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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, @03:16PM (2 children)
Don't forget it also serves to inculcate a hate for the 2A.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Monday April 01 2019, @03:18PM
I'm not seeing the problem.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @06:46PM
What about the 2B, and classrooms 3A, 3B, and 3C? What's so special about 2A, other than the cops shooting the teachers in the haid with pellet guns?