If you are a teacher, would you take a bullet for your students?

[Anonymous]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/us/teachers-school-shootings.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

School Shootings Put Teachers in New Role as Human Shields

“Last night I told my wife I would take a bullet for the kids,” said Robert Parish, a teacher at an elementary school just miles from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, where a former student killed 17 people, including three staff members who found themselves in the line of fire.

Since the attack last week, said Mr. Parish, “I think about it all the time.”

And after this happened my kids are sitting outside saying, ‘Mr. K, would you give your life for me?’”

Mr. Klasner said he would — of course. “I said, ‘Did you even have to ask?’”

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Of course I would..

Non-teachers, would you take a bullet for my child?

[Anonymous]

Yes, & I can't think of a single colleague who wouldn't.

[Anonymous]

That is an unspoken agreement in our jobs. I protect them in lieu of their parents. I really am tired of teacher hatred. No one understands or cares that since Sandy Hook I think of 1000 scenarios and plans on how to save my kids and I, especially since my classroom faces a courtyard and is the closest to the entrance. We die covering and trying to protect our little students. Many have families of our own, not that anyone cares. I want to know if these neglectful parents creating these monsters can take bullets for the teachers and kids their spawns killed. They should be charged along with their monsters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is an unspoken agreement in our jobs. I protect them in lieu of their parents. I really am tired of teacher hatred. No one understands or cares that since Sandy Hook I think of 1000 scenarios and plans on how to save my kids and I, especially since my classroom faces a courtyard and is the closest to the entrance. We die covering and trying to protect our little students. Many have families of our own, not that anyone cares. I want to know if these neglectful parents creating these monsters can take bullets for the teachers and kids their spawns killed. They should be charged along with their monsters.

Come on, man. Why’d you have to add the last two sentences. You can’t say stuff like that. You know all those kids were once babies and then crap happened. We’ve all probably taught a potential shooter who, for one reason or another, didn’t go down that road.

[Anonymous]

I'm the wife of a teacher. I'm reading this thinking what about our kids.. our family? I know it's selfish, but it's there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the wife of a teacher. I'm reading this thinking what about our kids.. our family? I know it's selfish, but it's there.

Quoted myself.

That being said, I'm sure he would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is an unspoken agreement in our jobs. I protect them in lieu of their parents. I really am tired of teacher hatred. No one understands or cares that since Sandy Hook I think of 1000 scenarios and plans on how to save my kids and I, especially since my classroom faces a courtyard and is the closest to the entrance. We die covering and trying to protect our little students. Many have families of our own, not that anyone cares. I want to know if these neglectful parents creating these monsters can take bullets for the teachers and kids their spawns killed. They should be charged along with their monsters.

Op here - i wasn't trying to hate on teachers. the whole article just made me so sad. you guys have hard jobs and now we want you to be part fbi-pscyh profiler, part infantry bullet sponge, etc.

it really feels impossible.

[Anonymous]

Of course I would. But since I'm not a teacher and live very very near a school, I'd probably go get as many as I could to be safe in my house where I could protect them with my guns. My neighbors would probably do the same. Lots of LEO and military in my hood. They have guns too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is an unspoken agreement in our jobs. I protect them in lieu of their parents. I really am tired of teacher hatred. No one understands or cares that since Sandy Hook I think of 1000 scenarios and plans on how to save my kids and I, especially since my classroom faces a courtyard and is the closest to the entrance. We die covering and trying to protect our little students. Many have families of our own, not that anyone cares. I want to know if these neglectful parents creating these monsters can take bullets for the teachers and kids their spawns killed.[b] They should be charged along with their monsters.

Come on, man. Why’d you have to add the last two sentences. You can’t say stuff like that. You know all those kids were once babies and then crap happened. We’ve all probably taught a potential shooter who, for one reason or another, didn’t go down that road.

That's interesting
Charge parents of monsters along with monster. Reminds me of the truancy charge to parents. Not a bad idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is an unspoken agreement in our jobs. I protect them in lieu of their parents. I really am tired of teacher hatred. No one understands or cares that since Sandy Hook I think of 1000 scenarios and plans on how to save my kids and I, especially since my classroom faces a courtyard and is the closest to the entrance. We die covering and trying to protect our little students. Many have families of our own, not that anyone cares. I want to know if these neglectful parents creating these monsters can take bullets for the teachers and kids their spawns killed. They should be charged along with their monsters.

Op here - i wasn't trying to hate on teachers. the whole article just made me so sad. you guys have hard jobs and now we want you to be part fbi-pscyh profiler, part infantry bullet sponge, etc.

it really feels impossible.

Gotcha. So many hate the teacher threads lately and I am on edge. I think often if this job is worth it. I had a higher paying job and chose to go back to school and become a teacher after being inspired. I wonder if my ever increasing hoops of a career(and safety)is worth my health or the awesome family I am raising. But, then I see those little faces coming to see me and ready to learn and be guided. I look at the letters, bracelets, cute gifts and think of their sweet hugs and their I'm sorry notes when they're naughty. And, yeah, I just cannot turn away. I will protect them as my own and hope I make it home to my babies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is an unspoken agreement in our jobs. I protect them in lieu of their parents. I really am tired of teacher hatred. No one understands or cares that since Sandy Hook I think of 1000 scenarios and plans on how to save my kids and I, especially since my classroom faces a courtyard and is the closest to the entrance. We die covering and trying to protect our little students. Many have families of our own, not that anyone cares. I want to know if these neglectful parents creating these monsters can take bullets for the teachers and kids their spawns killed. They should be charged along with their monsters.

We do care. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

No. I would follow procedure (I wouldn't deviate from protocol to save myself), but I would not go out of my way to take a bullet. And I wouldn't want any of my students to jump in front of a gunman, either.

My reason is that I would have no way of knowing whether my split-second decision would save anybody anyway, AND deviating from the procedure we practice in case of such an event might very well put additional students in harm's way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the wife of a teacher. I'm reading this thinking what about our kids.. our family? I know it's selfish, but it's there.

That's not selfish, it's human.