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Gary Gruber's avatar

What we need is for more people to get to critical thinking for the first time. They have no need to go back because they were never there in the first place. When you have 54% of the population reading at a 6th grade level or below, critical thinking is not on their agenda. It's a serious issue that has been neglected for a couple of generations and it's contributing to a rather sad state of affairs. Beyond this there is much to celebrate in our connections with one another, with Nature and with gratitude for being here. Listening seems to be a lost art in many places so thanks for that good reminder too.

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Christina Graybard's avatar

I've avoided reading/watching the post-mortems because I knew my head would explode. I've read poetry (Heaney) and novels (Claire Keegan!), and I'm about to start Madeleine L'Engle's journals (with A Circle of Quiet). I too have had tea with friends, and we saw a not-great film with the great Saoirse Ronan. A concert at Duke Chapel by a superb a cappella group put me in the only tears I've shed. These little communities we have, including here with you, Jenna, are what I need now. We're digesting, reflecting, mourning. No, no marching for me or my boomer friends. My biggest hope is that we'll find ways to protect the most vulnerable.

Thank you for your spot-on letter and for your beautifully expressed honest, open reflections.

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