A bad idea
By Tim Morris, Columnist
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
... The teacher noted that the first two questions the SWAT team asked as the moved into the classrooms was whether anyone was injured and whether anyone had a gun, "and I wouldn't want to be the person who says, 'Yes, I do,'" the teacher said ...
"There is not a schools person I know who would make this case in any credible manner," Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, told Politico ...
"You're asking the teacher to have the presence of mind to not only do what her instincts compel her to do, but then find her loaded handgun and get in position ... and be a good enough shot -- in the middle of all of this -- so that she can be the marksperson who then maims or kills the intruder with the rifle," Weingarten said. "That may work on a movie, but in real life that is not a situation that most people will -- even those who have been trained -- will be able to do."
And do we end up hiring teachers who are good at teaching, mentoring, guiding and encouraging students to learn and grow into responsible, well-educated adults -- a massive task in itself? Or do we look for those with the best scores on the firing range? ...
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