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Betty88

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13. I remember those well

Reply to samnsara (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 11:24 AM

Jun 2018

I don't remember being scared by it, maybe I was to young. Now looking back I realize how silly they were. I'm not sure what the answer is, emergency drills do need to happen for lots of things, storms, fire, rain of toads what have you.

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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