Staying Up Late - a Teacher Reflects on 25 Years of Guns in Classrooms
Last night I stayed up late watching the documentary Parkland: Inside Building 12, something I found just before bedtime while I was streaming surfing. My husband asked me today why I stayed up so late. I told him that I was just not able to stop watching. He didn't understand. Just now I watched the Active Shooter Safety Training video for my university. I imagine many of my colleagues did not even notice the email saying we should watch it. It references the Parkland shooter. I was in a high school classroom as a first year teacher the day after Columbine. My school implemented "Code C" emergency response drills shortly thereafter. My classroom had a full wall of windows that ended in an emergency exit on the first floor. I remember thinking, "There is nowhere to hide." Columbine changed everything. My own children were in kindergarten the day of Sandy Hook. I saw the news on my social media feed. I left my computer to watch the breaking news on TV, and I didn
