Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#1

Posted: 5/18/07 at 12:45am

How did any of the teachers not realize that this was a bad idea? Letting the kids believe it was real? Do they have any idea of the emotional scarring they could have/have caused these kids?

What were they thinking?

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Updated On: 5/18/07 at 12:45 AM

[AbbaRabbit]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#2

Posted: 5/18/07 at 12:46am

holy ****

O_O

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[wonderfulwizard11]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#2

Posted: 5/18/07 at 12:48am

Oh my...

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[wonderfulwizard11]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#3

Posted: 5/18/07 at 12:48am

Oh my...

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[ToBeingAnUsForOnce]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#4

Posted: 5/18/07 at 12:48am

Very educational...

[Rose_MacShane]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#5

Posted: 5/18/07 at 1:03am

I saw that in the paper the other day. Seriously, what the royal f**k were they thinking? Like the mere thought of being caught in a school shooting isn't terrifying enough? They had to fake an attack and call it a drill? It's going to take them a long time to earn back the trust of these kids and their parents.

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[husk_charmer]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#6

Posted: 5/18/07 at 1:19am

On the one hand, yes this was stupid. I mean it really could have backfired badly, and yes the students are traumatized.

However, I remember in High School, I wanted to have a CODE RED drill, so that in the event it DID happen, we might actually be able to protect ourselves. When in a crisis situation, people who normally would function fine, might have panic attacks (I for one am terribly prone to this), and as a future teacher, if I have students who know what to do, then should I start having a panic attack, then there is a better chance of them surviving.

I dunno, my 2 cents.

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[AbbaRabbit]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#7

Posted: 5/18/07 at 1:23am

we used to do lockdown drills in high school.
they would say over the pa "will mr conard please report to the office"
so everyone knew it was a drill and would keep doing what they were doing
and they would announce it a day in advance so if anyone wanted to bring a gun to school and shoot people, they were given the opertunity. x_X

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[Rose_MacShane]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#8

Posted: 5/18/07 at 1:25am

husk_charmer: It sounds like what you had in mind was a situation wherein students were told beforehand that it was a drill. These kids were taken completely by surprise; in fact, according to the article they were expressly told it was the real thing. I think that's going way too far, especially with kids that age.

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Updated On: 5/18/07 at 01:25 AM

[wonderfulwizard11]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#9

Posted: 5/18/07 at 1:25am

I think having lockdown drills are good ideas, but the way these teachers handled it was idiotic.

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[nztheatreluva]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#10

Posted: 5/18/07 at 7:17am

That's just ridiculous...

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[Elphaba]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#11

Posted: 5/18/07 at 10:51am

I read about this two days ago, and was totally floored. This is not right. At the very least parents should have been notified beforehand. It's just wrong.

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[KelRel]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#12

Posted: 5/18/07 at 11:37am

So now these kids think that this is "normal" for their teachers and what if, God forbid, a real attack happened and the kids didn't take it seriously. The trust that was destroyed in this "drill" is enormous and could have serious repercussions down the road for these kids.

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[spiderdj82]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#13

Posted: 5/18/07 at 11:38am

Can you say "Lawsuit?"

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[*thinkpink18*]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#14

Posted: 5/18/07 at 12:14pm

that is sick... how would anyone even think it was ok to do that?

[SorryGrateful]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#15

Posted: 5/18/07 at 12:19pm

Every single teacher and administrator who planned and implemented this "drill" should be fired. If my child were subjected to that, I would want to tear their throats out. I am so disgusted.

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re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#16

Posted: 5/18/07 at 5:09pm

What the hell? Didn't those teachers think it was inappropriate to lie to elementary school kids that someone wanted to go after them and SHOOT them?

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[RockabyeHamlet]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#17

Posted: 5/19/07 at 12:25am

"poor judgement?"

-No kidding... If my child was in that situation, I would bring legal action against the school. In the very least, my child would be taken out of the school. I understand the need for drills and preparation, but the way this was handled was careless and downright wrong. No child should be subjected to that, esp. at that age. There are so many ways to teach about violence in schools, and they made every wrong choice. I hope the teachers and school officials are held responsible for their actions.

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[Becky2]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#18

Posted: 5/19/07 at 9:14am

This sounds like something my former high school would do. I hope they don't read this article, I don't want it to give them any ideas...

[millie_dillmount]

re: Teachers Fake Gun Attack on Students#19

Posted: 5/19/07 at 9:44am

If the kids were notified that they were going to have a drill, wouldn't they have taken it LESS seriously?

However, the parents at the least should've been notified, especially with events happening today.

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