I can go through the list, but I'll make some points...I DON'T remember the Challenger blowing up. I DON'T remember Reagan's assination attempt. I DON'T remember the Cold War. I NEVER feared a nuclear war could seriously break out. The list goes on. However, I do know about all of those things. They are not a part of my every day life though, not things that flow through my head every once in a while. For my parents, though, those are events they know quite well because they were there as full adults with an adult's perspective of these things when they happened. It's very different than what I remember. The Soviet Union broke up when I was in 2nd grade. I remember it happening, but I don't remember feeling a huge loss because the USSR had only been around for about 2 or 3 years from what I could remember. This wasn't written espicially for you, but to take it so personally IS a very immature perspective-me, me, me.
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