My son's elementary school had a drill Friday. I purposefully kept him home for the morning so he would not be exposed to the trauma. I think the teachers should be trained, but that involving the kids plants fear in them. So as we roll up to the school, half the parking lot is FULL of all kinds of police, sheriff, highway patrol and fire vehicles...
My son, who is not a fearful person, was really nervous and wanted to just drive around the block until they were gone. I said no, let's park and wait. I knew the drill was supposed to be over by 10:30 and it was getting close to 11...
I tell my son I will walk him into he office, and hang with him until we know it's all clear...
Just as we get to the front doors, they open and all the cops and fire guys start pouring out. The principal is shaking their hands and saying thanks, everyone is all smiles. They look at us and say "you missed all the FUN!" (oh the irony) I smiled back nice and big and said "that was exactly the plan!"
so I walk my son in to the office, hug him and make sure he's okay to go to his classroom...and as I am walking out, the principal stops me o give me a whole spiel on how "we really made it a positive experience for the kids...officers went and spoke to each classroom, etc" I thanked him and walked away, shaking my head.
How the HELL can you make it a "positive" thing - when you have officers in riot gear with dogs and 50+ law enforcement and fire personnell storming the fucking school like it is armageddon?
fucked up world we are living in, I tell ya
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