2009.01.20
From Stonewall Jackson Middle School: 'Why's he walking so slow?'
Watching the inauguration on TV inside Mark Farrell's sixth-grade English and reading class at Stonewall Jackson Middle School in Roanoke:
Marcus Jones: If I was there I would have some binoculars.
Devin Randolph: They would have thought you were a spy. You'd have gotten sniped.
Marcus: They'll shoot my fingers off. Boom boom.
Alex Chocklett: He hasn't even walked in yet. It's just the vice presidents.
Adam Fields: That's the White House?
Trevor Bradford: That's the Capitol.
Barack Obama walks into view.
Adam: Why's he walking so slow?
Mr. Farrell: Because this is a serious occasion.
Diane Feinstein: Welcome to the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States of America.
Signora Moore: This is happening now?
Mr. Farrell: Now.
Signora: Oh my God.
Marcus: He took my dream. I wanted to be the first black president.
- David Harrison
God bless our youth.
When I was their age, I was certain that I'd never live long enough, no matter HOW long I lived - to see this day. It's not a completion of MLK Jr's dream, but it's a triple, with the runner ready to steal home...
Comment by abdnva — January 20, 2009 @ 2:31 pm
Real bright for 6th graders aren't they?
Comment by Percy Kution — January 20, 2009 @ 11:59 pm
Hi David, seems to me that the sentence "He took my dream. I wanted to be the first black president." Would have made a more poignant headline than the one you chose but I guess that would have been too "threating" for this area...
Comment by Mikki Mowse — January 29, 2009 @ 12:20 pm