Or ask a teacher...I mean...

Let me tell you how fun it is to permanently cover all your classroom windows with black paper because we can’t let any shooter know this room is a classroom.

It’s also a joy to practice turning over lab benches to use in the event a shooter gets into the classroom...

I had reorganized my lab prep room (walk in closet size) to ensure an entire class of ~30 teens (and me) could fit as that would put 2 steel doors between us and a shooter.

It’s also fun to have to use codes associated with life threatening intruders so we don’t scare kids.

To top it off...it was a truly fun experience to hear “John Wayne” wannabe male teachers brag about how brave and awesome they would be if they were allowed to bring a gun to school...no, they wouldn’t. I’d be even more terrified if that guy had a gun...as he had anger issues.

Yeah...folks can wear a mask if I could go to my job every day in the Deep South knowing most of these kids had access to arsenals.

#WearAMask

I should clarify...I don’t teach public secondary school any longer.

I did teach for 5 years. This was commonplace.

I returned to collegiate academia.