tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170685779384983788.post7363266395253335474..comments2014-01-17T02:29:36.317-08:00Comments on Grammy's Ramblings: The Drill About Fire DrillsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553153215212086243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170685779384983788.post-70926736938720782162013-02-22T14:50:36.160-08:002013-02-22T14:50:36.160-08:00Thanks for the memories of fire drills at our scho...Thanks for the memories of fire drills at our school. They were serious business. We didn't want our class to be mentioned over the loud speaker as being too slow to exit the builiding or too noisy. That was a definite "nono". I didn't mind fire drills during nice spring days in May or warm days in June. It broke up the afternoon and we all got some fresh air. Of course, that was usually not the case. They would come at awkward times, right in the middle of your lesson or quiz or right when you be getting ready to go to your cluster. Or on those awful winter days when you so aptly described when you were on the other side of the building and had to go outside in the dead of winter without coats. NOT fun! <br />I was so amused by your polite description of our principal as unpopular. Boy, is that an understatement. I am very impressed with how you handled her description. I will never forget that drill. It was awful! We were all outside freezing for over a hour in the middle of winter without coats. I remember we then had a shortened lunch and no time to get anything to warm ourselves up. I still get the chills remembering how cold I was and the students were just miserable. They were cold and so tired of standing. Not a good day.<br /><br /><br />On a more serious note. The drills of the 50s were before my time and I know there was the threat of nuclear bombs and the hiding under desks (like that was going to help if a bomb was really dropped) but it was still a more innocent time. People didn't come into schools with guns. Except for the no pants for girls and women, those drills were better than today's lockdowns. <br /><br />Thanks for the memories.<br />Brid <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553153215212086243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170685779384983788.post-64806350399986513602013-02-22T08:30:09.206-08:002013-02-22T08:30:09.206-08:00Thanks for the reply. The young ladies of today c...Thanks for the reply. The young ladies of today could not imagine a time when girls could not wear pants to school. The challenges we lived through! HaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553153215212086243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170685779384983788.post-75258058595798992612013-02-22T08:24:52.074-08:002013-02-22T08:24:52.074-08:00Ah, yes, Take Cover, fire, evacuation, and shelter...Ah, yes, Take Cover, fire, evacuation, and shelter drills, to which we down have Lock Downs and Lock Outs. We have always lived in a scary world and teachers had to protect their students, according to the rules for each drill.<br /> <br />Add to the torture of the Take Cover drills when girls wore short, mini-skirts, and stockings with girdles (pantyhose not yet being invented). The long one's legs, the greater the danger of exposing one's secrets to the nosy boys who LOVED these drills.<br /> <br />The permission for women to wear pants (actually pants suits) didn't come to schools until I was in college and then a student teacher. When winter's chill arrived, I cheered the change in regulations.<br /> <br />Thanks for the memories.<br />B.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553153215212086243noreply@blogger.com