9/11 Essay

â™¥Andreaâ™¥ · August 2009

I just found this... I wrote it for school a while ago, the account of 9/11 from my 10-year-old-self's eyes. Feel free to critique the actual writing, but I more just wanted to see if anyone else remembers where they were or what their initial thoughts were. There I sat, seven years old, on the familiar blue floor of my fifth grade classroom at xxxxxxx Elementary School. Mrs. Smith was writing the cursive alphabet as a matter of interest, not so much curriculum. My mind wandered aimlessly down winding roads which I traced on the reddish-brown pattern on the faded carpet. â€œWhatâ€™s for dinner? Who is Lauren? Where is my lunchbox?â€

SarahJohnson · August 2009

Nice essay. I remember 9/11. Woulda been about 6 years old. When we heard about it I'd been home and Mom and I were looking for our dog who'd run away for like the 5th time. As we were going through the neighborhood, one of our friends came out and were like "Did you see the TV? The Twin Towers were bombed." Mom was horrified. I had no clue what any of it meant, but she explained it to me. As a younger kid, you'd never know or expect the evil that can happen. That's a sad day that will always be remembered.

Lizadore · August 2009

i remember 9/11 me and me brother were at school and we had to stay late becuse one the roads were covered in snow and two the school was not sure if it was safe to go home... but when we finally went home my dad was still at work and my mom wa watching the news... i remember sieng on the news a big cloud of grey smoke coming tward the camra then my mom was crying and prying that my dad would come home and not have to go down to help rescue or anything... Gladly he didn't and came home for dinner... i think about a year and a half later my dad desided the he did not like the job and didn;t want to go anywhere dangerous so he switched job to a fedex worker and then to a ....... and now we are salf and the only thing we half to worry about is his year long trip to .......

GAK04 · August 2009

this essay is astounding. it really captures the confusion that a lot of children had during that time. i was 10 at the time myself and i had no clue what a terrorist was. i had the general idea, but never really knew how bad they could be. i knew what the twin towers were too, but never realized how bad it would hurt the world when something bad had happened to them. i love how you interpreted your feelings and thoughts throughout the whole thing, that's what makes it a great essay. it's very nice. well done, kudos. ____________________________ During the time that it happened, i was sitting in my social studies class. the principal came over the intercom and ordered all the teachers to turn on the news. the teacher did as he was told and we all watched in horror. we could tell it was a disaster, a catastrophe, but what had actually happened didn't really hit us until it was explained what had happened. It was horrible. I remember being so confused, sad, and angry at the same time.

â™¥Andreaâ™¥ · August 2009

GAK04 wrote:

this essay is astounding. it really captures the confusion that a lot of children had during that time. i was 10 at the time myself and i had no clue what a terrorist was. i had the general idea, but never really knew how bad they could be. i knew what the twin towers were too, but never realized how bad it would hurt the world when something bad had happened to them. i love how you interpreted your feelings and thoughts throughout the whole thing, that's what makes it a great essay. it's very nice. well done, kudos. ____________________________ During the time that it happened, i was sitting in my social studies class. the principal came over the intercom and ordered all the teachers to turn on the news. the teacher did as he was told and we all watched in horror. we could tell it was a disaster, a catastrophe, but what had actually happened didn't really hit us until it was explained what had happened. It was horrible. I remember being so confused, sad, and angry at the same time.

Thanks, I was really glad I still had such vivid memories. I wanted the essay to seem raw and full of emotion. You watched it in school?!? Good gracious. That could be really controversial in my area. Our schools tend to be parent run. If you don't do what the parents want, You are chased by an angry mob of soccer-moms in mini-vans. xD But thanks for the comments, I'm glad you saw what I was trying to portray.

BuffyBoarding · August 2009

I love you essay. I remember us watching it in school. Our school was placed on lock down and noone could pick their kids up from school. Even though that was in New York and im in Texas for crying out loud. But the whole school flipped out.

â™¥Andreaâ™¥ · August 2009

Thankyous Buffeh ;D REALLY?!? ohmygosh! I feel so sheltered now xD I lived in Deleware at the time and we weren't on lockdown.. But we also weren't even allowed to speak of the incident in school.

HWRD2 · August 2009

I remember 9/11 I was in 7th grade history class and we stayed in the same classes throughout the day, watching the news over and over again. It was so upsetting. I knew what was happening and a lot of the kids were upset but not anywhere near confused. Some were crying just because they knew how many people had lost their lives and it was just depressing to think of all the people who lost family in that.

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