What Will It Take For Lugo To Care?
Numerous life threatening events have happened around our communities that students don’t quite take seriously. Whether it’s lack of maturity or ignorance, it is time we take things into consideration more. Not an actual poll.
February 11, 2016
News about active shooters, disastrous earthquakes, and potentially harmful gas leaks have been released time and time again around the Chino area, but to Don Lugo students these stories are not very alarming.
According to a recent active shooter preparedness drill, the casualties that would have occurred had there been an actual attack surpassed 100 dead. This wasn’t because our mock assailants had been particularly skilled that day but because around school, the drill wasn’t being taken seriously as it should have been. There were incidents of teachers carrying on class as usual, classroom doors not being locked, or students opening up doors to let others in.
When drills like these are being taken lightly, I feel it puts the health and safety of the school at risk. Teachers on campus may already be aware of what to do and what guidelines to follow when emergencies happen. However, they also have a responsibility to make sure that we , their students, follow safety guidelines.
As students we need to take these guidelines seriously so that if a real situation was to happen at school, the chances of anyone being hurt are lessened. From personal experience, I can say that students only view these drills as an opportunity to escape the confines of the classroom. High school students turn the opportunity into social hour and disregard the actual purpose of the drills.
About a week ago, Don Lugo had a minor gas leak scare where an entire building had to be evacuated to the gym after lunch. While teachers were questioning whether or not their classrooms were at risk, I thought students took the situation as a great opportunity to enjoy not having to endure class time. One of our female sophomores agreed, “I heard about the gas leak, but I mean it’s a free period for us.”
Students are not interested in situations such as the ones mentioned because they are not happening in their backyards, and that is a problem. We should all care enough about our environment and school to at least start taking things a little more seriously. Otherwise, we might not start to care until a life threatening event does occur a lot closer to home than we prepared for.
