Shelter In Place – The New Duck and Cover
The recent history of gun violence in U.S. schools makes the phrase ‘Shelter In Place’ a common expression. Now it seems with the latest posturing East and West, it has new meaning; ‘Duck and Cover’. My childhood fear revisited as an additional burden on young people of today.
I remember seeing the Duck and Cover safety films in in grade school class. Nowadays we laugh about the cute turtle teaching us to avoid the nuclear flash and find shelter. It was absurd to think about surviving such an attack.
Being free to explore and feeling safe were the things I took for granted growing up in America. At least my schoolrooms were safe from assault rifles. Now it seems children must consider another unthinkable danger.
