Remembering Pearl Harbor..December 7th, 1941

FirefightnRick · December 8, 2012

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/12/07/3713185/remembering-pearl-harbor-120712.html

Rick

SilverEagle · December 8, 2012

This is one of the first national tragic events that people always remembered where they were, and how they felt, when it happened. My mother was working for Western Union in south Texas when this happened. She had turned 20 not two months before, and she remembered how scared she was, and how it felt like the world was coming to an end. I don't know how my dad felt, but he had just volunteered for the Army Air Corp in October of 41 and was in mechanics training at Shepard AFB at Wichita Falls.

GrayEagle · December 9, 2012

You're absolutely right about remembering historical events. I was in the 5th grade. I had just finished Sunday dinner and was throwing a football with a neighbor kid when a classmate rode up on his bike and told us. I went in and turned on the radio and within ten minutes or less FDR came on with his famous "a date that will live in infamy" speech and declaring war on Japan. All we knew then was that it was a sneak attack, several ships had been sunk and there was a "tremendous" loss of life. It was the following Saturday before Movietone News and the March of Time had pictures that I saw in the theater.

It really hit home when a classmate of mine lost his brother, who I knew very well, at Pearl. He had only been in the Navy less than a year. I've been to the memorial and it's a sobering experience.

THOR · December 9, 2012

I teach world history now and I only have two days to teach ww2....sucks...not near enough time to get the kids to understand the magnification of that war. Friday, I asked if anyone knew what today was and why it was historical...crickets...that's what I got in response...

They were sixth graders but they should still know this shit.

SilverEagle · December 9, 2012

I teach world history now and I only have two days to teach ww2....sucks...not near enough time to get the kids to understand the magnification of that war. Friday, I asked if anyone knew what today was and why it was historical...crickets...that's what I got in response...

They were sixth graders but they should still know this shit.

Don't worry. As soon as it becomes a "school's out" holiday with shopping and/or sales events attached to it (one could only imagine what that advertising would look like) then they will remember the date.

Green Mean · December 9, 2012

I teach world history now and I only have two days to teach ww2....sucks...not near enough time to get the kids to understand the magnification of that war. Friday, I asked if anyone knew what today was and why it was historical...crickets...that's what I got in response...

They were sixth graders but they should still know this shit.

2 days is so short. I remember 6th grade history covering a lot of topics from the global perspective. I do remember that in 9th grade history we probably spent a couple of weeks or so on WW2. And that was in the Plano ISD during the mid to late 90's.

FirefightnRick · December 12, 2012

I teach world history now and I only have two days to teach ww2....sucks...not near enough time to get the kids to understand the magnification of that war. Friday, I asked if anyone knew what today was and why it was historical...crickets...that's what I got in response...

They were sixth graders but they should still know this shit.

You didn't have my sixth grader in your class, that's for sure because I made sure he remembered before I left for the firehall the day before.

We're going next year and he and my daughter have told several others when asked what is on our agenda when we get there that .."as long as dad gets to see pearl harbor we'll be ok".

Rick

THOR · December 12, 2012

That's cool rick...the kids will remember that forever! My students won't be forgetting in future years...at least I hope not!

Rudy · December 12, 2012

I teach world history now and I only have two days to teach ww2....sucks...not near enough time to get the kids to understand the magnification of that war. Friday, I asked if anyone knew what today was and why it was historical...crickets...that's what I got in response...

They were sixth graders but they should still know this shit.

That's one of the main reasons I decided not to go into teaching. I would have been a history teacher and when I saw what the state requires you to teach, I said to myself, this is bullsh. They don't allow history to be taught in it's full intention.

FirefightnRick · December 12, 2012

That's cool rick...the kids will remember that forever! My students won't be forgetting in future years...at least I hope not!

I'm proud of you for making sure your students knew. You seem to really love your job and that is awesome. I know at times it is a thankless one and damn sure is underpaid for what you do. Your students are lucky to have you for sure.

Rick