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Don, I think that you were a bit misdirected when you characterized some of us as:--"that these misled and naive people " I don't think that we are misled or naive, but we come down in a different place than you. I respect you and your opinions. please respect the ones of us who differ , At 09:18 AM 9/19/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Pardon me, Rayilyn for referring to you as a "history buff". Thanks for >correcting me, although since a"buff" is defined by the American Heritage >dictionary as being "one who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a >given subject, why....I suppose I must have erred in thinking that a >history teacher would fit that definition. > >At 12:35 AM 9/19/01 -0400, you wrote: >>I vowed I would shut up,, but have one more response re Don calling me a >>history "buff'. This was no hobby, it was a calling and a job. I was a >>public school teacher in two inner-city schools for 26 yrs. My colleagues >>and I had to maintain peace and order while educating our students armed with >>nothing but our wits. I had great students, but some who were angry and >>destructive. I once chased an intruder who threatened my class with a chair. >> Another teacher had a class held hostage. Another student was shot in >>class. One of my colleagues stood between gangs of armed Samoan and Black >>students to stop a fight. She had no gun. A security guard was disemboweled >>outside our school. I took a student who had been stabbed in he eye with a >>pen to the nurse's office. This was all over 10 yrs ago. Dave Moreland's >>sister Mary stills teaches at this same school. I've heard from others >>since I retired that it has gotten worse. >> >>Surely we have not forgotten the recent violence in our schools where >>students have killed teachers and students. Recent events present an >>unprecedented challenge to our intelligence, patience and resolve. I don't >>think people are interested in the historical causes of our situation. I >>feel like the guy on MSNBC town meeting last night who lost his brother on >>Pan Am over Lockerbie. He has been after the Congress to do something about >>airport security ever since. Nobody paid attention and he is so upset and so >>am I. >> >>I am just praying that the President, his advisors and allies use their heads >>and that someone in the portals of power have learned some lessons from >>history. >> >>If I didn't have PD I'd be back in the "trenches" at school. I am not >>sitting in an ivory tower mulling over the past at my leisure. >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn