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Smickey

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30. Don't forget your kevlar dear.

Reply to airmid (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 12:59 PM

Feb 2018

I am so sorry you had to experience that moment in time.
The idea that teachers have to mentally prepare for being a human shield is truly horrifying to me as it is I am sure to most everyone else. It terrifies me that young teachers and prospective teachers (like my daughter) have to factor this into decisions about remaining as or becoming teachers in the first place.

The loss is ours.

What have we come to.

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This broke me....I have been trying very hard to keep it together. I have my own [View all] airmid Feb 2018 OP

i don't know what to say voteearlyvoteoften Feb 2018 #1

Thank you for sharing your story...nt Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #2

Mentally disturbed people Scarsdale Feb 2018 #3

exactly! renate Feb 2018 #25

Thank you Oppaloopa Feb 2018 #4

This is SO wrong on so many levels! ananda Feb 2018 #5

This makes me cry. scarletlib Feb 2018 #6

You are strong and that was very hard for you. Thank you. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2018 #7

My opinion? DiverDave Feb 2018 #8

Heart wrenching cate94 Feb 2018 #9

AMEN! scarletlib Feb 2018 #20

+1000! CaptainTruth Feb 2018 #38

this makes me cry steve2470 Feb 2018 #10

The NRA and its corrupt politicians have achieved what ISIS could not: terrorizing America coast Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #16

Thank you that you would do this for our children cilla4progress Feb 2018 #11

What if there had been a fire? surrealAmerican Feb 2018 #12

Fire does not propagate fast enough in a modern building to make what that teacher did, dangerous. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #34

I love the teachers here heaven05 Feb 2018 #13

... ancianita Feb 2018 #14

Powerful post. mia Feb 2018 #15

Stephanie Kuzy Jenkins facebook page mia Feb 2018 #19

Thank you. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #17

Is America great again yet? world wide wally Feb 2018 #18

Thank you for sharing this... Freedomofspeech Feb 2018 #21

Make America Murder Again! Initech Feb 2018 #22

Thank you for sharing your story. Dem_4_Life Feb 2018 #23

(( hugs ))) California_Republic Feb 2018 #24

thank you for what you do, for being cautious, for being protective renate Feb 2018 #26

... sheshe2 Feb 2018 #27

. herding cats Feb 2018 #28

Crank up the hate.... then crank up even more hate.... magicarpet Feb 2018 #29

Don't forget your kevlar dear. Smickey Feb 2018 #30

I should clarify...this was shared by a friend on Facebook. I have not been a teacher for many years airmid Feb 2018 #31

As a child of 2 teachers Heartstrings Feb 2018 #32

I wish there were sensible, sane words for the insanity in which we find ourselves. Bless YOU, niyad Feb 2018 #33

All I can say is thank you! lunatica Feb 2018 #35

Sending love cp Feb 2018 #36

Thank You! alwaysinasnit Feb 2018 #37

Thanks for sharing Raastan Feb 2018 #39

Both of my sisters were teachers, both retired now. CaptainTruth Feb 2018 #40

Thanks for that, Lifelong Protester Feb 2018 #41

Oh my. MontanaMama Feb 2018 #42

Proud of how you and your fellow teacher handled it. LiberalFighter Feb 2018 #43

As a first grade teacher I have complete empathy. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #44

Just one more reason why I shout from the mountaintops: Aristus Feb 2018 #45

Thank you. dae Feb 2018 #46

here's a reference point to the letter orleans Feb 2018 #47

Heartbreaking account, airmid Cha Feb 2018 #48