I remember my shock at talking with a co-worker, a 1989 high school grad. He was in the gifted program at his HS and attended several years of college. He had never heard of the Weathermen, SDS, or the shootings at Kent State.
It is hard for me to understand how something that was so earth-shattering when I was in high school (I know, that dates me pretty well) has completely disappeared from the consciousness of people less than 20 years younger. No wonder we keep repeating history rather than learning from it!
Robin Tew
. . . enjoying another beautiful day in sunny Florida!!
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From: Dean Debolt
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Sent: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:56:03 -0600
Subject: Early Friday Funny
Our University is proud that on March 31st that we are hosting Lech
Walesa, Polish Solidarity leader,
to speak on campus. Our provost was granting an interview to our
student newspaper about this
and as she waxed on and on about Lech, his contributions and place in
20th Century history, it began
to dawn on her that the reporter had never heard of this person,
Solidarity, the Polish unions, and its
effect in the breakup of Soviet domination. And of course, I had a
graduate student last year, that
when I asked her to check through our sheet music for marches by Sousa,
she'd never heard of him.
Ah well, back when I rode pterodactyls to school .
Dean
Dean DeBolt
University Librarian, Special Collections
John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida
11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514-5750
850-474-2213
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