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undeterred

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15. So that threat never materialized
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 09:34 PM
Dec 2012

and with few exceptions I cannot ever remember being afraid at school or hearing of some terrible unsafe thing happening at school.

I can't imagine being afraid of somebody's brother or father going crazy and shooting up an elementary school or a theatre or a mall.

I can't imagine a local swat team having practices at the elementary school...

I can't imagine children preparing for these kinds of events...

Scared the bejeebus out of us..... yes it did. n/t 2on2u Dec 2012 #1
Yes. spockeye Dec 2012 #2
Yep, we had them in the 50's too. Sit on the floor by the hall wall, head down, arms crossed over RKP5637 Dec 2012 #3
Yeah the civil defense turrtle said to duck and cover upaloopa Dec 2012 #4
Duck.... and Cover!... PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #10
Thanks for the memories, PA. Was going to look for this myself. Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #19
Fire drills, but that's all. Archae Dec 2012 #5
10+ years ago my kids had gun/intruder drills Marrah_G Dec 2012 #6
"Be sure to face away from the windows, children. . ." Journeyman Dec 2012 #7
In our elementary school, the bomb shelter was under the gym floor. baldguy Dec 2012 #8
Duck and Cover. moondust Dec 2012 #9
yeah I do CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #11
Me too. I lived. Right near NYC, how was putting my arms over my neck adigal Dec 2012 #21
That is exactly the question I asked my Dad a few years ago... prairierose Dec 2012 #24
Surprisingly - We never did. ThoughtCriminal Dec 2012 #12
I remember duck and cover. Cleita Dec 2012 #13
Yes, I vaguely remember them.. and when I just talked Cha Dec 2012 #14
So that threat never materialized undeterred Dec 2012 #15
Yes. Lived in St. Pete, FL from 1958 to 1964. Stressful times even for a kid. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #16
We lined up in the hallway, facing the wall. MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #17
In the 1950's, I remember a siren would sound and we jerseygal Dec 2012 #18
I think the threat of a foreign enemy is totally different undeterred Dec 2012 #22
We do lockdown drills now adigal Dec 2012 #20
50's: Under the school desk until the all-clear was sounded. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #23
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