I am a high school teacher and I can tell you first hand this generation is awesome. We discuss it every year and they have definite memories of the event. Not first hand obviously but they grew up in an era defined by it and generally understand it's connection to the world around them.
I make a point of telling them don't buy into the old farts who say kids are this and that these days and that every generation has ups and downs. It's all about individuals not generations, races, ethnicities. Faiths, or any other category of people.
Matt
Yes, but they don't know life before it. Just like they don't life before cell phones.
When debating the "ISIS is not a threat" comment made by the president with my daughter, I had to stress several times that she didn't know what life was
before 9/11. She's
always had to wait in long lines at the airport,
always had to have her belongings rummaged through, was
never able to bring a full sized toothpaste on board, has
always seen the concrete barricades in front of embassies, banks, etc., has
always heard the names of middle east countries and their leaders, has
always know the term Aloha Akbar, has
always had to show ID when entering an office building, and on and on.
I do have one question, are the kids taught about how the stock market crashed by half on 9/12? Trillions just evaporated out of the economy. My college graduate didn't know about that fact. I fear, though, they may have some knowledge, but they aren't taught everything. I hope I'm wrong.
