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A school in Indiana has been criticised for apparently shooting teachers "execution style" with pellets as part of an "active-shooter drill". The case has reignited conversations about the usefulness of drills and the methods used to prepare schools for shootings.
[...] Many experts agree that discussing and practising how to respond to a dangerous situation will help protect students who find themselves faced with the real thing. Fire drills, for example, are well established tools to teach children how to behave in a potentially life-threatening situation.
[...] While more realistic and stressful situations may be appropriate here, he says "large-scale, prolonged, realistic drills are not ideal" for children.
[...] "Children being asked to pose as victims on the floor covered in fake blood is just pointless and can be traumatising, I can't see why that's necessary."
Source: US school shootings: Have drills gone too far?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @02:13PM (1 child)
It teaches acting. It's fun. It may be effective.
On the other hand, it's not math or reading. There are too damn many distractions in school. Far too often, gets get marched off to do some weird shit. From my childhood I remember a day watching model rockets, a presentation by prostitutes and drug addicts about how everybody can get HIV (uh...), some sort of school sports cheering pep rally thing, a dude unicycling and miming on the stage, and fire drills in a school where every classroom had an exterior door. It's a huge waste of time.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Monday April 01 2019, @03:28PM
That sounds like one crazy day of school.
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