Group Think to protect from violence. Doesn't the government already conduct that training for employees?
Students are great at working in groups. They practice fire drills. Would it be advisable for children to be trained for a violence attack? It is such a horrible thought. What would it do to their 'innocence' as young people?
My older son is interesting. He lives an interesting life. He and wife decided they wanted to be trained for handguns. They also, along the way, found out it was fun for them to compete. The point is, THEY ARE ADULTS, he learned to think differently when it came to personal safety and the concern for his home. He and she have changed their point of view and attitude about safety. They are interesting to talk to about it.
They are today, what could be said as tough minded. They have a clearer understanding of "us and them." My son took more lessons than his wife and he enjoys his guns now. They are more than simply a protection factor. He has a machine in his workroom to make his own bullets. He is quite good at it. So, for him it has become a hobby as well as an education in self-protection.
But, thinking of him and her, how does that translate into students in a high school or college classroom?
I realize children learn to use guns and even hunt with parents and family, but, that isn't acceptable in all households. So, it would be a real challenge to find a way to educate young people and their teachers about safety for their classrooms.
In college the students change classrooms. It would be more difficult to find a way for all those folks to work together unless there was a specific education they had learn to work together.
My reservation to all is this.
If we are educating children to act as a group to defeat a gunman aren't we also educating the gunman?
I think I'll leave it there.
Students are great at working in groups. They practice fire drills. Would it be advisable for children to be trained for a violence attack? It is such a horrible thought. What would it do to their 'innocence' as young people?
My older son is interesting. He lives an interesting life. He and wife decided they wanted to be trained for handguns. They also, along the way, found out it was fun for them to compete. The point is, THEY ARE ADULTS, he learned to think differently when it came to personal safety and the concern for his home. He and she have changed their point of view and attitude about safety. They are interesting to talk to about it.
They are today, what could be said as tough minded. They have a clearer understanding of "us and them." My son took more lessons than his wife and he enjoys his guns now. They are more than simply a protection factor. He has a machine in his workroom to make his own bullets. He is quite good at it. So, for him it has become a hobby as well as an education in self-protection.
But, thinking of him and her, how does that translate into students in a high school or college classroom?
I realize children learn to use guns and even hunt with parents and family, but, that isn't acceptable in all households. So, it would be a real challenge to find a way to educate young people and their teachers about safety for their classrooms.
In college the students change classrooms. It would be more difficult to find a way for all those folks to work together unless there was a specific education they had learn to work together.
My reservation to all is this.
If we are educating children to act as a group to defeat a gunman aren't we also educating the gunman?
I think I'll leave it there.
