What College Students Know About 9/11

When we say, "Never forget," that kind of falls off a cliff after so many years. Students who are in college now are typically between 18 and 24 years of age. The 9/11 attack was almost 25 years ago, so they don't remember it first hand. But you'd think their parents would have talked about it least once or twice since then. Schools, not so much. My history classes all ended with World War II, because we ran out of time in the school year. I wonder if today's high school students even learn anything about Vietnam. If you rely on schools to teach children everything they need to know, you are shortchanging your children. Most of all, they need to know the importance of reading about what schools don't cover adequately, for the rest of their lives.