A Little Safety Training Goes a Long way

In light of the news lately, I want to share this with you. Feel free to comment with your thoughts.

Learning happens best in a safe environment. While we can't make our places of learning 100% safe, I believe that for every instructor and student who has a plan, we are that much safer.  Training is not bowing to fear, but rising to the occasion. 

After 9-11 we learned that terrorist attacks were meant to do just that: terrorize our way of life. Freedom is squashed if people cannot live without fear. Have our lives changed since then? Yes, we have to be more conscious of security. School shootings have the same impact. I know when they happen at other schools, it can be shaking for us--and we can always talk about these things in class. But we are stronger and braver than fear, or the events that cause it. We don't have to be afraid, and we don't have to try to ignore the news in order not to be afraid. We can do what we do best at college: use our smarts to prepare ourselves for whatever may come. 

I like this video because it breaks down the three simple things we can do in this kind of emergency. I know we talked about them in class, but this makes it easy to remember. In my mind, as long as we have a plan, we're safe--we can go about our lives without fear. Of course I think it would also be a blast to practice our plan too--kindergarten kids do--but maybe I'm getting carried away...maybe I should teach self-defense instead...

...Thoughts.....?