11-09-2021, 03:10 PM
Twenty years ago, yet still so present.
The day actually started out as a bit of a celebration. Allow me to elaborate.
In Austria, if you fail a subject in a school term, you can sit a written and verbal exam at the beginning of the next term to demonstrate that you've actually mastered the subject over the summer break and still move on to the next class.
I'd aced my "last chance exams" for French and Maths the day before and was chilling with some friends from school outside of my old boarding school when one of the students ran out and told us what happened. I thought it was a prank of his at first and didn't really realise the magnitude of what had happened until later in the afternoon. The entire town was in a stupor for the next couple of days, even though the attacks had happened effectively on the other side of the planet...
The day actually started out as a bit of a celebration. Allow me to elaborate.
In Austria, if you fail a subject in a school term, you can sit a written and verbal exam at the beginning of the next term to demonstrate that you've actually mastered the subject over the summer break and still move on to the next class.
I'd aced my "last chance exams" for French and Maths the day before and was chilling with some friends from school outside of my old boarding school when one of the students ran out and told us what happened. I thought it was a prank of his at first and didn't really realise the magnitude of what had happened until later in the afternoon. The entire town was in a stupor for the next couple of days, even though the attacks had happened effectively on the other side of the planet...
Money talks. Mine always says goodbye!