Post by Origanalist on Sept 24, 2014 9:13:10 GMT -8
School Says Students Need to Hear What Madman's Gunfire Sounds Like
Lenore Skenazy|Sep. 22, 2014 12:48 pm
This local news announcement about a Champion, Ohio, school's upcoming shooting drill makes an insane idea—shooting blanks in the hallways of a middle and high school—sound almost festive:
The sounds of gunfire will ring through the halls of two Champion school buildings this afternoon.
Ah, the ringing sound of gunfire! Sort of like caroling except... chillingly fatalistic and completely at odds with the fact that school shootings, though horrific, remain exceedingly rare. Kids are safer than ever before, and schools are just about the safest environments for them.
Even so, many schools remain fascinated with the idea of holding practice shooting drills, as if learning to deal with an armed intruder is some essential rite of passage for kids.
But do these events really need a soundtrack to seem more real? From WFMJ:
According to a letter sent home to parents of students, police will be firing blanks from a gun at the high school and middle school so students can hear what gunshots sound like.
The exercise is part of A.L.I.C.E. training. A.L.I.C.E. stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.
(Side note: Does anyone, especially in a panic, remember what an obscure acronym stands for?)
continued at....reason.com/blog/2014/09/22/school-says-students-need-to-hear-what-m#comment
(oh, and I almost forgot. be afraid)
Lenore Skenazy|Sep. 22, 2014 12:48 pm
This local news announcement about a Champion, Ohio, school's upcoming shooting drill makes an insane idea—shooting blanks in the hallways of a middle and high school—sound almost festive:
The sounds of gunfire will ring through the halls of two Champion school buildings this afternoon.
Ah, the ringing sound of gunfire! Sort of like caroling except... chillingly fatalistic and completely at odds with the fact that school shootings, though horrific, remain exceedingly rare. Kids are safer than ever before, and schools are just about the safest environments for them.
Even so, many schools remain fascinated with the idea of holding practice shooting drills, as if learning to deal with an armed intruder is some essential rite of passage for kids.
But do these events really need a soundtrack to seem more real? From WFMJ:
According to a letter sent home to parents of students, police will be firing blanks from a gun at the high school and middle school so students can hear what gunshots sound like.
The exercise is part of A.L.I.C.E. training. A.L.I.C.E. stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.
(Side note: Does anyone, especially in a panic, remember what an obscure acronym stands for?)
continued at....reason.com/blog/2014/09/22/school-says-students-need-to-hear-what-m#comment
(oh, and I almost forgot. be afraid)