Re: Today

[Darlene A Yasick <lib027yas1@JUNO.COM>]

We had two TV's going on different channels and a request from the
principal to tape as much as possible. Kids came in during the day and
just asked if it was ok if they just sat and watched. Some teachers had
the TV's on all day in their rooms and some said they watched for awhile
and then went back to teaching but, as one put it, it just didn't seem
important to learn numbers in Spanish with all that going on. We are a
9-12 building and it was interesting to see student's reactions-- some
tears, lots of questions, some fear and quite a number who just didn't
seem to think that this was anything to make such a big deal out of. (Are
we becoming immune to this kind of carnage, don't they have any sympathy
for others or did they truely just not "get it"?) All afterschool
activities were canceled including football practice - which never
happens.

At my grandson's elementary school in another district they opted for the
"its up to parents to tell you approach"-- however they did tell the kids
that something terribly bad had happened and that they were to go home
and ask their parents to tell them about it. Of course by the time Kevin
got home he was terrified that something had happened to one of his
parents-- he lives with his Mom and called to find out if my daugher and
his dad were hurt. Can you imagine what this was like for a child who
came home to an empty house? What a scary trip home this must have been.

As horrible as this seems to those of us removed from a personal
connection, I can't imagine what it must be like for those who have
friends and family in the horror. You are in my heart and in my prayers.
God Bless You and us and America.
Darlene Yasick
Media Specialist
Hopkins High School
lib027yas1@juno.com
Only the mediocre man is always at his best-- Somerset Maugham

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