When I was a kid in school we occasionally had fire drills. The alarm would ring and we would all file out of the school in an orderly fashion and wait until it was "safe" to go back inside. It was all very fun because we got to get out of class for a little while. There were always thoughts of seeing that old schoolhouse burn.
When my kids started going to school, they had fire drills and they also had earthquake drills so that they would know what to do in case of an earthquake.
The other day Laura told me that they were going to be having a lockdown drill. She explained to me that this is a drill where they prepare for an intruder in the school or on the school grounds. No one is allowed in the hallways and everyone has to stay in their classroom. Both doors are locked and the blinds are shut until the threat has passed.
It is a necessary drill but it's something that I just didn't think about. How times have changed. It really makes one wonder what will be next.
"Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again." -Goethe
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought." -Dhammapada
"How soon not now becomes never." -Martin Luther
"Even the longest journey begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb
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