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Rorey

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2. Double edged sword

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:15 AM

Jun 2018

Another thing I've thought about is that the shooter is very often a student/former student. They're being trained in the routine. Hiding under a desk in a dark classroom won't do much good if the shooter is familiar with the routine in the school (which rooms hold which classes, etc.) and how the students hide.

Meanwhile, are we raising a generation of people who are going to always be afraid? People who are desperate and afraid can be very dangerous.

I can't say that I think that these drills are necessarily bad, but maybe there's a right way and a wrong way to do it.

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What Are Active-Shooter Drills Doing to Kids? [View all] gollygee Jun 2018 OP

My experience. no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 #1

I used to substitute gollygee Jun 2018 #8

Double edged sword Rorey Jun 2018 #2

we had atom bomb drills in school.....crawl under desk hands, over head......yeah right... samnsara Jun 2018 #3

I was going to mention this... Hugin Jun 2018 #4

They should have added a flexibility exercise. Blue_true Jun 2018 #5

That's true, although gollygee Jun 2018 #6

I was a bit shaken to learn that treestar Jun 2018 #11

I remember those well Betty88 Jun 2018 #13

My elementary aged daughter had a drill last week gollygee Jun 2018 #7

Twisted logic TimeSnowDemos Jun 2018 #9

Since it is known to be a drill, deal with why the child is that affected treestar Jun 2018 #10

They kids don't necessarily know during the drill that it's a drill gollygee Jun 2018 #14

Being a student. Snackshack Jun 2018 #12

That was dumb treestar Jun 2018 #16

With Over 100,000 Americans Being Shot Every Year, We are Creating a Traumatized Nation dlk Jun 2018 #15