And not the Hueys?
Lol. Now that you say it...
Bit of a side tracked story here.
Anyway this year in my AP English class we read Heart of Darkness which is what Apocalypse Now! is an adaptation of, as I am sure you know. Anyway before we watched the film our teacher gave us about a thirty minute lecture on common works and acronyms used by the military. Verbatim "CO means Commanding Officer, LZ means Landing Zone... etc... etc...". I'm snickering inside because this has all been engrained into me since as long as I can remember. However in my teacher's defense I do live in the liberal suburbs of DC.
Later on during the movie she explains that "'Charlie' isn't a person but slang for the VC/NVA (I guess some people were confused) and that there were many names used like gook and that probably there are slang names used in the Middle East now. (Which there obviously are)" Here comes the best part. When our teacher is explaining what Charlie means and listing some of the other names a girl says,"Yeah, they were also called 'Hueys'." Me and my friend just lost it. For some reason it was just timed correctly and I just about started to cry.
We are the future. The best and brightest of the generation in the best schools in the country. Can't wait to see what mistakes and history my generation will repeat.
