Teach your children well
I guess teaching them to be sitting ducks would not be controversial?
A proposal to teach children as young as 10 years old to fight back against a classroom gunman is causing quite a stir in a small town in Massachusetts.
The Georgetown Public Schools in Georgetown, Mass., are considering a proposal to teach kids to fend off a gunman with backpacks or textbooks as part of a proposal to revamp their “Code Blue” safety policy.
Those who support the idea say it may seem extreme, but it could save a child’s life.
This idea seems to come up every so often (see past coverage of similar news stories here and here). And I think it’s a good idea.
Update: More from Jay.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Heh. GMTA.
FWIW, the town in question is the next town over from me…
December 11th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I would prefer that they allowed the staff to carry concealed in the school, but that would induce PSH. So, I guess we will have to settle for this.