tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post1072651049900641546..comments2023-09-25T21:22:28.439-04:00Comments on Cup Of Joe Powell: More on The Student Field Trip Gone WrongJoe Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-43340261870329464762007-05-17T16:25:00.000-04:002007-05-17T16:25:00.000-04:00won't someone think of the children?won't someone think of the children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-66168768468366094862007-05-15T20:10:00.000-04:002007-05-15T20:10:00.000-04:00Yet another good take on it all, Joe.One of the th...Yet another good take on it all, Joe.<BR/><BR/>One of the things that is really getting to me about this whole thing is the teachers' response that it was a "drill". Rachel @ Women's Health News initially pegged this right at Volunteer Voters and I totally agree - in all my years of being a student who was involved in many fire drills and tornado drills, and then in 25+ years of healthcare where I was involved in both those and disaster drills as well - never once were we not told, and usually days beforehand, that it was a drill, and normally what was expected.<BR/><BR/>Taking that one step further, I read a response to this whole mess earlier today written by a military veteran (I'm sorry, I don't recall where) where he referred to the many attack-type drills he was involved in while in the military. He stated - once again just like before - they were never, ever told it was "not a drill". <BR/><BR/>Well, of course they weren't. To not specify ahead of time that an "attack" was a "drill" could well have resulted in lives lost!<BR/><BR/>So yeah, I'm pretty much thinking that if it's good enough for the military to do so, it should be good enough for a group of sixth graders. I just can't help but shake my head over it.Lynnsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417014594378784447noreply@blogger.com