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[quote=Anonymous][quote]DP. No, not acceptable, but a tiny risk compared to other parts of daily life, like driving to work. So it's certainly reasonable to want to do something about them, but it is completely irrational to make personal life decisions based on them as potential risks.[/quote]

It's a tiny risk, but one that school systems have decided to incorporate into daily operational procedures. It's why we have a security guard, and why they installed shatterproof window coverings so the windows are all foggy, and why the doors are all locked so every time kids go to the bathroom they have to knock and interrupt lessons to get back into the room, and why some doors are badge access only, and why parents can't visit without an appointment on record in the office, and why, of course, we have to practice lockdowns four times a year and answer questions from students about what will happen if there is a shooter. My fifth-grade students have definitely thought about some worst-case scenarios.

We had a lockdown in my school in which we thought there was a shooter (turned out to be a shooting outside the building) and the fact that students and staff were afraid they were going to die was completely unaddressed. It was totally "no danger, phew, wasn't that luck! On with the day!"

It's not a reason that I would leave teaching, but it's an aspect of teaching that was not present when I started.

[quote]he more something is practiced, the more emphasis we place on it and the more it seeps into our subconscious. The teacher was reflecting what the active shooting drills have told teachers, that you are in danger. As teachers, we were even incorrectly told by our administration that if we don’t follow the protocol of lockdown and kids die, it is on us.[/quote]

Yes, exactly. [/quote]

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