It's a small world
I received a phone call at work from my brother today. He steered me towards this news story. For those who haven't followed the news much lately, another American journalist was kidnapped in Iraq and is being held hostage. I had not paid much attention to this story since I get all my news from The Economist these days and I am over a week behind in my reading.
Sadly, if this story plays out like most of the others in recent years, the journalist will be executed by her captors for no reason whatsoever because her captors are evil, heartless bastards. If they want to gain support for their cause, they should not target innocent young women, but rather pick on someone their own size.
Upon closer examination of the story, I realized that the hostage is the daughter of one of my high school teachers. Ms. Carroll was on CNN today discussing the case (I don't think I will ever be able to call a high school teacher by their first name). She spoke eloquently and with great strength given what she is dealing with right now. Although Mpls Ju would probably disagree, I would rank Ms. Carroll as one of my best high school teachers (and the class as one of the toughest as well). She was one of my brother's two or three favorite high school teachers. She taught a Humanities class where Mpls Ju and I became friends after many long nights working on our awesome group showcase projects! :)
I hope that this situation can reach the best outcome possible and Ms. Carroll can be reunited with her daughter. Sadly, history is not a kind precedent here. My best thoughts and wishes are with the Carroll family.
Sadly, if this story plays out like most of the others in recent years, the journalist will be executed by her captors for no reason whatsoever because her captors are evil, heartless bastards. If they want to gain support for their cause, they should not target innocent young women, but rather pick on someone their own size.
Upon closer examination of the story, I realized that the hostage is the daughter of one of my high school teachers. Ms. Carroll was on CNN today discussing the case (I don't think I will ever be able to call a high school teacher by their first name). She spoke eloquently and with great strength given what she is dealing with right now. Although Mpls Ju would probably disagree, I would rank Ms. Carroll as one of my best high school teachers (and the class as one of the toughest as well). She was one of my brother's two or three favorite high school teachers. She taught a Humanities class where Mpls Ju and I became friends after many long nights working on our awesome group showcase projects! :)
I hope that this situation can reach the best outcome possible and Ms. Carroll can be reunited with her daughter. Sadly, history is not a kind precedent here. My best thoughts and wishes are with the Carroll family.
posted by GaryGinew at 6:39 PM
1 Comments:
I don't know why you think I didn't like Ms. Carroll - she was a fine teacher. Like many high school teachers, she had some annoying habits which were amusing to imitate. I also have started following this story more in depth...since it really does hit close to home. I hope it turns out for the best in the end, but also am not optimistic. Which is really unfortunate, since Jill Carroll sounds like a very big-hearted person trying to make a difference in a bad situation.
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