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proud2BlibKansan

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61. I hear ya. I've found myself counting people while standing in line waiting to get into a movie.
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 12:00 PM
Dec 2012

One time when we were at a busy restaurant, right after we had given our name and were looking for a place to wait, my friend asked how long it would be. I said well there are 12 people ahead of us, I counted them. Just an instinct I guess.

Thanks for your dedication and service. n/t godai Dec 2012 #1
the fact that you'd even have to think this way, even once a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #2
Imagine having that responsibility. And not to one family, but 30 DonRedwood Dec 2012 #14
I know the feelings, bro a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #15
Bravo sir! What do you teach? DonRedwood Dec 2012 #16
Originally, I taught English/Language Arts a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #17
Wow! variety DonRedwood Dec 2012 #18
all my career I had in my head a way to save my kids if something roguevalley Dec 2012 #39
I have a poster next to the wall that can cover the window in the door Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #3
Throwing kids out the window is my fire plan. DonRedwood Dec 2012 #8
Thank you, DonRedwood Cha Dec 2012 #4
This is so wrong on so many levels, why the hell do teaching staff even need to worry about shit teddy51 Dec 2012 #5
Sickly once you have to do it at school, you do it everywhere...every field trip, every bus trip DonRedwood Dec 2012 #24
The answer in this day and age is to have armed guards (2 per entrance, high powered automatic teddy51 Dec 2012 #26
I'll be honest, I wish we did have security DonRedwood Dec 2012 #27
Nobody should be armed in a school. Chemisse Dec 2012 #30
"It is more likely you and/or your students will be struck by lightning than killed by a teddy51 Dec 2012 #34
I know how you feel. I kept thinking about my grandchildren today. Chemisse Dec 2012 #37
+1. PavePusher Dec 2012 #41
Metal detectors don't work. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #48
That would be optimal. Chemisse Dec 2012 #52
Both are bad. Schools aren't prisons. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #57
I hear ya. I've found myself counting people while standing in line waiting to get into a movie. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #61
we truly live in a sick and twisted world when teachers have to PLAN for killers in their schools. niyad Dec 2012 #6
I'll second that fu ! DonRedwood Dec 2012 #22
I'll third that FU Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #28
Fourth! calimary Dec 2012 #36
I know what you mean. erinlough Dec 2012 #7
Did you find yourself doing it in other places too? DonRedwood Dec 2012 #25
I do it now. erinlough Dec 2012 #31
I teach kindergarten. And I get this post. I SO get it RayOfHope Dec 2012 #9
When I read your last paragraph I started crying.... DonRedwood Dec 2012 #11
I had HS kids so very few were scared. badhair77 Dec 2012 #12
As a volunteer parent, that drill was the saddest thing I experienced during my kids' elementary Neurotica Dec 2012 #20
It does feel like taking some innocence away DonRedwood Dec 2012 #53
Kindergarten though!! I LOVE every kindergarten teacher I have ever met! DonRedwood Dec 2012 #23
I'm right with you, Don. badhair77 Dec 2012 #10
We get the same training. It freaks me out. DonRedwood Dec 2012 #13
I thought I was crazy. The only person out there who did that sort of mental preparation for GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #19
We have a lockdown drill every fall. Igel Dec 2012 #21
I teach high school, plan for the same things adigal Dec 2012 #29
How I wish I had your eloquence, my dear DonRedwood... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #32
I know Miss Peggy DonRedwood Dec 2012 #54
a heaven05 Dec 2012 #33
Teachers with guns. reteachinwi Dec 2012 #35
welcome to du DonRedwood Dec 2012 #55
Heart's in the right place, but impractical lbrtbell Dec 2012 #38
Can you lock your room from the inside? If not, why not? TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #56
Mine locks from the outside, key only. All teachers doors unlock with the same key DonRedwood Dec 2012 #63
My teacher husband has a baseball bat. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #40
I hear you Don. I'm a sub and in at least three different schools in any one week. 1monster Dec 2012 #42
Thank you socalgal58 Dec 2012 #43
Why do you think the teachers hoarded the children in corners? deek Dec 2012 #44
That's what we're told to do, and yes, we have drills. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #46
Thank you for the explanation deek Dec 2012 #64
to hide the kids from view mercuryblues Dec 2012 #50
Amen to that. I get that nightmare every summer and into fall. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #45
The school had security plans for this situation also. Kablooie Dec 2012 #47
I hope this incident gives people second thoughts on the importance of teachers... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #49
Such trust is placed in us. You cannot imagine how having a whole classroom of such charges DonRedwood Dec 2012 #66
What I want to know is how he got into the building? femmocrat Dec 2012 #51
From the sound of it, he started in the office. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #58
It looks like he broke in from behind, through a window. tblue37 Dec 2012 #65
I was at lunch when my phone buzzed with a news alert of the shooting yesterday. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #59
When do teachers start getting combat pay..? nt Bigmack Dec 2012 #60
Thanks Don. Teachers are a special class of people. slackmaster Dec 2012 #62
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