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Jennicut

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22. The principal at the school I was at on Tuesday even pointed that out.

Reply to Erose999 (Reply #16)

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:43 PM

Sep 2012

I was substitute teaching and during the morning announcements she said that none of the kids in that school were born yet (it goes to 5th grade).

My 8 and 7 year olds asked a few things about it while watching the news with me. I explained it to them the best I could. But this drawing pictures thing is totally unnecessary. They have no concept of this event.

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Teacher assigns 4th graders to draw pictures of 9/11- including people jumping [View all] cali Sep 2012 OP

That is not age appropriate. ananda Sep 2012 #1

Definitely not! GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #2

it's not appropriate, period.. frylock Sep 2012 #17

Good for the teacher. CanSocDem Sep 2012 #3

Those kids weren't even born then. Indpndnt Sep 2012 #4

that's sick. seriously. these are little kids. cali Sep 2012 #6

Excuse me?! Instructing 9-yr-olds to draw desperate victims leaping to their deaths is "good"?!?!?! WinkyDink Sep 2012 #8

You don't know that is what the assignment was. Ms. Toad Sep 2012 #18

I'd like to see the actual instructions Ms. Toad Sep 2012 #5

Really? NINE-year-olds, born in 2003, were supposed to have "learned" from 9/11/01?? WinkyDink Sep 2012 #9

The assignment followed a class discussion on 9/11. Ms. Toad Sep 2012 #15

I did a diorama of the attack on Pearl Harbor LibertyLover Sep 2012 #23

Agreed. jp11 Sep 2012 #13

Bad Teacher marions ghost Sep 2012 #7

I guess this should bother me more than it does. I don't think it's a TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #10

wow, it blows my mind that some people actually think that was an OK assignment phantom power Sep 2012 #11

yes, but we must indoctrinate an entire generation of kids that don't know how to fear.. frylock Sep 2012 #19

That would be great for an undergraduate drawing class slackmaster Sep 2012 #12

I have to admit to being a bit suspicious since this is a FOX story gollygee Sep 2012 #14

it's a local affiliate. not the same thing. cali Sep 2012 #21

Crazy thing is that these kids were not even born when 9/11 happened. I think some people take the Erose999 Sep 2012 #16

yep frylock Sep 2012 #20

The principal at the school I was at on Tuesday even pointed that out. Jennicut Sep 2012 #22

I'm a bit mystified by the "age appropriate" stuff in this thread alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #24