Yesterday my daughter's school had a Code Red drill. I haven't felt a conviction thus far to home school my kids, but this could push me a little closer to considering the option.
If you don't know what a code red drill is...it is a drill to prepare students to hide should an intruder enter the school. Columbine of course comes to mind and most recently the Amish school shooting.
My daughter shared how they practiced finding a good hiding spot in their classroom and how happy she was that the teacher didn't make her move - it meant she had found a good spot to hide. She shared how if they were outside they had the choice to run inside to hide or they could find a place to hide outside. If they're in the hall they need to find the closest classroom or bathroom. My heart breaks.
This shouldn't be a concern for our children but sadly it is. As much as this upsets me, I am glad that preventive measures are taken but I pray they'll never be used. The reality is that this could happen at home too. An intruded could just as easily enter the home and attack. So, I shouldn't be so quick to want to pull my kids from school because it really isn't a school system issue....it's a society issue. What are your thoughts?
7 Comments:
When I was in school we had drills in case of nuclear attack. Either way you look at it, it is the loss of innocents and the cost of growing up in our world. I wish I could make it all go away.
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Aunt Murry, at 2:21 PM
You know though, the nuclear attacks never happened ... these are happening. It is scary! Yuck. Even scarier, is that I don't think they've done these at Sporty's school.
hmm.
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Addie, at 4:32 PM
I am pretty pro homeschooling, but I really think each family just has to pray about where God wants them to be.
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I don't always agree with her, but she has brought up some very good points that make me realized even though it is much tougher than I thought--it's worth it.
Robin
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Anonymous, at 9:02 PM
oh dear. Oh dear, dear, dear. My heart breaks.
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Pfingston, at 11:24 PM
Living in Hickville--we've never dealt with that sort of thing. But I guess the Amish shootings prove that it could happen here too. It's just so sad...
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Michelle- This One's for the Girls, at 6:24 AM
That IS so sad... I can't believe it has come to this. Though, as was commented, I remember doing drills for nuclear stuff too (I grew up near a nuclear power plant so that was always a potential threat)... at least the school is preparing the kids, though I pray to God that the drill never has to be implemented for real...
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Courtney, at 7:08 PM
The reason I homeschool my kids isn't because of what may or may not happen. It's because of what does happen. Not a Columbine scenerio or a nuclear attack, but the social engineering, parental undermining, and values clarification that is forced on the children every day in the schools.
Maybe they will get a better education at home, or maybe they won't. But the Bible never told me to raise my children up to be good readers or excellent mathematicians. But it did say to teach them the Word and to train them up in the way that they should go.
The fact that they get a better education at home is only a bonus.
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jagular, at 6:12 AM
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