Drills

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So the past few wednesdays i have been blessed to 'tutor' 1st graders with reading. Its so easy and it goes by so quick. My husband teaches middle school and has stories galore about the craziness of them and their families. Somethings could be prevented and most is just cause people need Jesus and need to seek after him.
Yesterday as we were tutoring they had an 'extreme weather drill'. where everyone calmly goes out in the hall, turn toward the wall sit on their knees and bend over like a ball with their hands on the back of their heads. one teacher said its easier to keep learning with a broken hand than head so keep your hands over the back of your head.
The only drills i remember are the fire drills, where you go outside and stand in a line and pretend to watch your school burn down. I have never lived anywhere that they drill for earthquakes or extreme weather...have you? What drills did you do as a yungen?

Comments

Stephanie said…
How fun! Did those little ones wear you out? We do fire drills and tornado drills at our school. It's wild!
12:41 PM
Jen McManus said…
We did earthquake drills!! Some teachers would have fun with them and actually scream out "earthquake" and shake their desk or make a loud noise.
2:44 PM
Rob said…
We lived in Kansas and had these drills on a regular basis.
7:22 AM
Susan Kimmel said…
i guess that is just one more bonus of living on the east coast, not alot of crazy drills, or maybe we are so chill we just take it as it goes hahahah :) Jen i can totally see you being that teacher shaking desks and scaring the kiddos :)
3:24 PM
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