That's why you train for it, practice it like you do other emergency situations. For example, (and you can skip to about 1:10 if you don't want to watch the whole thing):
We've already begun the process at my school of training the students. We haven't gotten to the "swarm" part yet, but we will eventually.
Then, with all due respect, you're behind on the current trends. More and more, schools are moving to this type of reaction. We know for a fact that crouching in a corner is not working. So when there is an active shooter, those who can flee will do so and those who are in the so-called "hot zone" have to be ready to attack, using whatever projectiles/weapons they can find.
And this is better than having a few armed teachers in what way?
I never said arming the teacher puts the students in more danger, though the idea of loosely trained people firing wildly in a crazy situation does suggest there could be mistakes. My argument against arming teachers was the firearm changes the dynamic of the relationship between teacher and student.
Why would you think that they would have to be not trained well. How difficult do you think it is to shoot a gun? I understand that if there was a shooting that there would be panic, but I see nothing wrong if a gunman or gunmen entered a school classroom and the teacher had the children hide under their desks while the teacher could take cover behind his or her desk and shoot the gunman. That would be better than throwing erasers, pencils and books I think.
Also, I don't have a problem with armed guards either, but what makes you think that they would be any more well trained? MOST people have not been in such a situation.
No one said they did. But I've already explained just a few of the ways they could find out.
It would be easy enough to make it so that no one found out who was carrying and who was not. Do they know what color underwear you wear too?
Being a student and being a teacher are not even close to the same thing. When I was a student, my parents would tell me this and I wouldn't believe them. Now that I'm a teacher, I understand completely.
I'm also a parent . . . so I don't know what point you are trying to make here.
What's odd about saying there is a relationship between a teacher and a student? Is there not a relationship between those you interact with on a daily basis? Of course there is. Do you not have a relationship with your co-workers you have to deal with? Do you not have a relationship with your boss? To argue there's not a relationship between student and teacher is mind-boggling. I really don't understand why people are having such a problem understanding this.
What's odd about it is that you are trying to somehow link a relationship with the students to a teacher carrying concealed.
I'm not talking about a romantic relationship, which is what a few of you have suggested I meant. Maybe that clears things up?
I was making no such assumptions. I was just commenting that I don't see how it fits in with this conversation.
Meow? Are you a cat now? You made a statement saying I did not explain what I meant. I directed you to the specific post which showed I did explain. It's really quite simple.
In other words, you're getting an attitude.