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To: sirgawain
"AT HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL, a prestigious prep school in L.A., arriving students were hustled into a special assembly, then sent off to classes. Headmaster Thomas C. Hudnut decreed that all history classes devote the day to the news. “These teachers,” Hudnut said, “seized the teachable moment.” Nini Halkett asked her 11th-grade AP American-history class why terrorists hate us so much. “Because we get involved in foreign affairs when it’s not our place,” said Cami, 16, “and because we have an elitist attitude.”

"SHANNON GREENFIELD, 26, teaches first grade at PS 234, two blocks from the World Trade Center. When the school was evacuated, she ended up taking care of a 6-year-old girl named Alexis. “She was running alongside me and I was holding her hand. Her shoe fell off, but she was such a trouper. Then I saw this emergency bus going by. I screamed out, ‘I’m a teacher, this is my student, we have to get on!’ And while the bus was still moving they dragged us on. Everyone on the bus had been in one of the buildings, so they were covered with mud and soot and ash. “When we got to PS 41, we had to wait for her father. He worked in the WTC—a lot of our kids’ parents do. I can’t believe it, but somehow he found us there. He came in with an oxygen mask on, but he was so calm. He hugged his daughter and said, ‘Hi, sweetie. I’m here to pick you up.’ She said, ‘What’s that mask for?’ And he said, ‘Oh, it’s just something I decided to wear to work today’.”

Two different teachers. Two different takes. The elitist hack that calls himself a "teacher" at Harvard-Westlake deserves to be dropped into the middle of Ground Zero and be put on body bag detail. I'm telling you now, I don't care if the Shannon Greenfield is only a "publick school teacher" - she's the one I want for my child, and she deserves a raise.

3 posted on 10/01/2001 12:09:41 PM PDT by dandelion
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To: dandelion
An elderly couple with tickets to “The Producers” were particularly upset. “We’ll never get to see the show!” the woman wailed. “We had such a nice trip planned.”

Greedy geezers. Gore Voters...

6 posted on 10/01/2001 12:22:40 PM PDT by Cogadh na Sith
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To: dandelion
"I knew it had to be major to break into Howard Stern."

The defining phrase of a decadent society. Oh Lord, please help us to grow up.

16 posted on 10/01/2001 12:57:07 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: dandelion
"These teachers seized the teachable moment."

This phrase reflects the "seize the time" rhetoric of the left back in the 60s. If there was any doubt where this guy is coming from, pliable student "Cami" left no doubt.
17 posted on 10/01/2001 1:00:47 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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