10 years ago and now

I was getting ready to go to school (college) - my second semester. I had remedial math and a US history class.

I was eating breakfast in the living room and just turned on the TV. The first tower had already been hit. I saw the second plane hit. I called my mom into the living room to see. I called Ryan to wake him up and let him know.

I went to school anyway.
My math teacher was not willing to discuss the issue and plowed through class.
My history teacher asked about it and some dumb guy said something about "them damn Iraqi's." I made the statement that we didn't know who did it. Point, set, match. We didn't do anything for the rest of the class.

I got home and stayed glued to the TV for a while.
Found out about two more planes. One hit, one miss.
I had some newspapers for history's sake. But I got rid of them.

Today, I have the news that my eldest uncle passed away.

Other dates in history...
The Challenger mission with the teacher on board. We watched that in school. I was in first grade. I don't know why, but my vision (the image in my head) says I was in 3rd grade. I don't know. I just remember watching it and it exploding. I don't remember my feelings about it.

Obama's inauguration.
I watched the whole thing in school. My first year teaching and I had a student who refused to watch history because of the color of the man's skin.