When I was in elementary school, we always had to line up in orderly fashion, whether it was a fire drill, atomic bomb practice (!!) or… I dunno…. maybe the sky was falling.
Luckily, it was always a drill, never a real occurrence….
Apparently, nothing would have been allowed to befall us… a burning building would have had to just cool its jets, I presume…. while we were herded into two lines…
with kindergarten classes in front, led by their teachers, then 1st grade, 2nd, etc… and marched to the appropriate location….
outdoors for fire, the basement for bombs and tornadoes.
In Cleveland, my little sister would manage to break free of her class, and somehow find me…. we were sitting in neat rows on the floor of a subterranean hallway… and fling herself at my feet, sobbing wildly.
The teachers attempting to drag her away would finally give up, and I’d sit there, mortified, as she hugged my legs and cried, until a bell signified that the school was intact, and we were marched back to our classrooms.
Later, on an Air Force base overseas, we had no basement…. just long buildings with low roofs and outdoor “hallways”.
So if the drill was for atomic bomb safety…. we went outdoors(!!) and stood in rows, unprotected, in the sun.
Teachers advised us to look away from the blast, and brush any fallout from our clothes with our hands.
At one of our local schools, kids leave notes with vague threats hoping school will end early. Instead, they go into lockdown, call every agency in the book, and the kids sit in the auditorium, peeing in buckets, with no food, for hours until the threat is declared “safe!”
x_Tech over 5 years ago
1 Minute
Alright, every out of class and line up.
42 Seconds
Okay, line up alphabetically
27 Seconds
Last name first, first name, middle name last
13 Seconds
2.513 Seconds
Alright, let keep it orde…
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 5 years ago
When I was in elementary school, we always had to line up in orderly fashion, whether it was a fire drill, atomic bomb practice (!!) or… I dunno…. maybe the sky was falling.
Luckily, it was always a drill, never a real occurrence….
Apparently, nothing would have been allowed to befall us… a burning building would have had to just cool its jets, I presume…. while we were herded into two lines…
with kindergarten classes in front, led by their teachers, then 1st grade, 2nd, etc… and marched to the appropriate location….
outdoors for fire, the basement for bombs and tornadoes.
In Cleveland, my little sister would manage to break free of her class, and somehow find me…. we were sitting in neat rows on the floor of a subterranean hallway… and fling herself at my feet, sobbing wildly.
The teachers attempting to drag her away would finally give up, and I’d sit there, mortified, as she hugged my legs and cried, until a bell signified that the school was intact, and we were marched back to our classrooms.
Later, on an Air Force base overseas, we had no basement…. just long buildings with low roofs and outdoor “hallways”.
So if the drill was for atomic bomb safety…. we went outdoors(!!) and stood in rows, unprotected, in the sun.
Teachers advised us to look away from the blast, and brush any fallout from our clothes with our hands.
Yup.
ChucklinChuck over 5 years ago
Can anyone read what’s on the VCR? Or the bottom line on Joy’s sweatshirt?qj,
tcayer over 5 years ago
At one of our local schools, kids leave notes with vague threats hoping school will end early. Instead, they go into lockdown, call every agency in the book, and the kids sit in the auditorium, peeing in buckets, with no food, for hours until the threat is declared “safe!”