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Originally Posted by DougW
Actually, doesn't surprise me that much. If these kids were Seniors, that puts them at 3,4,5ish when Columbine went down. I'd imagine they wouldn't remember it themselves. I wouldn't think it'd be taught in school either. I could see parents bringing it up in one of the "be safe out there" talks - but not sure if the word "Columbine" would be emphasized enough to be remembered. My guess would be that most of them had heard "the story" of Columbine by their parents or through the grapevine, but don't associate the word to it.
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Compare and contrast to my kid, who spent part of his down time from studying this weekend to watch detailed programs on both Columbine and Va Tech. Afterwards he told me stuff about Columbine that even I didn't recall hearing.
Then again, he ain't quite typical. The maddest I've seen him related to school was when not a single classmate around 5th grade could name the starting date of WWII. He was looking for 1939, but said he would have settled for 12/7/41
