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From: Brenda Sherring <b_sherring@mcs.msd.sk.ca>
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Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:593] RE: response to Tuesday's attacks
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The Story Circle Network has created a web site that we hope will become a
place where women and men from around the world can share their stories of
love, sadness, bereavement, and anger. It is called Give Sorrow Words: The
Day America Changed. We invite you to visit this site
(http://www.storycircle.org/sorrow.html) and post your personal
experience of our common tragedy. Alone, we are isolated in our grief
and distress; sharing, we can begin to heal.
"The only way through pain...is to absorb,
probe, understand exactly what it is and what
it means. To close the door on pain is to
miss the chance for growth... Nothing that
happens to us, even the most terrible shock,
is unusable, and everything has somehow to be
built into the fabric of the personality."
~May Sarton~
Your writing prompt for the week:
In these days of grief and mourning for the
loss of so many dear ones, for the pain of our
national tragedy, we must write. Today and
every day, for as long as you feel the
sadness, anger, and loss of the terrible
events of September 11, 2001, write about it.
Write down what happened and how you feel.
When you have given words to your sorrow and
pain, write down one thing, even a tiny thing,
that is a gift of this terrible experience and
that you would like to weave into the fabric
of your self.
----- Original Message -----
From: {USER_FIRSTNAME} {USER_LASTNAME} <csralls@earthlink.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:48 PM
Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:592] RE: response to Tuesday's attacks
> Your comments has reminded me of one of the first lessons I learned as a
> child even younger than six..."two wrongs do not make a right." While I do
> believe the perpetrators of this horribly immoral act should be punished,
I
> do not believe it should at the expense of other 6 years olds or any other
> innocents.
>
> Cynthia Ralls
> csralls@earthlink.net
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dana Eness" <eness@leh.org>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov>
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:08 PM
> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:591] RE: response to Tuesday's attacks
>
>
> > Eileen,
> >
> > Eileen,
> > I always appreciated your contributions to this list; thoughtful,
> > analytical, wise, and often provocative. I have subscribed to this list
> > since its inception, listening attentively but never posting myself, but
> > feel the need to make the following comment today.
> >
> > I work with a reading and discussion program for low-income families of
> > emerging readers. The model is designed to promote discussion and
> dialogue
> > within families. The subtle message behind everything we do is "We can
> > talk it out." We encourage critical thinking skills, creative
> > problem-solving, nonviolent approaches to conflict resolution. I find
> > myself asking why we bother when this nation's role models and
ostensibly
> > "high-functioning" leaders can't get the words "revenge," "aggression,"
> > "retaliation," "war" out fast enough without even stopping to ask "Why?"
> > I know some 6 year olds that could share some critical thinking and
> > peaceful resolution skills with this country's policy makers.
> > Dana
> > **********************************
> > Dana Eness, Assistant Director
> > PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME
> > Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
> > Louisiana Humanities Center/Turners' Hall
> > 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300
> > New Orleans, LA 70113
> >
> > http://www.leh.org
> > Tel. 504-523-4352 Ext. 126 1-800-909-7990
> > Fax 504-529-2358 E-mail: eness@leh.org
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eileen Eckert [SMTP:eileeneckert@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 8:57 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:590] response to Tuesday's attacks
> >
> > The early postings to this list were a mix of earnest discussion,
> > provocation, and occasional proseltyzing--tense, sometimes irritating,
but
> > usually generating reflection. I have been disappointed with the
> devolution
> > of the list into a forum for announcements as critical discussion has
> > disappeared, but I am profoundly disgusted with the jingoistic postings
in
> > response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the
> > crash
> > in Pennsylvania. These events, the likely retaliation, and the backlash
> > against Arabs and Muslims (and anyone who appears to be Arab or Muslim),
> > highlight the need to think critically and discuss openly the issues of
> > racism and injustice, poverty and illiteracy, and our roles individually
> > and
> > as a nation in both perpetuating and responding to them locally and
> > globally.
> >
> > If our own response is a simplistic flag-waving, how can we expect
> critical
> > thinking from our students? If we cannot discuss both the attacks and
the
> > reasons we are hated by significant numbers of people around the world,
> how
> > can we hope for anything but a spiraling escalation of mindless violence
> in
> > response?
> >
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