Lest We Forget

November, the month to remember our veterans and the soldiers who kept peace by paying with their lives and we pay our tribute to them with 2 min. of silence, and an assembly to mourn those who died in the war.

Unfortunately, war still exists to this very day. Canadian forces are still in Afghanistan defending our country and to help the citizens of Afghanistan, and soldiers there die everyday and their coffins are sent back to Canada on Remembrance Day and they were given honour, respect, and a formal burial by our surviving veterans of WWI and WWII.

Our assembly was actually at 10 am because the cafeteria couldn't fit both grades and the gr. 8's gets to go at 10:45 where they took part in the real 2 min. of silence (that's not fair, we should get to mourn our war heroes at the right time!). Now, back to our assembly, it was silent all the way with Mrs. Howells and Mrs. Gassi playing music especially written for these occasions and we watched a slideshow and a video called:"A Pittance of Time" (Click on the name to download the song), and tears came out of my eyes when I saw this emotional and powerful video and I thought of how many families war has torn apart and how many people are still sad about their brave son, husband, brother, and so on. It is indeed a day of sadness and it's definitely a day to remember and be thankful of what we have now, because without our war heroes and their lives, Canada would not be what it is now: a free and democratic country.

The Video Version of "A Pittance of Time"