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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: 2) by bussdriver on Monday April 01 2019, @02:42PM
I have relatives in the system. The stories I heard were not as extreme but teachers were not consulted (being experts in child learning, but not policy/procedure admins... who saw it solely lying within their domain) before something stupid happened; afterwards, they'd speak up and give feedback and some changes made. The school therapist being only 1 person if they even had such a person would tend to either be too quiet (no power) or just ignored.
The people doing such extreme things are under the influence of their own nightmares and their righteous efforts; you are not as dedicated or concerned as they are. Reining people in that state is difficult especially when they are in positions of power.
What such situations show is a failure of the system to curb such errors by the people in charge. Either those people are horrible, or more likely, the system doesn't provide a means to counter-balance. Given that FEAR is related you also have a strong element of mob psychology at play as well.