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  • Yea I got super used to it, it sounds fucked up but I looked forward to them because it meant classes were shorter by like 10-15 minutes. Tbh a school assembly could’ve had the same effect on my schoolday without scaring me about being shot and killed as an Elementary Schooler. And lemme just let you in on the inside track, the school shooting drills were fucking PATHETIC! They would just make you hide in the classroom. What classroom on Earth has good hiding places? That’s not exactly on the agenda for construction workers or architects, they just wanna make a room with enough open space so students can see and hear the teacher from any part of the room, they don’t build little Batman Arkham-style floor grates and gargoyles for students to use to hide from armed assailants. There were only like 2 students out of 15-25 that were well hidden, it was honestly very disappointing because the drills showed more than anything else that we would all be ABSOLUTELY FUCKED if a shooter came in. Our desks had nothing covering the bottom part, so you couldn’t hide under it, you have to tip over the desk to hide, and anyone with half a brain would know someone’s hiding behind a tipped over desk



  • Keep in mind that I was like 7 when this happened, I obviously don’t find these tragedies funny in any way, but as kids we would always make jokes about these drills all the time like cracking jokes as to who has the worst hiding spot in the classroom or trying to whisper a joke to make your friends laugh out loud (you are supposed to hide and stay completely silent so by making a friend laugh, the teacher would yell at them) it’s pretty crazy but kids will be kids no matter how pressing the situation. The more I think of it, the more I think of how weird it is that the solution to gun violence in schools is making them hide better rather than trying to do anything to address gun violence.



  • Genuine question 🙋‍♂️, did any of yall Non-Americans ever have to do School Shooting/Intruder drills? I always sorta assumed it was normal, is it weird? Also to play devil’s advocate, I think it’s a good idea to have a plan for if it happens but how often were your drills? Ours were like 2-3 times in a schoolyear