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Helen Reddy

(998 posts)

3. Humans lacking humanity.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 03:40 PM

Jan 2013

This is really beyond the pale.

How terribly frightening this scenario must have been for the students and staff. The admin. must be a sadistic bunch.

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HOLY. FUCK. --- Can you imagine if any of the teachers had been armed? [View all] kpete Jan 2013 OP

Maybe they're trying to desensitize the kids before louis-t Jan 2013 #1

This was criminal. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #2

Agreed -we are supposed to be protecting our children, elderly & handicapped from abuse, not abusing Pachamama Jan 2013 #26

Humans lacking humanity. Helen Reddy Jan 2013 #3

This is so sick its hard for me to comprehend. bunnies Jan 2013 #4

That is a scary scenario - It's JUST A DRILL while the armed teachers take out the fake perp. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #5

False report KamaAina Jan 2013 #6

The noodly FSM retrogal Jan 2013 #20

Best practice now is to include kids with disabilities in classrooms, with teacher aides if need be KamaAina Jan 2013 #21

It sounds good but... retrogal Jan 2013 #24

If possible, and if it is best for the child Nevernose Jan 2013 #28

yes, its the law and it seems that (on the surface at least) the law was designed in the iemitsu Jan 2013 #29

The teachers would not even have had to be armed KamaAina Jan 2013 #7

A church group was offering an outing to a restaurant to our DD folks. They said they were to be freshwest Jan 2013 #8

A *church group*?! KamaAina Jan 2013 #22

Hmmm... regjoe Jan 2013 #9

Because we have strict gun control laws here in NYC. With very few exceptions CC is illegal and bettyellen Jan 2013 #15

Dumb stunt by the administration. Remmah2 Jan 2013 #10

what the fuck were they thinking? don't you think you would alert the authorities???? spanone Jan 2013 #11

A long way from fire drills and duck and cover. libdem4life Jan 2013 #12

WTF is wrong with these "educators"? lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #13

K&R.. butterfly77 Jan 2013 #14

Our local cops planned an excercize on a community college campus, and neglected to tell the college Erose999 Jan 2013 #16

I signed the petition@ the link! lunasun Jan 2013 #17

I will sending this petition as far and wide as I can. To teachers, advocates, representatives, etc. freshwest Jan 2013 #18

We Used to Have Unannounced Fire Drills When I was a Kid dballance Jan 2013 #19

We had Friday air raid drills. During the Cuban missile crisis, planes buzzed over head on time. freshwest Jan 2013 #25

Oh my goodness, those who came up with such a drill are monsters billbailey19448jj Jan 2013 #23

The permanent damage to those children tblue Jan 2013 #27