Annie Wood is one of the student contributors to MAP 150’s Students Speak Out. Annie is part of a filmmaking group, TVbyGIRLS. Recently, she teamed with an older adult and filmed their experience. I asked Annie what she learned. And for those who think students don’t have much to say, I suspect you’ll find Annie’s response humbling:
It’s interesting, because at the beginning, Bea (as well as many of the other women) said she didn’t really do anything great in her life. But I realized that what people consider “great” is what famous people do. We do great things everyday, and what we do–who we vote for, what we like, how we live–is what makes history. Maybe someday when I’m an old lady, someone will ask me what it was like to grow up during the War in Iraq, or when iPods were invented (I bet by then, they’ll be like caveman technology, like phones with cords…ha ha.) and I won’t think of it as anything spectacular. But it’s so important to learn and tell these stories, because they ARE history–and they can help us understand where we’ve come from and help us shape the decisions we make in the future.
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