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Parents Upset Over Police Drill in School
Look parents. The point of a drill is that it is as realistic as possible. In this case, police were working with the school system to deal with a potential evacuation for the threat of violence against a school. Kids were searched by police, and evacuated. Apparently kids and parents were not informed that it would be happening. Well tough. "Some of these kids were so scared, they just about wet their pants," said Marge Bradshaw, a parent with four children in Godfrey-Lee Schools. "I think it's pure wrong that the students and parents were not informed of this."
Beslan. 171 children, 200 adults, dead. Whaddaya think Marge? Do you want your kids to be a little scared... a little nervous, a little on edge? Maybe they should be. Maybe drills like this show kids that security is not a joke. That, golly gee, there are people out there who wish them ill. Why Marge, are your kids terrified of the people who are there to protect them? Is it because you taught them to be?
Marge's comments show the symptoms of what's wrong with this country, not only in school security, but on the WoT as well. Large slices of the population are more afraid of Us than they are of Them. Now I agree, we are supposed to be wary of our government and its policing power. It's right and good that we should be. Perhaps the fear Marge and her kids express towards the duly sworn police is a instinctive response, a sub-concious recognition of how much of our security we have sub-contracted to our leadership. But when our government, local, state or national, is actually performing the only real purpose it has, which is guaranteeing our life and liberty, we bitch and moan, snipe and undercut. We then wonder why it acts in a ham-handed and incompetent manner. We burst into outrage when they train to protect our children. So they don't train. Then we'll burst into outrage because they failed.
Look parents. The point of a drill is that it is as realistic as possible. In this case, police were working with the school system to deal with a potential evacuation for the threat of violence against a school. Kids were searched by police, and evacuated. Apparently kids and parents were not informed that it would be happening. Well tough. "Some of these kids were so scared, they just about wet their pants," said Marge Bradshaw, a parent with four children in Godfrey-Lee Schools. "I think it's pure wrong that the students and parents were not informed of this."
Beslan. 171 children, 200 adults, dead. Whaddaya think Marge? Do you want your kids to be a little scared... a little nervous, a little on edge? Maybe they should be. Maybe drills like this show kids that security is not a joke. That, golly gee, there are people out there who wish them ill. Why Marge, are your kids terrified of the people who are there to protect them? Is it because you taught them to be?Marge's comments show the symptoms of what's wrong with this country, not only in school security, but on the WoT as well. Large slices of the population are more afraid of Us than they are of Them. Now I agree, we are supposed to be wary of our government and its policing power. It's right and good that we should be. Perhaps the fear Marge and her kids express towards the duly sworn police is a instinctive response, a sub-concious recognition of how much of our security we have sub-contracted to our leadership. But when our government, local, state or national, is actually performing the only real purpose it has, which is guaranteeing our life and liberty, we bitch and moan, snipe and undercut. We then wonder why it acts in a ham-handed and incompetent manner. We burst into outrage when they train to protect our children. So they don't train. Then we'll burst into outrage because they failed.
4 Comments:
Why I understand how Marge can feel this way, I would also think she has seen the recent news of all the shootings that have happened in schools this year...not even considering all the past school violence here and other places as well.
One thing that I thought was odd at my son's school. They were shown a movie about boys and girls. You know the movie...the one they show in health class. Well all the parents were invited to the school so they could prescreen the movie before our kids saw it. Look...I trust that the educators are doing a good job and I don't need to prescreen a movie before my child can watch it in school.
Now if this where a college professor, I might want to pre screen everything my kid is being taught.
AJ
Actually, I can see why they would want to pre-screen it. While you want to trust public educators I've seen too many completely absurd "lessons" pushing the opinions or lifestyle choices (left or right) of the educator, unbacked by research or science. I rule this different than the safety/law enforcement for 2 reasons. 1. The film is not less effective if pre-screened by parents, where the drills likely would be, since it keep the students/teachers/law enforcement from practicing the drill in a realistic manner. 2. the role of the government, in my mind is primarily that of protecting us from violence, not educating about health issues.
My guess is when you have children and you deal with the ins and outs of public education and all that comes with being a parent, you may have a different view of how it all works and comes together. Until you're a parent, no amount of time spent with neices and nephews and other children can compare to having your own.
This to a-j wright: you had better screen and check everything to do with your children. Not only because there are teachers/preachers/etc out to push their own agenda that may be contrary to your beliefs and desires for your children; but, it also lets your childen know that you are on guard for them and that you care enough to take the time to 'check things out'.
c wright (mother of 3 grown sons)
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