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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, @05:36PM (1 child)
I looked into the RDA for magnesium the other day and it was based on very limited data available for a couple dozen people in the 1990s. Further, it was twice as high as a later study indicated.
And all values relied on the dubious assumption that everyone should consume exactly enough so that consumption - excretion = 0.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday April 02 2019, @01:35AM
The need for magnesium varies by person. Something about my past traumas seems to have rewired whatever systems (am guessing the HPA axis and the associated mineralocorticoid regulation pathways) handle my electrolytes, the result being at least 600mg a day as citrate is necessary for optimal function. Sure as hell the soil doesn't have anywhere near as much as it used to...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...