tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3012519847983810250.post8466486514257248311..comments2024-03-21T03:26:25.064-04:00Comments on A Marrow Chronicle: Day 395:med update, and a look back 44 years.Chris Siegelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345411868414054499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3012519847983810250.post-57303051767016260792014-05-12T18:10:45.041-04:002014-05-12T18:10:45.041-04:00hi! holy cow, cancer! leave my dude alone! alright...hi! holy cow, cancer! leave my dude alone! alright. so. I'm glad you're doing better/relatively well. it's great to see good news from you, despite the rest. thinking of you...ramonahttp://nobodyscancer.blogger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3012519847983810250.post-17586287771377620432014-05-03T19:38:31.059-04:002014-05-03T19:38:31.059-04:00I was student-teaching when this happened, twelfth...I was student-teaching when this happened, twelfth grade English (they were 18, I was 22, and as you know, it was at the height of the war). My supervising teacher pulled me from the class, a week later, when I was telling the seniors about Kent State, what it meant that an unarmed girl, a protester, was shot and killed by our own National Guard troops. The teacher said I should not talk in class about 'controversial' things and raise up that anti-war, hippie stuff to these kids. She did not see the irony of the fact that soon many of these 18 year-olds would be drafted into the war, some even before they had had the chance to vote in any election. First lesson in being an "adult"teacher--don't you dare talk about war and death to those going first to the front lines, or marrying them. I'm glad as a teacher I never heeded that lesson, tho' I got into plenty of trouble for it. Chris, thank you so much for remembering this terrible event and writing us about it! All I can say is, "more, more" to your writing, kid! Susansusan Ketchinhttp://www.susanketchin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3012519847983810250.post-66393429146307845692014-05-03T16:32:16.091-04:002014-05-03T16:32:16.091-04:00My friend Rod MacDonald was doing a concert tour i...My friend Rod MacDonald was doing a concert tour in Canada. He met a woman there and in their conversation she said she was an ex-pat American that left because of Kent State. She said she hadn't been back and wouldn't go back to the States because she was "there". Rod said, at Kent State? She replied, Next to the young woman our national guard shot and killed! For protesting. Unarmed! It just blows my mind when I think about it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154492186225883865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3012519847983810250.post-14965894625167940992014-05-03T07:46:19.000-04:002014-05-03T07:46:19.000-04:00Keep it coming, Chris. Always great to share your ...Keep it coming, Chris. Always great to share your knowledge. I had a squamous intruder sliced away last year, pesky! Big hugs, EvieEvelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700743016861703050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3012519847983810250.post-75798380929428393482014-05-03T07:20:08.610-04:002014-05-03T07:20:08.610-04:00Cricker,
Great to hear from you again, and as alwa...Cricker,<br />Great to hear from you again, and as always, many thanks for the interesting stories.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12018078572110265379noreply@blogger.com