened in 2001 they wanted to make sure that I was sure. I was sure.

This kind of disturbed me. I had to remind myself that I was dealing with 7th graders--12-year-olds. They were in 2nd grade when it happened. When I was that age I probably would have had trouble with such dates, right? Right?
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4 comments:

  1. Theresa MilsteinSeptember 6, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    OH COME ON!

    Other than that, no comment.

    Can't wait to see your Campaign piece.

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  2. Bess WeatherbySeptember 7, 2011 at 6:44 AM

    Oh geez. That's like in "Little Rascals" when the kid yells, "Quick! What's the number for 9-1-1?"

    Actually, it's incredibly similar. Same numbers and everything.

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  3. Michael Offutt, Phantom ReaderSeptember 7, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    Lots of entries thus far. I've had to organize 250 of them and assign judges. Trying to stay on top of them has been challenging.

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  4. M.J. FifieldSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    I think if they were in second grade when it happened that you could probably cut them a little slack as far as not knowing the year.

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