After we spent over an hour discussing Che Guevara’s life and his assassination by the CIA in 1967, I asked students if they had any questions.
“You told us about how you listened to Fidel Castro’s speeches in Cuba,” one of the students said. “Did you ever meet Che? Or hear him speak?”
Nobody laughed.
I’ve spent the past 15 minutes staring at myself in the mirror, trying to determine whether I really look that ancient or if this is simply a bad day for me.
Well, at least nobody asked me about my experiences during World War I.
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This is so funny! I though I saw you in that movie crying over the Che’s death.
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I am, indeed, still sad that the guy died.
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I’ve noticed that people tend to take the Cold War as one big chunk, rather than an actual span of time. Che and Castro had power at the same time. Maybe they just aren’t making the connection that Castro continued to rule Cuba after 1967?
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Besides, if you’ve been confused for a student, I doubt you look that old.
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Well, right before this discussion, I told them that professional emails should be addressed and signed. I guess that dated me. 🙂
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Well, you’re teaching the class, and therefore old enough to have experienced every significant historical event you discuss.
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Yes, I still remember those tragic days when barbarians destroyed the Roman Empire . . . 🙂
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Once, I said I had seen Nirvana on stage and a student asked me if I had seen The Doors too (Jim Morrison died before I was born).
Off topic: Did you see that one of Stalin’s daughters just died, in Wisconsin?
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Svetlana was his only daughter. The other two children were sons. All of Stalin’s children had really tragic lives.
Thank you for telling me!
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Werent you the one in the crowd with her thumb pointed down. 😉
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Werent you the one with her thumb pointed down. 😉
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What the ancient old lady, you mean? Oh, the wonders of modern cosmetic surgery! 🙂
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Hahaha…that’s sooooooooo funny. Haha :))))
They weren’t too attentive of what you was talking, I’m sure. You look very young, believe me.
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Reminds me of when a student asked my Sociology teacher, who is in her mid 30s at most, if she went to a grammar school, which were phased out in the late 1960s
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