As a conservative educator serving (time) in the public school system, I cringe when I think of some of the teachers I work with trying to defend their students in a violent situation like the one yesterday. They are more likely to try to reason with a shooter, than to recognize the situation for what it is. Heck, half of them will be inclined to join the anti-gun crowd in protests around the country this weekend.
“Mr. Twain,” you’ll appreciate this one...
Yesterday, I was discussing with one class the “active shooter” procedures for our school...we basically lock the door, turn out the lights and pretend we’re not there until help arrives. After my students’ laughter died down, I became stone-faced and explained to them that THAT WAS the procedure. Nothing else.
I went on to explain what I have programmed myself to do...(keep in mind, that, currently, this is all that is available for me to do)...I will be the first person behind the locked door. Whoever barges in will receive whatever blows I may rain down on his/her head with my trusty 3-hole punch. My students continue to laugh, thinking very little of my “strategy,” just as most readers of this post are laughing, I assume. I again look at them stone-faced and ask them, “what are you prepared to do, should I fall? Do you think some shooter is going to stop shooting having taken me out? Who will grab the 3-hole punch if/when I fall?” At this point, there is no more laughter.
What would happen if this counter-argument to the lunatic-left disarm America meme were to be presented? What would the average American parent think, should they consider the scenario that I just explained...the ridiculous prospects for survival, the notion that their child might have to defend themselves bare-handed against an armed intruder?
“What would happen if this counter-argument to the lunatic-left disarm America meme were to be presented? What would the average American parent think, should they consider the scenario that I just explained...the ridiculous prospects for survival, the notion that their child might have to defend themselves bare-handed against an armed intruder?”
It seems the average American parents just don’t get it... but I appreciate your thoughts and frankness with your students.