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Post by gar on Sept 7, 2024 17:10:56 GMT
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TankTop
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Jun 28, 2014 1:52:46 GMT
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Post by TankTop on Sept 14, 2024 23:37:53 GMT
I have not had a shooting at my school… yet.
However, this past week I realized how traumatized I am. A coworker came to my locked door this past week asking for help. She was covered in blood.
My first thought was that someone had been shot.
After I called for help, I discovered it was from a student with a wound. The student fell and had a very small cut that was just profusely bleeding. Heads tend to do that.
It has really put me on edge. I have cried so many times since.
Teachers are not okay. We are walking around with so much fear.
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Post by NanaKate on Sept 15, 2024 0:28:33 GMT
My son shared with me last night that my grandson (HS freshman) has commented to him twice in the last week that he wonders if there will be a shooting at his school. His school has done a great job as far as restricting visitors from entering the school but that is not going to help if a student brings in a gun in their backpack. We live outside Houston, TX and I’m sure more students come from homes where there are guns than not.
Very scary situation in our country. No child or teacher (or any other school employee) should have to worry about their safety every single day.
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angel97701
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Jun 26, 2014 2:04:25 GMT
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Post by angel97701 on Sept 15, 2024 0:48:39 GMT
Retired teacher here with many stories to tell. Raised in Alaska where students came to school with guns in their pick-up trucks, but that was a different time.
I taught in an inner city high school. One that had a student that was a victim of a shooting who was in a wheel chair. We had all the typical drills. Then we heard gun shoots outside the building within 1000 yards (distance that makes it a federal crime). We were locked down for 2 hours and the one student in the hall at the time I was checking my door? Our wheelchair bound student. Turns out the shooter that morning was a former student that I had in my classroom the year before.
As a sub I've been in real lock-downs where the superintendent came a removed a student for questioning. But we were the last group released and the principal's daughter was with me. We were in the kiln room of the ceramics class. Lock down in a science storage room, and so on.
I also taught in Southern California, and had the earthquake drills that were for real. AND as a science teacher in a very old room--had a flash back fire in my bunsen burner lines that required pulling the fire alarm. Thankfully the Eagle Scout grabbed the fire extinguisher while I hit the gas shut off valve. The safety review before the first lab really paid off! That room was demolished the next year.
As a teacher you do the best that you can. You scan your room for safety of your students and plan your exit as needed.
I've taught at schools that have had accidental student deaths, suicides, medical issue related deaths, etc. All of them take a toll on the mental health of all at the school.
I choose hope and preparedness when I was in the classroom.
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