[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.

[steadcom]

This was not “training” or a “fire drill”... this was an admitted “prank” from the start that went way over the line. Only after the damage has been done are some calling it a “learning experience”.

[Enchante]

"I am amazed that so many people think that just the idea of such training is inappropriate"

Consider the age group, for one thing..... the teachers terrorized these kids, but I doubt that any of them "learned" anything that could not have been better approached by teaching and discussion that did not involve making 10-11 year olds believe they were about to die.