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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, @05:18PM (1 child)
I'm not sure offended is the right word here. The use of terms like that to insult people is dehumanizing and degrading. Offensive is a much broader term that includes things that aren't particularly harmful to others, simply just things that hurt their feelings or cause them to feel disrespected.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday April 01 2019, @10:57PM
The dehumanizing bit seems like the key thing to me. If someone is not quite human, they're easy to hate.