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Yeah,I was in 6th grade on a Friday and on Sunday morning I saw Oswald shot-a whole lot for a 11 year old to take in.

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I was in high school and a member of the staff came into the room and made the announcement. It was surreal. The world changed from that point on.

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I was in 9th Grade. I don't remember exactly how the news was presented to us, but it stunned us all. Some cried, some just couldn't believe it and others just had a shocked look on their faces.

Everybody watched a lot of T.V. for the next 3 days. Yes, even saw Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald live. The world, as we knew it, definitely changed during those few days.

Look at the world we have now - WOW!!!!!!!!!!

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4th grade. Announcement came over the PA system. Teacher started crying and everyone got sent home.

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I was in fourth grade as well. Teachers left us alone in classrooms and then came back and dismissed classes 1 hour early.
On walk home from school I heard from older kids what had happened.

It was my parents anniversary and they canceled their night out.

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What a different Country we were back then. We were all on the same side. Patriotic Americans!! Country first. Sad where we are now. Todays politicians are ruining our America. BP

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3rd grade….and my birthday!! That one sucked...mom cried all day, couldn't even light the candles on my cake.

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I was a senior in high school in a political science class, teacher told us what happened, most of us stunned, some cried. We had a basketball scrimmage at Wheaton High School that afternoon. Both teams so bad in just a few minutes the coaches got together and sent us all home. What a sad day for all Americans. I've seen nothing on the news this morning about this, hard to believe.

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8TH grade basketball practice around 1 pm, our coach told us. We saw the Sunday shooting as well.

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I was a junior in high school in 6th period study hall when the announcement came over the PA. All you could hear afterwards was some of the girls crying. The guys were tough...no crying but the ride home on the bus had an eerie silence I had never witnessed. Even the hell raisers who usually kept the bus in an uproar were quiet that day. My family stayed glued to the TV for the next few days. And yes we saw Jack Ruby shoot Oswald. That was real life reality TV!