On Friday I overheard a group of teenage girls talking in the hall of the high school where I was substitute teaching. One of the girls complained about a teacher’s attitude toward her.
We had a mass shooting at the McDonalds near me when I was in high school (graduated 85), and it was becoming so common that it is part of the plot of The Accidental Tourist. But then there was an assault weapons ban, people living with AIDs, all kinds of things that made life better in the peaceful and prosperous 1990s. When I remember the world being "safe," it's those years, not my high school years, when the world seemed kind of dark, partly thanks to Reagan/Bush.
We had a mass shooting at the McDonalds near me when I was in high school (graduated 85), and it was becoming so common that it is part of the plot of The Accidental Tourist. But then there was an assault weapons ban, people living with AIDs, all kinds of things that made life better in the peaceful and prosperous 1990s. When I remember the world being "safe," it's those years, not my high school years, when the world seemed kind of dark, partly thanks to Reagan/Bush.
I had to look up that tragedy to remember the specifics. Dear lord, how awful.
Thank you, Corinne. I can't imagine where these kids are supposed to be in all this chaos. All will be ok. I have to remind myself of that very thing.
Thank you for reading. Yes, it's hard enough to be a kid, and this world isn't helping much at all.