One would think that schoolchildren should be more alert for such characters. Thus, having such drills can cover such a ground. But, these same schoolchildren should also be alert of what psychological damage they can contribute to the perpetrator as well. Thus, being able to stay alert, in case of such situations were to happen, and being nicer to our friends should reduce the tension greatly.Especially after Virginia Tech...
That is good, unless you've been brought back after you were supposely dead from say a car crash and found yourself being experimented on by scientists creating robotic parts. (Okay, ignore me, I watched a Sci-fi thing last week)I think any 'fake' body part is fantastic idea if it helps the individual with the disability. If anything happened to me, like losing my arm, I wouldn't be able to cope without anything there. I'd rather get a plastic replacement to take its place.
Who knows? That could be what the future is like. We'll see as technology advances along. Maybe this world will turn into something like on I-robot.You really think I'm going to go to some random robo world? So yeah, natural will always be normal..
Well 'cause of it's to save a life, if there wasn't a heart, guess what happens? Death, having a fake heart so isn't wrong.
Fine then. XD
I saw that, or something similar to it. It was really sad to watch.Yes I did, it was a little boy. I think he died at the end because of to many problems, he couldn't breath normally and stuff.
It was an interesting program. Poor boy.
That's why they need be to conditioned, or at least prepared to face such an event. Without any preparations, until help arrives, their lives hangs on the gunman. Well, being at gunpoint, that's still going to make things difficult. To the very least, it'll be easier to cope with such stress.Keyword there is schoolchildren. Children of that age are in no way shape or form mentally stable enough to handle a situation like that.
Yeah, that is one thing, but how about when faced with a gunman, in real life?Sitting them down and explaining the procedure in the event a gunman was on the loose is one thing.
What better than to give some life experience? But, yeah, to prevent lawsuits, on the receiving end, the children should've been at least told beforehand that it was going to happen.Causing them mental grief for no reason at all is a different story.
Yeah, the faculty should've thought this through a bit more.I agree that teachers should prepare their students for such an event, but not in the way this was pulled off.
The elementary school children were not prepared, it was not appropriate, and I believe they should now get counselling.
My sister ended up being traumatized when there was a bomb threat to the elementary, and there wasn't even someone going around banging on classroom doors. Absolutely terrible.
All involved faculty should lose there jobs.
Thanks, you should correct them next time. I need a humanoid Wordbot at my side, at times.Wow, hell of a run-on sentence. =X
There's also no point in place all the blame on them. I'm sure they had some reason in doing what they did, though it was a bit sensationalized.No point in trying to legitimitize these idiots' actions.
And what's up with italicizing "reported"?
I meant nationally, since the ones we mainly hear about are national. Also, with that being said, the most sensation comes nationally. Thus, they may occur more than we know of. Unless you have all the documented shootings in your possession, I'll go with that.Maybe not all of them are nationally reported, but they are at least reported on a local basis.
Thanks, you should correct them next time. I need a humanoid Wordbot at my side, at times. But, I would ask of you to turn off on my command. :-P
There's also no point in place all the blame on them. I'm sure they had some reason in doing what they did, though it was a bit sensationalized.
Sorry, but I have a thing for looking deeper into situations. Let me know directly if you have a problem with that.
By the way, was that a incomplete sentence, I posted right before this? :-P
I meant nationally, since the ones we mainly hear about are national. Also, with that being said, the most sensation comes nationally. Thus, they may occur more than we know of. Unless you have all the documented shootings in your possession, I'll go with that.
You're right, there are a lot of school shootings that don't get reported.I was offering another side to the story, giving some legitimacy for their actions, though it's kind of hard to discern since, like you said, reported school shootings don't happen too often and their methods weren't exactly sound in accordance to what society says what is right and wrong.
I'll tell you what, I'll give you a "free will" switch as well. ;-PNo thanks.
Well, like you said, there was Virginia Tech. Then, there is Columbine to compliment that. Secondly, I seriously doubt they had this in mind, but perhaps to give them some life lessons on how to cope with stress.What would possibly make these people think that was a good idea though?
Yeah, they've could have, to the very least, had the children and their parents fill out a consent form and justify their actions to cover themselves for insurance and lawsuit purposes.What really confuses me is that after whoever had the bright idea to begin with, they were followed by all the other teachers. Surely one of them was smart enough to say "Hey, ya know what? I don't really think this is such a good idea."
Yeah, the right and wrong complex tends to make things complicated, but such situations do cross the boundary so you might as well take a dive to get their mindset.I look deep into things as well, man. Not so deep that I start confusing what is right and what is wrong though.
I'm sure there was a school shooting before the 60's. :-PActually, I do. You could have the list as well. Just go to Wikipedia.com and type in "school shootings". Has an entire list of all documented school shootings in world history.
I'll tell you what, I'll give you a "free will" switch as well. ;-P
Well, like you said, there was Virginia Tech. Then, there is Columbine to compliment that. Secondly, I seriously doubt they had this in mind, but perhaps to give them some life lessons on how to cope with stress.
Good luck finding a better employer. :-PYeah...still not going for it. XD
Of course, I just had to point that out, for those who don't get the whole picture.Well obviously catastrophes like VT and Columbine triggered them to do this.
I'm sure there are, we've yet to find an ideal solution that works.There are just much better ways to prepare students for a situation like that.
That's one way of doing it, but how are they going to get coordinated to deal with the stress of knowing that there is someone out there with a gun and/or another weapon of sorts, assuming that they have an intent to kill?Sitting them down and explaining what the safety procedure is if an attack were to ever happen, for instance. Every time the fire alarm goes off, or an announcement is made over the loudspeaker, or a loud bang or crash is made, these students are going to instantly think gunman now.
That's true, but if there's another way to reduce the mental harm for when the time comes, let me know.It's just not worth causing mental harm in the process to raise awareness.
Aw, sleep tight, and make sure to have a gun on you, in case some one decides to break into your house.Aw well...I'm off to bed.
Who knows? That could be what the future is like. We'll see as technology advances along. Maybe this world will turn into something like on I-robot.
You can just get a heart transplant, risky yes, but it prevents death. Or that machine that temporary pumps the blood through your body for the heart.
If there wasn't a heart, I'm sure another organ in the body could replace it...
Nah..from what I've seen of Futurama at least, the world doesn't look like being overly futuristic. XD And I haven't seen I-robot so I wouldn't know. But I hope in classes they like have hats in the future where you could download all the information from the class or subject, that'd be really kool.
Wait, you mean to say, if some person didn't have a heart you could stick a leg in it's place..actually I think I just read too much into the other organ part. Because really legs aren't organs. XD