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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher but of grades K-5.

I tell my little kids that we have indoor and outdoor fire drills.

In both cases we need to stay absolutely quiet so kids can hear directions from the teacher.

For outdoor fire drills we go outside and stay in a line so I can be sure everyone is there.  We stand absolutely silent and look away from the school at me, the teacher, so they can see and hear my directions.

For indoor fire drills we stay inside and I close the door and windows.  They stay absolutely silent and in one place so I can be sure everyone is there.  They look at me so they can see and hear my directions is necessary.

There could be many reasons for us to have these drills and I don't go into detail with the kids about the reasons.  For example, outdoor alarms could be due to smoke, gas leak, etc.  Indoor could be a stray snarling dog got into the school!   Kids don't need to know the reason. They just need to know that the teacher is in charge and will tell them what to do so they need to be silent in order to hear any directions.[/quote]

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