Comments | grizluke85: WWII and a flasher

grizluke85

WWII and a flasher

Mar 28, 2006 17:08

Christophe is coming to UM!!! It’s about 90% sure at this point. How insane is this? So he’ll probably just fly to Seattle and we’ll drive on over together. This will be sweet; I will be able to continue speaking French next year, although I know he will want to speak English. But he will be much more forced to do so than I am here. So anyone from ( Read more... )

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From MOM anonymous March 28 2006, 16:41:32 UTC

Wow! We tend to forget that all of the kids your age in Europe have family grandparent stories about WW2 and some pretty horrible ones I'm sure. Again in America, we always think everything is about us.

anonymous March 28 2006, 16:58:22 UTC

Lucas,
I just had to comment. I went to Washington D.C. several years ago with a group of high school kids. We toured the Holocaust Museum, and one student, an exchange student from Germany, was just in shock the whole time! He had no idea such things had happened. He said that in school the whole issue of WWII and the camps was skipped over with very little mention. We took him from the museum in tears, and had to do some real talking and counseling with him. Poor kid! I really felt sorry for him because he was forced to face reality for the first time. And it happened in OUR country, not HIS! I enjoy your posts. Hope to see you when you get home.
Aunt Kathy

perfect_lan March 29 2006, 02:22:48 UTC

tours was leveled as well. i was there & was told this & am surprised..because it all still is so old compared to anything here. i never went to brest...but i've heard that from everyone. I never really stopped to think about why it's like that. Makes so much sense now.

From MOM anonymous March 29 2006, 15:23:01 UTC

And, is it a good thing that when you write "Forman will enjoy this story." that I, as your Mom, know you are talking about the last paragraph only??