Not too long ago, a father or mother posted an image on Fb of a particular door-securing mechanism, saying “all dad and mom, academics, and PTO of us ought to find out about this.”
Our faculty already has them in each classroom.
I wished to answer that possibly if extra dad and mom truly spent extra time in our colleges slightly than judging from the sidelines, they might be extra educated about what’s actually happening.
I wished to inform them how my colleagues and I’ve needed to watch footage of the Parkland taking pictures, together with actual cellphone video of children screaming and being shot.
We endured hours of coaching, with some trainers just a little too gung ho about utilizing pretend weapons to shoot a number of toes from our heads to see if we might make use of “combat or flight” in actual time.
I wished to clarify how the identical trainers tried to gaslight us into believing lack of life at Sandy Hook may have been “prevented” if a substitute trainer had been “correctly skilled” like we have been.
I wished to say that if the parents in our district selected to be extra caring and inclusive each day slightly than utilizing our board conferences to ban books and curriculum, then possibly we wouldn’t be on this place.
I wished to say {that a} door guard is supposedly the “remedy,” nevertheless it received’t stop faculty shootings from occurring.
How about encouraging extra psychological well being consciousness, hiring extra counselors, and taking a restorative justice strategy to college students’ conduct issues?
I wished to say that whereas their posts about door guards and praises of extra closely armed colleges makes them “really feel higher,” ignoring all the basis causes—like mentally disturbed people getting their arms on military-grade weapons—makes me really feel a lot worse.
I wished to say these items and a lot extra, however you see, I reside and work in the identical district the place I educate. My children are buddies with their children. My children and my profession would pay the worth for my “unpopular” opinions.
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