Because we are teachers
we take seriously that the first charge we have is to keep our students safe.
At Columbine a coach, William David Sanders, was shot when he went out into the dangerous area probably to try to warn more students.
At Virginia Tech Prof. G. V. Loganathan was shot before his students were, and Professor Liviu Librescu, an Israeli Holocaust survivor, forcibly held the door to keep Cho out so his students could escape from the danger, himself dying for his troubles with shots through the door.
And in Sandy Springs, 6 adult females died trying to protect their students, from principal Dawn Hochsprung and counselor Mary Sherlach to teachers and substitutes - Rachel Davino, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Russo, and Victoria Soto.
In recent years it is hard as a teacher to avoid considering the possibility, of thinking ahead of what we do were we confronted with such a horrible possibility.
A few thoughts
At Columbine a coach, William David Sanders, was shot when he went out into the dangerous area probably to try to warn more students.
At Virginia Tech Prof. G. V. Loganathan was shot before his students were, and Professor Liviu Librescu, an Israeli Holocaust survivor, forcibly held the door to keep Cho out so his students could escape from the danger, himself dying for his troubles with shots through the door.
And in Sandy Springs, 6 adult females died trying to protect their students, from principal Dawn Hochsprung and counselor Mary Sherlach to teachers and substitutes - Rachel Davino, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Russo, and Victoria Soto.
In recent years it is hard as a teacher to avoid considering the possibility, of thinking ahead of what we do were we confronted with such a horrible possibility.
A few thoughts