Be pussies instead
Youngsters in a suburban Fort Worth school district are being taught not to sit there like good boys and girls with their hands folded if a gunman invades the classroom, but to rush him and hit him with everything they got – books, pencils, legs and arms.
“Getting under desks and praying for rescue from professionals is not a recipe for success,” said Robin Browne, a major in the British Army reserve and an instructor for Response Options, the company providing the training to the Burleson schools.
Not anymore:
The Burleson school district has “reassigned” Greg Crane, the teacher who was behind the training that taught students to fight back against an armed attacker. Mr. Crane was formerly a police officer and developed the idea when he asked his wife, a teacher, what she would do if her classroom were to be attacked and she didn’t have an answer.
Via Bitter
October 26th, 2006 at 11:10 am
I saw that coming a mile away. Too bad. Hope it makes the news.
October 26th, 2006 at 11:43 am
Sorry to be the voice of pessimism, but I don’t think it will make the news.
October 26th, 2006 at 11:45 am
It’s made the news.
October 26th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
That is called “Don’t sue us if your kid gets killed trying to stay alive, we would rather he die meekly than expose us to any potential liability.”
October 26th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Oh so officaldom can hide behihnd the unarmed kids going up against an armed killer(s)?? But, oh no, we can’t allow the teachers and principals to be armed, because it might be unsafe for the children!!!
In Israel, they have long since stopped armed terrorists from preying on thier children in schools by allowing principals and teachers to be armed. But here, officialDUMB has got to have their politically-correct, “gun-free” zones so armed killers can have their way. It’s not only idiotic, it’s despicably evil!!
October 26th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
Subjecting children to Publik Skool is child abuse.