[Fudd Fan]

I was in 4th grade in 1963, and I will always remember in those very early hours, my teacher told us to pray for the president (in those days, this did not cause anyone to have fits). At the end of a short prayer, one wisea$$ said "I hope he dies" and she got detention.

[ishabibble]

I was in the 4th grade on that day, too. It was a Catholic school, predominately Irish first generation students. Sister John Vainney RSM, aka Godzilla, wept like a child when she told our class that the President was dead. Most of the nuns in that school were never the same after JFK died. I've often thought that one day had the most profound impact on the structure of the religious communities.

Very sad, since many kids today would greatly benefit from the old time ways of the ironically named Sisters of Mercy. Certainly, the 8 yr. old who was arrested and handcuffed in his classroom yesterday (earlier thread).
An old fashioned nun would have just given him a "cuff" that he would never forget. End of story.