I'm sure I'm not unique in remembering exactly what I was doing on 9/11... but each year I find it interesting to see how peoples attitudes on the events have changed in the ensuing years. At first no one talked about what happened, didn't tell their children the events-- just that it was a sad day. We have been fairly open with the kids on what happened.
This year at school the 2nd graders sang a song at their special assembly, so Andrew and I went down to watch Brandon. I was fairly suprised at how open the history teacher was in recounting some of the events of 9/11. He spoke to the kids about heroes and spent time talking about the fire fighters who were at ground zero as well as the passengers on Flight 93 ( and of course he mentioned Pat Tillman-- which is a whole other subject--- especially the coverage it gets here in Phoenix). So many other countries live with horrific tragedies on a daily basis- it is part of life for them. It is interesting to see how this event has become become "part of our lives"-- something that just happened and how open we have become on the events.
I started typing in the word homemade into my google toolbar to do a search on homemade granola ( Brandon has taken a great liking to granola and could eat it breakfast, lunch and dinner) I figured hey maybe I will take a stab and try making some of our own. So as I have typed in homemade then the following pop-up ( you knwo how google tries to guess what you are going to type) homemade bombs, homemade pipebombs, homemade explosives.... I was quite taken aback and groaned internally at how things have changed. Couldn't it be homemade bread, homemade jam... guess I just want to live in a bit more naive world.
2 comments:
It is funny how people have changed their views from the day after, 9/12 to 6 years after. I actually enjoyed watching and listening to all of the memorial services and shows on tv about 9/11. The History Channel had particularly good coverage. I think we need to be reminded why our country is in Iraq and that it is important to teach our children about being loyal to our country and the sacrifices that are being made and have been made in past wars. But, I also wish that you could type in "homemade" and pull up nothing but bread and jam. =)
I agree with the previous comment - too sad that when we type in "homemade" that things other than food come up - dangerous things.
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