thank goodness someone spoke up and that the school had a plan for if/when this kind of thing happened.

very scary to think of the progression of 'safety drills' that schools have gone through from the 1950's until now. nuclear duck and cover drills, storm drills, earthquake drills and now lockdown drills and 'play dead fish' is being taught to little kids in case of weapons attack at school.

we learned the duck and cover under desk for earthquakes but never had to hear a teacher telling us to 'play dead fish' and lay on ground still as if we were a dead fish.

very glad to read you're okay mandazzle. your school will probably provide counselors for the next week or so to help ppl w/ any feelings that arise from such a scary event.

it is good you're writing about it and letting the forums know what's going on w/ you. keep posting as you need to so that you don't feel you're alone in all of this.

again, glad you're okay and glad the school and authorities had plan for safety of all students/faculty.