and what I have found over the years (I teach high school) is that the kids who were not born yet, or have no memory, just don't understand, and most just don't really care. To them, they have always had to go through the nonsense that we now have to go through at stadiums, airports, etc. The don't understand how different the world was pre-9/11 compared to today. It has slowly gotten less important to each year of students, to the point that now, even some of the Seniors were not born yet. The level of patriotism that evolved from that day has gone down the toilet in our world, based on political beliefs and hate. Patriotism has become somewhat of a dirty word, and on that day, it was what we were all about. It's sad really when you think about how that day brought our nation together, even if for a small amount of time. There was no race and no politics, just Americans, grieving together. It's our generations Pearl Harbor. The farther and farther you get away from the event, few will truly care. I've had similar experiences in the classroom.