It was a clear, sunny, beautiful day. I was taking my oldest to the second day of preschool when I heard the news of a plane hitting the first tower on the radio. I went home and turned on the TV, just in time to see the second plane hit.
I remember having to explain to my three-year-old, walking that fine line between truth and too much information. When she asked if we were going to be ok, her father and I reasured her over and over that we would be fine- the whole time having no idea if we would be fine, or if the country would ever be "ok" again.
That whole, awful day, I wondered what the survivors told the three-year-old kids of the victims. They would never be fine again.
Every time George Bush whips out his 9/11 card for partisan political gain, I think of three thousand people who he dishonors... and their now nine-year-old kids.
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Isn't it amazing how he tries to play the 9/11 card EVERY time he possibly can? Sickens me!
"walking that fine line between truth and too much information". This is exactly the dilemma every educator faces with topics like this.
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