Never forget. Today marks 25 years since the attacks of September 11, 2001. As an educator, I strongly believe this needs to be discussed and thoroughly covered in the classroom. To the students I teach today in the classroom, the events of 9/11 might as well be the Civil War or the Revolution because, to them, it is just another event that happened in the past. But it is our duty as teachers to make them recognize that these events shape who we are and who we will be. For us who are old enough to have lived through it, it is an opportunity to share our experiences, as I know that day is seared into memory. Students need to see that history is not just dates and memorizing facts. It is real people, real families, real joys, real triumphs, and in this case, real tragedy. WE WILL NEVER FORGET
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