Teachers Stage Fake Gun Attack on Students

David on 14/5/2007 at 14:29

(http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/13/faked.attack.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories) So sayeth CNN

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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) -- Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.

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"The children were in that room in the dark, begging for their lives, because they thought there was someone with a gun after them," said Brandy Cole, whose son went on the trip.

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During the last night of the trip, staff members convinced the 69 students that there was a gunman on the loose. They were told to lie on the floor or hide underneath tables and stay quiet. A teacher, disguised in a hooded sweat shirt, even pulled on a locked door.

What on earth possessed those teachers to run a drill and explicitly tell them it was not a drill in a situation where there was likely to be some extreme panic?

I'm all for telling students what to do in this kind scenario, but they went about it in completely the wrong fashion.

Something tells me that if they escape with their jobs then they may find their career growth somewhat stunted.

The mind boggles...

The Alchemist on 14/5/2007 at 14:46

And these are the people educating our youth. But no, lets spend more money on the war and keep paying teachers shit so that nobody of worth wants to be one.

I'm 22 and I get paid more than my 37 year old aunt who's a math teacher with a masters degree in mathematics.

SlyFoxx on 14/5/2007 at 15:45

OMFG ITZ DUBBAYAA"S FAULT.

First reply too. I figured it for page 3.

These idiots should be fired.

SD on 14/5/2007 at 16:09

Gosh, SlyFoxx defending the Bush administration's shocking record, who'd have expected it?

Alchy is right - if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. I fear for a society that recompenses its educators with rock-bottom wages.

fett on 14/5/2007 at 19:19

Alchy is wrong (all due respect). There are what - 1092129237371119234324890 teachers in the world and this little groups of dumbfucks does not accurately represent them at all. Has anything like this even happened before? And even if it has, it's because they don't get paid enough? I hate Bush too, but I hope this problem has more to it than that. If not, we're all pretty fucked. Don't bitch when people treat all gamers like Columbine shooters and then make statements like that am i rite?

It would have been :laff: :laff: :laff: if an armed student had come out blasting and nailed the teacher in the ski mask though...

The Alchemist on 14/5/2007 at 19:48

Well certainly pinning this situation as the cornerstone example of what happens when teachers are underpaid is wrong, but the issue is still very real. Teachers are underpaid. :L

CandyStick on 14/5/2007 at 22:26

The thing is that kids just don't take drills seriously, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of drills. The way I see it, kids got a valuable lesson in safety and should pay their teachers for providing them with such an exciting situation. Where else could they get such a cool and intense experience, for free none the less.

fett on 14/5/2007 at 22:37

Quote Posted by The Alchemist

Well certainly pinning this situation as the cornerstone example of what happens when teachers are underpaid is wrong, but the issue is still very real. Teachers are underpaid. :L

Right on, I just didn't think that was the main point being made.

Pyrian on 14/5/2007 at 22:50

I'm not quite sure why lying on the floor and hiding under desks is supposed to make people safe from a gunman. Run away, sure, run at, maybe, sit still and get executed? Not so great.

fett on 14/5/2007 at 23:43

Quote Posted by Pyrian

I'm not quite sure why lying on the floor and hiding under desks is supposed to make people safe from a gunman. Run away, sure, run at, maybe, sit still and get executed? Not so great.

That's the big :confused: for me. How do you plan against an armed attack? When these shootings happen almost every single detail is different (except people ending up dead) - the building, the method of the shooters, the possible escape routes, the possibilities of taking the gunman down, etc. etc. etc.

Here's an idea: teach kids how to think deductively, quickly, and logically, so they can make good, possible life saving decisions, in crisis situations. Almost sounds like what public education should be.