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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, Insightful) by nitehawk214 on Monday April 01 2019, @03:36PM (2 children)
I am sure that if a teacher had fought back and injured an officer, they would have been beat to death or shot with an actual gun instead.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by Alfred on Monday April 01 2019, @03:48PM
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Monday April 01 2019, @09:24PM
Or arrested. They might try to arrest you by yelling at the next group to "Save yourselves! Multiple active shooters!", but those charges would probably be dropped.