"I was in the 9th grade when the Challenger blew up. My school chose to try and keep it quiet but that didn't work. I actually heard a joke about it before I heard what had happened. It was weird. I was so disconnected."
I heard that some schools took that route on September 11th, thinking that it would be best for parents to break the news to their children. I guess I've always been of the mindset of burying your head in the sand really only makes things worse - and one would hope that teachers would be able to be supportive to kids, discuss a situation and deal with sensitive topics if they happen to come up. Of course, that's my idealistic world view talking :)
"This time, I again didn't know. We were getting ready for guests to arrive that were coming to plan their wedding. It wasn't until after I sat down with them and came up to watch baby at like 4pm that I found out. Woah, I gotta watch the news more I guess. At least I didn't hear a joke this time."
I checked my e-mail in the morning and even read LJ, but didn't catch anything about it. B ran in the room saying "did you hear the news this morning" and almost gave me a heart attack - I was thinking we were at war, or bombed or something already.
As far as keeping up on news though, perhaps just NPR on a radio while your running around doing house stuff would be no time consuming option. The only time I end up learning about things is if someone happens to send e-mail, if I see it in LJ, or if I hear it on NPR during my work commute.
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The news
Date: 2003-02-03 09:00 am (UTC)I heard that some schools took that route on September 11th, thinking that it would be best for parents to break the news to their children. I guess I've always been of the mindset of burying your head in the sand really only makes things worse - and one would hope that teachers would be able to be supportive to kids, discuss a situation and deal with sensitive topics if they happen to come up. Of course, that's my idealistic world view talking :)
"This time, I again didn't know. We were getting ready for guests to arrive that were coming to plan their wedding. It wasn't until after I sat down with them and came up to watch baby at like 4pm that I found out. Woah, I gotta watch the news more I guess. At least I didn't hear a joke this time."
I checked my e-mail in the morning and even read LJ, but didn't catch anything about it. B ran in the room saying "did you hear the news this morning" and almost gave me a heart attack - I was thinking we were at war, or bombed or something already.
As far as keeping up on news though, perhaps just NPR on a radio while your running around doing house stuff would be no time consuming option. The only time I end up learning about things is if someone happens to send e-mail, if I see it in LJ, or if I hear it on NPR during my work commute.