Memorable Events in History

What I remember:

The first event that I remember was the Virginia Tech Massacre (April 16, 2007). The shooting were a HUGE shock for not only Americans but also for the people of South Asia considering that the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, was Korean. I think it came as a huge shock for individuals because no one was expecting a school shooting of that size to occur. I also think that it was a shocking event in history because everything was being shown every where, you could just flip on the news and see the video of Seung-Hui Cho talking about killing fellow students and showing the murdering weapons. It was proven that Cho had some mental disability but it made me question the protection of schools and the security of people who have mental disabilities and what can be done for their safety.



9/11 was a huge m as well as the rest of America and individuals around the world. No one could come to the realization that America had been attacked by terrorist. It was also a major event because people could see the attack live, with one flick o the television you could see the twin towers crumbling down and people jumping out of the windows for survival.  Although all of the negatives were involved with this even, it also showed a positive side of the attacks. America had come together as a country to support each other.

Hurricane Katrina was the last major event I thought of. I think that Hurricane Katrina was a major event because the hurricane was being announced for weeks and people were told to evacuate, but many people did not think that the hurricane was going to be as tremendous as it really was. This event opened my eyes on the government and how it chooses to respond to different situations depending on what they are.

What my parents remembered

The assassination of  JFK was the first event that was remembered because one of the most popular and beloved presidents of there time was killed.

The next event that was remembered was the Vietnam War. The war was a memorable event because he(my father) was almost drafted into the war. It was also memorable because a lot of close family members and friends were in the war and lost their lives in the war.

The last event that my parents remember was the assassination on MLK. It was a sad time for African Americans because they lost a powerful and influential leader that they felt held the future for them.

Taliban poison attack or mass hysteria?

1. What's being discussed in this article?
2. When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?)
3. What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event?

 This article discuses the evacuation of Tortia high school. Tortia high school is a school in Afghanistan that teachers young women. The girls were rushed out of the school due to a possible position attacked believed to be conducted by the enemies of women's education, specifically the Taliban. Some girls even leapt out of the window for the chance to get fresh air. The smell was nauseating and apparently smelt like human sewage. A total of 46 students and nine teachers were treated in the hospital. The thought of hysteria was brought into the picture but many believe that the Talban was behind the attack.

This specific attack took place earlier this week but this is not the first time that a womens school has been attacked. These attacks have been discussed and analyzed from as early as January 2006 when a male teacher was dragged into a courtyard and decapitated by a suspected member of the Taliban.

I think that there should have been stories by some of the girls that were actually in the school and I would also like to know how they got the gases into the building.