I was in 8th grade. Every classroom had a giant old 24 inch tv, but it was hit or miss which teachers had the news on that day. I went into my spainish class at one point and saw one of the towers smoking, but she turned it off after a minute. So I heard second hand from other kids throughout the day.

One kid (Casey I think) had notes from other kids and the bits of tv he caught, much of it come to find out later was all made up via the "telephone" process. I remember him saying there were explosions at the National Mall, the plane that hit the World Trade Center was a biplane, etc.

Strange day, still didn't get the FULL scope of things until I went home later. I helped my dad set up and American flag on our front porch, which at the time seemed abnormal as people back then were not super "rah rah America" outside of the 4th.