How children are taught to survive school shootings

ALICE teaches teachers and students how to survive in case of a school shooting. Here are their techniques.

[ro-roroyourboat]

What I'm taught right now is to barricade the door and if I'm in the band room, that shooter is most likely getting a sousaphone to the face

[niguigi]

were just taught to turn off the lights hide in the corner and pray to the flying spaghetti monster that the shooter doesnt shoot of the doorknob and walk in

[amandazambrano]

The "stop making fun of me! Everybody made fun of me!" gave me the chills

[dominictorreto]

Yea guys let’s run around the room to “distract” the shooter like the active shooter isn’t gonna shoot anyone that moves

[Pageofrandomness]

The fact children need to be taught this breaks my heart
It shouldn’t be something kids need to worry about happening 💔

[chornethefirstborn]

This idea is hardly better than hiding. Walking out single file? That's absolutely idiotic, it'd be a turkey shoot.

Run for cover and be as chaotic as possible. Jump out the windows. Of course a shooter would wait at the fire exit, you can't just stroll there like a fire drill.

[kiiikk]

We did a lockdown training, this time the principal announced that there is a school lockdown, I thought it was real, I cried a little in the bathroom cubicle silently, but I manned up, the cubicle I go every time I go to the bathroom always has a metal pipe, but there was none :( our school is big, and all the halls were very dark, I slowly walked as I heard footsteps, I climbed in a locker and closed it silently, I watched 2 people walking with a airsoft gun I quickly went to the nearest exit door but all of them were locked obviously, I did not know what to do I observed every hall silently, luckily there were no more than 2 fake school shooters, one went into a class which did not have desks barricaded the other one went the opposite direction, the one in the class taught the students about how to counter shooter attacks, I thought that class was done for so I followed the other fake shooter, I tackled him so he was screaming, this bought attention to everyone and the lights went on as I just sat on the shooter covering his face with my jacket, And then I was like “is this a fake shooting” but I already realized, the principal thanked me because I countered the fake attacker, unfortunately I did not get anything because of my bravery ;(

[lpspurpz]

it's kinda sad. everytime we hear the announcement bell go off everyone has a nervous look on their face.

[ohheyfullmetal]

We used to have training all the time, “The Sitting Duck, ” approach was used all the time when I was younger. My elementary school was in a bad neighborhood and I remember more about hiding in closets than I do about any math lesson. On my first day of sixth grade, last year, there was a shooter in the district and we were all rushing to remember our ALICE training that’s been newly introduced to us. On the Walk Out day last year, we were forced to have a silent protest in the commons, me holding up my friend who was on crutches at the time for an accident in track. It was so quiet. I’ve never seen kids my age so solemn. It felt somber.
This year, I was in Spanish class doing a worksheet. An active shooter drill was supposed to be that day (none of us knew, of course) and the principal came onto the intercom telling us to lock our doors and be silent immediately. She sounded suspiciously afraid and panicked, and even my teacher didn’t know there was a drill. It was terrifying. There were even kids screaming in another class, and we all knew that if it wasn’t a drill, and there really was a shooter, those kids would be heard right away. It wasn’t even real and I was scared to death. I don’t feel safe in school, really. I live in Wyoming- I grew up with guns. Guns don’t bother me. You can kill a person with almost anything.
No, it’s those who decide to come into a place of education and massacre children that makes me afraid to be at school.

[wizpiez]

We’re just taught to hide, but we never have any drills for when it’s lunch time or whatever, this is what makes me scared, we’re so unprepared.

[dakotamoon]

"we're teaching a life skill"

[gokacat]

Imagine a shooter watching this being like "oh so that's how they train I can use there weaknesses"

[dylanking]

IRL i dont think most would dare to charge to the sbooter.

[bikinibottom]

if a student is the shooter they know your every move. You need to take action.

[audrey]

Anyone ever thought of hiding in the locker of the locker rooms, last row?

[rewindedits]

Shooter: *goes in classroom*
Students: YEET

[Interloper]

It fills me with rage to know that we've gotten to the point where this is something we have to learn

[cassidywidner]

there was a school shooting at my school when i was in 2nd grade. My class was in a corner, but the only thing i was really worried about is the fact that my best friend kate wasnt anywhere near my class. She had gone to the restroom when the shooter started the school shooting. I was terrified. The shooter banged on my class room door, and my stupid teacher wasnt prepared and didnt even lock the door. The door opened and everyone started screaming, besides me. He shot 3 of my classmates, killing 2 of them. The cops came in time to seize him. (The total injured/killed kids at my school were 38. 22 killed, 13 injured terribly, and 3 requiring surgery.) The cops escorted our class out of the classroom, I was still looking for my bestfriend. We walked past the girl's restroom, and i saw kate. Dead on the floor. My body froze, and i burst into tears. My teacher was right infront of me and ran to support me. When my mom came to school, she hugged me so tight. She asked if i was okay, and i didnt respond. I didnt talk for 12 days because of that traumatizing, terrifying day.

RIP Kate, i love you.





school shootings are real, it could happen at any time, any day, anywhere.

[EmotionssHub]

And thats why im a silent kid who always makes sure to stay on everyones good or neutral side, incase of a situation like this, i am still bullied though and i don't think its right to take other kids lives even though the mess you cause there in secure and will likely take there own lives in the future

[TofuTeo]

In a school (or office) shooting:

If everyone in the class tackles him at the same time, and the teacher snatches his gun, while several other students hit him with metal bats, stomp on him, chances of survival are pretty high. Strength in numbers. Might get messy, and some could get hurt, but it’s definitely better than other alternatives. Of course this means everyone has to be in-position before he gunman enters the door. For extra safety, have a large padlocked storage at the back of class, so the teacher can immediately throw the gun in and lock the box, while the students continue to attack. It’s good to have a few students pinning down all his limbs so he can’t draw other weapons. New Life Baptist Academy in New Mexico uses their PE lessons to have all their students trained for this! This defence strategy/counter-attack is so random and unpredictable that the gunman won’t be able to prepare for it in advance. There’s a video on YouTube.