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A little help needed here for a school project

Posted on 11/14/2005 4:38:45 PM PST by roostercogburn

My 14 year old son has been given a project to design a memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Iraq war. It must be designed as though it will be built on the Mall in Washington D.C. which means it must follow the same design restrictions that applied to the Vietnam Memorial. It must Honor the memory of those who served and those who gave their lives. Be harmonious with the Mall and its surroundings. Somehow fit into the "historic continuity" of American art. Be durable, buildable and not hard to maintain. Please , any ideas would be appreciated.


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To: roostercogburn

This is the letter I wrote to his teacher.......
Mr. Graham
I am Stephan Caricchio's father. I would like to know what designing a monument has to do with Language Arts? It seems a bit outside of the realm of reading. This is not graphic design or art class.
I hope that there are no political motivations here. To allow an option to students to basically make protest art is poor judgement in my opinion. These kids are not mature enough to weigh out all of the reasons and whys sacrifices are made. All they have are images of the dead. No logical discussion of terrorism. Why we want to fight terrorists over there instead of here, that there are groups of radical muslim fanatics that have no other goal than to kill Americans. At 14 kids are either to sensitive and think killing is never right, or overzealous and think killing is never wrong. There isn't that area of thought in between that allows them to weigh issues and options. I truly believe that this is not appropriate for my son to be involved in. If it were just monuments to the sacrifice of our soldiers, fine. But I will not allow my child's immature thought process be weighted in a way that I do not choose. And I do not choose to have him be influenced by your possible underlying political motivations.
This will turn into a discussion of politics in a classroom where you are the final arbiter. Where your views can be accepted as fact and the truth can be tilted to meet your opinions.
Please do not take this in a bad way. Nothing personal, just the way I feel. I look forward to a response from you. Please contact me at your convenience.


21 posted on 11/14/2005 4:46:50 PM PST by roostercogburn
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To: roostercogburn

How about a statue of our troops passing the Iraqi flag back to an Iraqi with a purple finger?


22 posted on 11/14/2005 4:47:06 PM PST by GloriaJane (http://music.download.com/gloriajane "ACLU Christmas")
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To: roostercogburn

Show the soldiers and the kids, the purple V's, the women and girls in schools.

Then show the soldiers day in and day out, especially the one with the "thousand yard stare" that wowed women everywhere.

Then show the solemn graves and the tears of the comerades for the fallen. And the President when he comforted the war widow.

Make sure you get all 4 branches of the Military.

Under the whole thing, post:

"We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail."
-President George W. Bush, October 7, 2001


23 posted on 11/14/2005 4:47:17 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Let's tear down the observatory so we never get hit by a meteor again!)
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To: roostercogburn
Let him build a little statue of Saddam less the head with the head laying on the ground while a young Iraqi kicks it in the face and beats it with his shoe. That should sum up what is required. And have him write a title: The price of freedom bears a high cost.

That should piss his teacher off completely and send them into a real rage.

24 posted on 11/14/2005 4:47:43 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned)
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To: Rebelbase

Give him a flag instead then. Times are bad, but they still can't openly hate the flag.

Wait...


Wait....


Dammit.


25 posted on 11/14/2005 4:47:53 PM PST by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: roostercogburn
There was a magaizine cover featuring one of my high-school buddies - a medic - holding an Iraqi child he saved.

Just make a bronze statue of that.

26 posted on 11/14/2005 4:48:00 PM PST by patton ("Hard Drive Cemetary" - forthcoming best seller)
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To: roostercogburn
Simple: Solid bronze, boots, rifle, helmet, about 20' tall on a black marble 20' circular base. 50 bronze stars on the circumference. No inscription, no commentary. Just a place of remembrance.
27 posted on 11/14/2005 4:48:34 PM PST by xcamel (No more RINOS - Not Now, Not Ever Again.)
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To: roostercogburn

How about a picture of a 7 foot American GI stomping on cowering likenesses of Hitler, Stalin, and some bald little fat guy with an NEA pin.


28 posted on 11/14/2005 4:48:57 PM PST by evolved_rage
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To: evolved_rage

That one is great!


29 posted on 11/14/2005 4:49:26 PM PST by roostercogburn
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To: roostercogburn

30 posted on 11/14/2005 4:51:53 PM PST by xcamel (No more RINOS - Not Now, Not Ever Again.)
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To: xcamel

How do they get the gun to stay like that?


31 posted on 11/14/2005 4:54:08 PM PST by Chickensoup (Turk...turk...turk....turk....turk...turkey!!!!!!)
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To: roostercogburn
I would suggest a dome-shaped memorial where the same personal information from the Vietnam memorial is engraved in patterns of concentric circles from the top down. Along the bottom of the dome, engraved images, dates, and places of massacres, torture chambers, gassings, war crimes, and other such atrocities commited under Saddam. Perhaps somewhere between the two sets of information, you could have something engraved which says something along the lines of "They gave their lives defending those who could not defend themselves".

It's simple, interesting, respectful, and sure to send his teacher up the wall. :-)
32 posted on 11/14/2005 4:57:13 PM PST by NJ_gent (Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
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To: roostercogburn
Here's my 2cents:

A hand prying/lifting up another hand while freed peoples walk out from under the first hand. The theme being, the Hand of Democracy frees all from the hand of oppression. Peace doesn't free people, War does.

33 posted on 11/14/2005 4:59:13 PM PST by rvoitier ("Hug your babies tight"--Luanne Platter)
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To: roostercogburn
A big statue, something along these lines (the image in the middle) but with armor in red-white-blue. I've always liked this poster:


34 posted on 11/14/2005 5:00:27 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Expect no response if you're a troll, lunatic, retard, or incurable ignoramus.)
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To: roostercogburn

a wall of urinals with pictures of ted, nancy, harry, john, et al, placed in said urinals. it'll be an interactive display.


35 posted on 11/14/2005 5:01:06 PM PST by pipecorp (Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslims have already started. 1800 replies and not a single post!)
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To: roostercogburn

Hey, the positive side is that the title of the assignment ISN'T:

"Show Why These Soldiers are Baby Killers sent by the Monster Hitler Bush so he could get more Oil for his Halliburton Firends".

That's progress if this is a public school.


36 posted on 11/14/2005 5:02:34 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: roostercogburn

I wouldn't seek to compose it for you, since that's your child's job. But here are some elements I would include:
1. A dozen Iraqi children reaching out to a smiling US soldier; 2. Several adults holding up purple fingers with a ballot box nearby; 3. A copy of the Iraqi constitution; 4. A mosque, to remind people we stand for freedom of religion (unlike our enemies); 5. Date palms which stand for life; 6. The confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; and 6. Somewhere noticeable but more subtle, the face of President George W. Bush. All in bronze of course.


37 posted on 11/14/2005 5:02:51 PM PST by gotribe (Hillary: Accessory to Rape)
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To: Coop

C'mon Coop. He is 14. I am all about him doing things on his own, but this assignment is a tough one. He needed help. And I am as close to an artist as I am to Pluto.


38 posted on 11/14/2005 5:03:23 PM PST by roostercogburn
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To: Right Wing Assault

Ug. Firends -> Friends


39 posted on 11/14/2005 5:03:52 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: roostercogburn
here you go:



Have him do a brozed statue of this woman. Chances are the idiot Lib teacher will take it as a Peace monument :)
40 posted on 11/14/2005 5:05:23 PM PST by MikefromOhio (We don't give a damn for the WHOLE state of Michigan.....)
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