I know we’re shit posting but if I could get real for a moment, this is how I learned about 9/11.
TV rolls in. Whole class goes “Yay”. Teacher says, “Be quiet and watch”. Whole class goes, “Oh no, he’s grumpy”. Whole class goes, “Wait… This is live TV”. A whole world changes.
This is how I found out too. I remember 9th grade had just begun and it was the first class of the morning. Replays of the planes hitting the towers were playing over and over when we walked into the classroom. I was living in Alaska at the time so it felt like a world away. It was all very surreal.
I arrived in Hong Kong from the US on 9/11 (so 9/10 in the US). Turned on BBC in the evening… and didn’t sleep for a few nights. Extremely weird way to start a year teaching in China.
On 09/11, my middle school hid the news from the students. I heard information about what was going on through gossip from other students. It was incredibly surreal because students were getting pulled out of class left and right by their parents. Walking by the teachers lounge, I peaked in to see the teachers staring at the TV and crying, but the principal was steadfast about not telling the students.
I honestly had no idea what was really going on and it wasn’t until I got home from school by the bus where I was surprised to see my Dad already home from work just glued to the TV. That’s when I finally learned about what really happened and saw the footage for the first time…at 4pm in the afternoon…
I know we’re shit posting but if I could get real for a moment, this is how I learned about 9/11.
TV rolls in. Whole class goes “Yay”. Teacher says, “Be quiet and watch”. Whole class goes, “Oh no, he’s grumpy”. Whole class goes, “Wait… This is live TV”. A whole world changes.
Otherwise though, TV good.
This is how I found out too. I remember 9th grade had just begun and it was the first class of the morning. Replays of the planes hitting the towers were playing over and over when we walked into the classroom. I was living in Alaska at the time so it felt like a world away. It was all very surreal.
We learnt about it on the news, but actually am a world away.
Seemed like a movie villain without being able to fully grasp what’s happening. Around that time terrorist events were happening around the world too.
I arrived in Hong Kong from the US on 9/11 (so 9/10 in the US). Turned on BBC in the evening… and didn’t sleep for a few nights. Extremely weird way to start a year teaching in China.
Damn, I caught the vibe through your story :’(
Exactly how it was for us too.
And then someone in my group said, “Oh my fucking god, Tom Clancy called it.”
Yeah I watched the towers fall on one of these CRTs strapped to a cart.
On 09/11, my middle school hid the news from the students. I heard information about what was going on through gossip from other students. It was incredibly surreal because students were getting pulled out of class left and right by their parents. Walking by the teachers lounge, I peaked in to see the teachers staring at the TV and crying, but the principal was steadfast about not telling the students.
I honestly had no idea what was really going on and it wasn’t until I got home from school by the bus where I was surprised to see my Dad already home from work just glued to the TV. That’s when I finally learned about what really happened and saw the footage for the first time…at 4pm in the afternoon…