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Bluebag Media
Students were
focused on the events of 9-11
GREENVILLE – “Pretty crazy,” said one student following the just
concluded Sept. 11 Patriot’s Day memorial. Another said it was about
remembering the people who had died… another: “I was feeling bad for
all those people who lost their lives.”
Eighteen Greenville Junior High student leaders, mostly members of the
Student Council, met following the ceremony to share their views, and
feelings. “I felt sad for everyone,” said a student. Several
distinguished a deeper feeling for this event, which occurred before
most of them were born, to a more detached feeling about an earlier
attack – Pearl Harbor – from their history studies.
On Sept. 10, the day before the memorial service, students watched a
video and had a class discussion with their teachers. Most, however,
were already aware of the importance of Sept. 11. One student
remembered a teacher from South School who told his class he was in New
York at the time… “I saw it happen,” he said. Another said her dad was
a pilot who had just landed at the airport – it was across from the
Pentagon...
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