(woke up yesterday with a migraine-like headache from the stupid chemtrails.  Thought it best that I not post.)

At about 12:30 today, I asked the kids if they knew what happened this day 50 years ago…hoping that they knew.  Nope.  I told them what happened (briefly, no gore), and then told them some of the things JFK did.

It was disheartening that they knew so little of the circumstances or about John F. Kennedy.  I’ll bet they are very aware of presidents who promote war, however. (cynical, I know, but the over-emphasis on war in textbooks and the absence of praise for peace is glaring.)

It all seems like it happened yesterday to me.  And they have no comprehension of how this day changed everything.  I wished I could have gone into more detail with them, but that would not have been appropriate.   And as I write that, i’m thinking….these kids witness more violent acts than any generation before them….why would this not have been appropriate….?  I clumsily tried to explain to them that our society is more violent now than it was then–how could I convey that to them when they have no idea how that act, and the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the rest were out of the ordinary?    They hear about violence daily.  They experience bullying at school.  They’re being pressured to perform like circus animals at school.  Their world is so far removed from Camelot….it’s like trying to explain colors to someone who is blind.