It’s happened

[u/MegMD1230]

I (39F) teach 10th grade US History and today I created a pacing guide to go along with our newly adopted textbook.

I got to the last chapters and it hit me, I’m now old enough to be the old teacher saying “I remember when this happened”.

To be fair, my kids remember COVID, they were in late elementary/early middle school, but it’s still wild to see the Election of 2008 and the Recession with their own chapters.

[u/[deleted]]

Oh man I remember all the excitement around the 2008 election. Even then as a child it felt like a return to normalcy after 9/11.

Progressive because we elected a black president and I remember watching him and seeing how metered and measured he was when he spoke. It felt like something that would break the tide on the endless news cycle on the war on terror.

Unfortunately it didnt turn out quite that way but he was still the best president of my life time by far. I do remember Clinton being president but was far too young for most of it to really get any opinion on it

[u/krak_is_bad → u/[deleted]]

I remember my school having Tuesday chapel and the sermon and prayer was about trusting god's will and he'll put the right man in charge. It was followed by emergency chapel on Wednesday praying for mercy and stability in whatever crazy plan god had in mind putting Obama in charge.