DC Reed
09-11-2002, 10:41 AM
I knew today would be a hard day on, me, the DC area, New Yorkers and the Nation. I knew that people have thier own opinions on this day, and some are not favorable. But I wasnt expecting to see an abundant amount of self centership today.
Where I saw it;
School - We have a homeroom period, where we are grouped by class and last name. Being my last name is A, im with some people of Arab decent and other kids. During the period, we began to talk about the attacks and remeber. One kid mentioned that today should be a holiday, but i told him why it shouldnt, he agreed. But one student thought i was being profane. He said that today everyone should get to stay home and enjoy themselves. He said he was angered that we had to goto school, and that he wouldnt get to stay home and "reflect." When I asked him what hed do with the day off, he said sleep in and play video games. He shoulda kept his mouth shut. He thinks hes an anarchist and when the attacks happened, said "why couldnt superman save us? cause hes in a wheelchair." I mentioned that to him, and he shut up, he just looked down and knew that I exposed him, he didnt care about the people who died or the rescueres, he just wanted a day to sleep in.
After School - I work at KB, and we have two muslim, saudie workers. Both are very nice and socialble, and sometimes fun to joke with. They aplogized to us about the attacks and said they felt awful being from a country and supplied bin laden the terrorists. I wasnt scheduled to work today. I wanted to goto school, then come home and listen to R+F from 2-10, see the president talk and just kinda reflect on the incident, watch the news coverage. I know mojo says we should all goto work, but its a bit rude when you get a call the second you walk in saying you have to come in. I didnt mind untill i found out why. The two muslim workers said that they didnt want to work because of the attacks. They thought that it was "facist" that they should work, and racist. They felt it was racist because "arabians flew the planes" and that by making them work its punishing them. So now I have to go in, even though i have a lot of homework to do. I wouldnt mind going in today if they had scheduled me, but because some kids think its racist they have to work, that obscene. But Im not gonna complain anymore about having to work, its the best i can do to help america right now, just help push the economy along.
Everyone, I hope so far youve had the time to think about everything, and I hope that well be safe. Please, stay safe, and if anything happens, im always availble to talk to you guys.
Thanks
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Where I saw it;
School - We have a homeroom period, where we are grouped by class and last name. Being my last name is A, im with some people of Arab decent and other kids. During the period, we began to talk about the attacks and remeber. One kid mentioned that today should be a holiday, but i told him why it shouldnt, he agreed. But one student thought i was being profane. He said that today everyone should get to stay home and enjoy themselves. He said he was angered that we had to goto school, and that he wouldnt get to stay home and "reflect." When I asked him what hed do with the day off, he said sleep in and play video games. He shoulda kept his mouth shut. He thinks hes an anarchist and when the attacks happened, said "why couldnt superman save us? cause hes in a wheelchair." I mentioned that to him, and he shut up, he just looked down and knew that I exposed him, he didnt care about the people who died or the rescueres, he just wanted a day to sleep in.
After School - I work at KB, and we have two muslim, saudie workers. Both are very nice and socialble, and sometimes fun to joke with. They aplogized to us about the attacks and said they felt awful being from a country and supplied bin laden the terrorists. I wasnt scheduled to work today. I wanted to goto school, then come home and listen to R+F from 2-10, see the president talk and just kinda reflect on the incident, watch the news coverage. I know mojo says we should all goto work, but its a bit rude when you get a call the second you walk in saying you have to come in. I didnt mind untill i found out why. The two muslim workers said that they didnt want to work because of the attacks. They thought that it was "facist" that they should work, and racist. They felt it was racist because "arabians flew the planes" and that by making them work its punishing them. So now I have to go in, even though i have a lot of homework to do. I wouldnt mind going in today if they had scheduled me, but because some kids think its racist they have to work, that obscene. But Im not gonna complain anymore about having to work, its the best i can do to help america right now, just help push the economy along.
Everyone, I hope so far youve had the time to think about everything, and I hope that well be safe. Please, stay safe, and if anything happens, im always availble to talk to you guys.
Thanks
<IMG SRC="http://www.fezwatley.4t.com/images/milk.jpg"
SINCE WHEN DID THE JAPANESE DRINK MILK!?