September 11 Digital Archive

story266.xml

Title

story266.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-03-17

911DA Story: Story






September 12, 2001
Our high school in Jersey City is nearly opposite the WTC, just a short trip across the Hudson River. Ironically, our first written/disscussed topic for yesterday was, "American History: Who Cares?". As expected, the kids wrote about how boring it is, and how it's , "...not about us, or things that happen around here." Today, from the vantage point of our east facing windows, all that has changed.....mario


fyi...I am a teacher at Dickinson High School in Jersey City. Our student body is multi-racial/ethnic/reiligious, and includes a large number of Muslim students.

Mario P. Navetta





Citation

“story266.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 26, 2025, https://www.911digitalarchive.org/items/show/11377.