But teaching them to lie there and die quietly is just idiotic, just plain dam idiotic.
If that's what you'd do, I feel sorry for you.
My son is only 9, but he knows better than that.
I missed the part where I said that. To teach a kid to throw a book at someone armed with a gun is, to use your term, idiotic. When faced with someone armed with a firearm and all you have is a pencil, you have two choices. Flight, if you can create distance and obstacles between you or fight, if you have no choice. In the fight scenario, they should be taught to attack in force and use those pencils to jam through the eyes. I've taken steps to see that my kids know how to defend themselves in the worst possible situations. No need to feel sorry for any of us.