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There are so many reasons this was stupid. The actor obviously could have been injured or killed had one of those teachers been wound a little tight. Even in the absence of guns, imagine getting beaten to death with a dictionary, or clocked on the noggin with a fire extinguisher by the teacher who was using the rest room when he burst in.
That aside, exactly how was this supposed to test their security training? Aren't teachers supposed to lock their classroom doors, put the kids up against the safest wall or on the floor, keep the kids calm, dial 9-1-1 via cell phone, and then cower in the corner?
They weren't in their classrooms, they were in the library. From the sounds of it they never had the opportunity to lock any doors because the actor burst in and opened fire. There were no simulated kids freaking out and running around crying to test their ability to calm the students and order them against the wall. (and even if there were,it wouldn't have helped since the door wasn't locked and the attacker was already in the room. Lining them up would have just made it easier to pick 'em off)
So basically what the teachers here got to practice was getting the sh*t scared out of them, and cowering in the corner, and (if this was real world) getting killed by a crazed gunman who they were in no way prepared for.
I wonder how the cops and pricipal can say "They performed really well." REALLY? Which part did they excell at? The part where they screamed, the part where they were terrified, or the part where the Scary Intrudersimulated shooting them to death in the library?
Well isn't that peachy. I'll sure sleep better at night knowing that the teachers are properly trained to be victims.
