Thread: Lest We Forget
View Single Post
  #11  
Old 11-11-2009, 12:43 PM
renormalised's Avatar
renormalised (Carl)
No More Infinities

renormalised is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Townsville
Posts: 9,698
Smile

Quote:
Originally Posted by AdrianF View Post
I am on a break from teaching at the moment and when I asked the student to stop what they were doing for a minutes silence they asked "why?"
I had to stop after and explain why we have a minutes silence. These are 15-16 year olds.
Part of australias history and they have no idea at all

Adrian
Precisely why we should be teaching it in schools.

Half of them are flat out remembering about the Gulf War, let alone anything earlier.

Last edited by renormalised; 11-11-2009 at 01:03 PM.
Reply With Quote