I've heard a lot about them and how traumatizing they can be for children, but are they actually a widespread thing or just something a bunch of psychotic schools do to torment kids?
I've heard a lot about them and how traumatizing they can be for children, but are they actually a widespread thing or just something a bunch of psychotic schools do to torment kids?
So I went to school before the school shooter thing really caught on, and when I was in there was an "intruder on campus" drill that the teachers would do once or twice a year where there would be a code word that would come out over the school's PA system and every teacher would tell any students in the hallway to get inside, lock the door and turn out the lights. I only realized what this was years after the fact, because the students were never told what was up, but it only happened about as often as a fire drill.
Here in :germany-cool: I think we had something similar, but it's basically a schoolyard rumor because during my entire time at school it never once happened, not even as a drill. We only had fire drills once a year.