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Reflections on the Paris Terrorist Attacks

Reflections on the Paris Terrorist Attacks

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The Eifel Tower in Paris, France. Photo by Taylor Nesse

I wake up Saturday morning to the news. Paris has been the target of a coordinated terrorist attack. Paris is certainly not the first and already not the last, but like so many of my students at Black Forest Academy, this to me was not just something to read about in the news. This feels close and personal. This is the city and country I called home for most of my childhood. Both of my sisters were born there. This is a country that is currently only a 20-minute drive from my apartment. Several of my students commute daily from France….

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