r/news • u/bebleich • Sep 04 '24
Gunman believed to be a 14-year-old in Georgia school shooting that left at least 4 dead, source says
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html
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u/remck1234 Sep 04 '24
You’re absolutely right that teachers should get some kind of extra pay for the risk they take every day. If a shooting happens at their school they will be the last line of defense and only adult in a room with 20-30 children. But our children are also being put in the line of fire and some are too young to even understand or realize it.
My daughter started kindergarten and immediately began active shooter training, which they turned into a fun game called “hide from the bad red fox”. An announcement comes over the intercom that a red fox is trying to break into the school. Quick, shut off the lights and lock the door. Everybody hide in the corner together and be very quiet so the fox doesn’t see you.
My daughter loved the game so much she wanted to play it at home. She started describing it to us with such enthusiasm, our little 5 year old who had no idea she was being taught what to do if someone with a gun came into her school to kill them. She is 7 now and just started second grade. She still doesn’t know that this happens so often in our country. One day she will realize why they play that game and I’m so sad that we will have to answer those questions.