For my graduation present to myself my senior year of high school, I went on a trip to Greece, Italy, and Spain with 30 other students and a few young teachers that were involved in our art and history program. It was an amazing experience to see the other side of the world and become a part of their cultures for a month. One of my most favorite locations was The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece. My friends and I decided to hang out around the square for about an hour and a half to watch the changing of the guards ceremony. It is like the changing of the guards at the tomb in the US for the unknown soldier, yet with what I refer to as a "cultural flare". The soldiers are dressed in very thick skirt-like coats, large clown-looking shoes, funky looking outfits depending on time of the year, and armed with a gun. They do not speak and picture are allowed to be taken with them. However, if you make too much noise, get too close, or attempt to touch them they slam their gun to the ground and stop their foot to tell you to back off because they're working. These men are not tiny either, all of them were HUGE and very intimidating.
YouTube and Google Images are a great place to see how the ceremony goes through out the whole day and to see what the guards look like.
This might not be what you meant by a museum related to class but when I was in the eighth grade, the entire class went on a trip to Chicago. We were in one of the museums (I can't remember which one) and the group I was in, with about 8 of my close friends, was looking at a Lego display. About three feet away from us was a huge swinging pendulum that was next to a spiral staircase. We heard screaming and turned to see a 17 year old girl, named Allison from Colorado, falling to her death on top of the pendulum. She was goofing off with her friends and was sliding down the stair case from the fourth floor. She slipped and fell off the stairs and fell three flights of stairs into the glass case of the pendulum. We could all see the blood everywhere and her body lying mangled in the glass case. It was an horrific experience and I don't like to think about it. When we returned from the trip we had to see the school counselor and talk about what had happened. It was a very traumatic experience but it brought all of us as a group closer together. We are still friends today.
Not really directly related to death and dying... but the bodies exhibit is really cool. You get to really see the anatomy up close instead of a text book. However there is the ethical issue with using real bodies to do this. Also NKU has a cadaver, it is really neat from a science point of view to go and actually touch and go through the body.
Great comment Bobbie...I attended the bodies exhibit and it was amazing. I was also able to work with a cadaver during massage school. Both the exhibit and the cadaver were very educational. I feel these do relate to death and dying because individuals have a choice if they want their bodies to be donated to science or not when they die. I do not want to donate my body to science. I would prefer to be cremated and left alone for my soul to rest.
Did anyone hear of the accident from the other day involving 80 cars? That's crazy!!! There was a 12 year old girl who died but I'm not sure of any other fatalities. So sad.
As far as I know, the little girl was the only fatality. I heard she was struck by another vehicle when she got out of hers to get to safety. Poor thing. :(
For my graduation present to myself my senior year of high school, I went on a trip to Greece, Italy, and Spain with 30 other students and a few young teachers that were involved in our art and history program. It was an amazing experience to see the other side of the world and become a part of their cultures for a month. One of my most favorite locations was The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece. My friends and I decided to hang out around the square for about an hour and a half to watch the changing of the guards ceremony. It is like the changing of the guards at the tomb in the US for the unknown soldier, yet with what I refer to as a "cultural flare". The soldiers are dressed in very thick skirt-like coats, large clown-looking shoes, funky looking outfits depending on time of the year, and armed with a gun. They do not speak and picture are allowed to be taken with them. However, if you make too much noise, get too close, or attempt to touch them they slam their gun to the ground and stop their foot to tell you to back off because they're working. These men are not tiny either, all of them were HUGE and very intimidating.
ReplyDeleteYouTube and Google Images are a great place to see how the ceremony goes through out the whole day and to see what the guards look like.
This might not be what you meant by a museum related to class but when I was in the eighth grade, the entire class went on a trip to Chicago. We were in one of the museums (I can't remember which one) and the group I was in, with about 8 of my close friends, was looking at a Lego display. About three feet away from us was a huge swinging pendulum that was next to a spiral staircase. We heard screaming and turned to see a 17 year old girl, named Allison from Colorado, falling to her death on top of the pendulum. She was goofing off with her friends and was sliding down the stair case from the fourth floor. She slipped and fell off the stairs and fell three flights of stairs into the glass case of the pendulum. We could all see the blood everywhere and her body lying mangled in the glass case. It was an horrific experience and I don't like to think about it. When we returned from the trip we had to see the school counselor and talk about what had happened. It was a very traumatic experience but it brought all of us as a group closer together. We are still friends today.
ReplyDeleteNot really directly related to death and dying... but the bodies exhibit is really cool. You get to really see the anatomy up close instead of a text book. However there is the ethical issue with using real bodies to do this. Also NKU has a cadaver, it is really neat from a science point of view to go and actually touch and go through the body.
ReplyDeleteGreat comment Bobbie...I attended the bodies exhibit and it was amazing. I was also able to work with a cadaver during massage school. Both the exhibit and the cadaver were very educational. I feel these do relate to death and dying because individuals have a choice if they want their bodies to be donated to science or not when they die. I do not want to donate my body to science. I would prefer to be cremated and left alone for my soul to rest.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone hear of the accident from the other day involving 80 cars? That's crazy!!! There was a 12 year old girl who died but I'm not sure of any other fatalities. So sad.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know, the little girl was the only fatality. I heard she was struck by another vehicle when she got out of hers to get to safety. Poor thing. :(
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