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Teachers Stage Fake Attack on 6th Graders

James Joyner
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The news that broke over the weekend that teachers from Murphreesboro, Tennessee’s Scales Elementary School “staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables” in order to impart lessons about what to do in the event of a Virginia Tech-style rampage has bloggers left and right united.

Your mission, should you chose to accept it: Write a compelling explanation as to why the teachers in question are not frothing idiots. The comments section or your own blog (trackbacking here so I see it) are acceptable forums. No blue books required.

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7 responses to “Teachers Stage Fake Attack on 6th Graders”

  1. Tlaloc Avatar
    Tlaloc

    I choose not to accept this mission on the grounds that the objective is unattainable.

    There are right ways and wrong ways to teach disaster response. Frightening children who are isolated from their families is in the latter category.

  2. Anderson Avatar
    Anderson

    Left & right, indeed. I was over at Volokh agreeing with people whom I *never* agree with.

  3. yetanotherjohn Avatar
    yetanotherjohn

    You train like you intend to fight.

    Of course now if a real shooter showed up, most if not all would be questioning if this is a drill.

    Alternatively, they were trying to find out if any of the sixth graders had a concealed carry before final exams.

  4. laura Avatar
    laura

    Did the administration know about this?

    I’m amazed.

  5. Kent Avatar
    Kent

    The teachers are not frothing idiots. That would be an insult to the rabid and intellectually challenged everywhere.

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