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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: 4, Touché) by isostatic on Monday April 01 2019, @09:37PM (2 children)
I've done similar courses with very realistic injuries. But that's as an adult voluntarily deploying (as a civilian) into a warzone.
Are U.S. schools warzones?
(Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Tuesday April 02 2019, @10:45AM
> adult voluntarily
Yeah, that makes all the difference between a pleasure and a horrible crime in many life situations.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday April 02 2019, @02:02PM
Not sure. Does being occupied by armed uniformed troops qualify? I'm about tired of hearing of "school resources officers" doing this, that, or something else. In another era, we had teachers dealing with all of our problems. If it was too big a problem for your average teacher, the coach/phys ed/health teacher was called in.