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Special Issue: "Leadership
and the Tragedies of September 11th"
Writing from Ben Varner's English course,
Writing on a Theme (Presidential Leadership Program - Univ.
of Northern Colorado, Greeley). The Presidential Leadership Program is
funded by the El Pomar Foundation
of Colorado Springs.
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"Attack on America":
Was It a Cowardly Act? When my roommate catches herself using a negative attitude towards someone else she reflects: "There is enough hate in this world without my adding to it." After the hijacked commercial airliners hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 the media referred to this tragedy as "a cowardly act." ... full text |
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Ability to Control: Real or Perceived? It was a Tuesday morning, and I had been studying prior to getting ready for school. I had cleaned my house the night before, already placing the trash out on the curb for the routine weekly pickup. My day seemed to be going perfectly in a usual, orderly, and controlled way. As a commercial airliner crashed into the World Trade Center I was oblivious to the events that were happening on the other side of the country and continued to get ready for school. It still felt as if my world were in order, though in reality it was not. This perception of control allowed me to continue with my daily tasks. full text |
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The New Equation:
Finding Courage to Face Change The destruction of the World Trade Center was an example of some of the worst leadership the United States has ever had. We had plenty of warning; we were warned when another plane crashed into the World Trade Center in 1993, we were warned in Desert storm, we were warned when Clinton bombed the Middle East, and we were warned in Waco, Oklahoma City, and again at Columbine. After each incident, what did we do? We watched the news, horrified for a day or two, then went back to our normal lives, living, working, and talking as if nothing had changed. No one admitted that things had changed... full text |
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