[wintertime]

Was the first fire drill called crazy because it might scare children when in fact there was no fire? Maybe.

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ALL fire drills inform the participants **prior** to the drill that it **is** a test and **not** the real thing.

In this case, the children were not informed, merely terrorized.

Finally, I agree with you, children do need drills in how to react in a hostage situation. The LAST people I would choose to teach them would be a government school wuss of “teacher” of modest intelligence at best.

[Harris]

I agree that these teachers are not the best teachers for hostage reaction training, but I am amazed that so many people think that just the idea of such training is inappropriate.

I disagree that all fire drills notify the participants. In the Air Force and in school I usually didn’t know. I was trained however to act as if it was real. I usually thought it was just a drill.

Maybe I fail to appreciate the Rio Linda crowd that needs to be spoon fed everthing.