X-Message-Number: 11449
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:07:20 -0500
From: "Stephen W. Bridge" <>
Subject: High school talks

To CryoNet
From Steve Bridge
March 22, 1999
 
In reply to:   Message #11438
               Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:54:11 +1000
               From: Simon Carter <>
               Subject: Re: Cryonics and High School #11431 [Stephen W.
                 Bridge]
 
>> I encouraged the production of a web page that would be suitable for
>> students.
 
>Does this exist? There's lots of info on the Alcor site but nothing
>specifically aimed at students wanting report material.
 
By "suitable" I didn't mean "aimed only at."  In fact, many students use
Alcor's site for information.  There is a mixture of basic and technical
information there.
 
>> I have the occasional bit of anecdotal evidence that cryonics is making
>>a deep impression on many young people.  We'll see what happens.
 
>I (and perhaps others on CryoNet) would be interested in your anecdotes
>Steve.
 
No time for a lot, but perhaps one will suffice.  A number of years ago I
gave a talk at a library where a friend of mine ran a program for teens.
Speakers would come in and would all share pizza after the talk.  My
cryonics talk drew a big crowd and quite a few asked questions until I was
hoarse, include my friend's daughter.
 
Recently I got an e-mail from my friend which said that her daughter had
faced surgery last year. The night before the surgery she told her Mom
that if anything happened, she wanted to be frozen (along with the family
dog when the dog died someday!).  My friend said that was the hardest
conversation she ever had, explaining to her daughter that they couldn't
afford to do that.  Fortunately, the surgery went well.
 
Interestingly, now that I'm back in Indiana, my friend has invited me to
speak to the teens again.  Maybe we'll have a bit of a longer conversation
afterwards.  In any case, I figure that I may have planted a seed like
that with a lot of people.  In many it will not sprout until it is too
late to blossom.  But others may face mortality through other family
members or through non-lethal illnesses of their own -- and make a
move toward saving their lives.
 
Steve Bridge

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