tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24230663.post115801560619155125..comments2024-01-05T13:56:36.075-06:00Comments on I write for young adults, so take that.: Where were you when the world stopped turning?Melinda R. Cordellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924404257237523106noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24230663.post-1158501035069676872006-09-17T08:50:00.000-05:002006-09-17T08:50:00.000-05:00Did all the teachers end up in the library watchin...Did all the teachers end up in the library watching TV? Did the kids get sent home early?Melinda R. Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924404257237523106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24230663.post-1158456567779197842006-09-16T20:29:00.000-05:002006-09-16T20:29:00.000-05:00I was doing my darndest to teach Third Graders abo...I was doing my darndest to teach Third Graders about the subject and predicate of sentences without crying. My para came in between groups to tell me what happened, and I had an hour and a half of Literacy before I could go spend most of the afternoon in the library watching TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24230663.post-1158375901089977842006-09-15T22:05:00.000-05:002006-09-15T22:05:00.000-05:00I hear you. I used to work for the local paper, a...I hear you. I used to work for the local paper, and when a big story would come in, the newsroom would jump. And I while I was pulling weeds at City Hall I was wondering what it must have been like in the newsroom. They had a little TV over by copy desk, and at 6 p.m. they'd turn the sound on and watch the evening news to see if Channel 2 had scooped them on anything, but mainly to razz them. But I wondered how many people were gathered around the TV that day. <BR/><BR/>I really can't wrap my mind around the scope of the tragedy. 5,000 people killed -- that would be like everybody in this town getting killed. I can't fathom it. And I can't wrap my mind around how big those towers really were, because I don't hang around buildings of that size very often. All my points of reference are too small for me to really understand what we've lost. This really bothers me.Melinda R. Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924404257237523106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24230663.post-1158289951281828062006-09-14T22:12:00.000-05:002006-09-14T22:12:00.000-05:00Well, I work for the news media, and I felt like t...Well, I work for the news media, and I felt like the world was going on without me. I watched most of the coverage that morning at home, but once i went in to work, I could only read the internet. This was the kind of story that had to be witnessed through tv. After a week, however, I was sick to my stomach.Don Tate IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616878926865387399noreply@blogger.com