Stop, Drop, and Roll Options

[NatiMarie]

You know those procedures you have to do in school...
gah they can get so annoying. Like in earthquakes they make you go under the desk.
I'm freaking tall for pete's sake...I can't fit under the desk anymore. Seriously...if I was in an earthquake, my body would be dead because my head would be saved but my lower half would get chopped off since it would be sticking out of the desk.

lol

So what do you think about these procedures?

And yes...I turned crazy today.
:]

[sharerol]

Haha, I like them cuz it wastes time. Well, at least in our school, it does. And it's funny cuz when we all crawl under our desks that we can barely fit in and look at each other and start laughing.

[inthemudhole]

Yeah.
I hate those.
Especially the tornado drills and the security drills we have to endure at my school every once in a while.
Fire drills are okay, and stop drop and roll is just dumb.

[sharerol]

Er, we don't get many of those. We just usually get fire drills and earthquake drills.

[pbear]

we have fire drills, but all it is is standing outside for a few minutes. and hey, you get to see your friends from other classes for a few seconds and miss class too. so yeah, yay fire drills.

[*jooleeah*]

Idyll Posted on Nov 14 2004, 8:46 PM
  we have fire drills, but all it is is standing outside for a few minutes. and hey, you get to see your friends from other classes for a few seconds and miss class too. so yeah, yay fire drills. 

yeah, same here.

[lil_shadow]

erm...we don't have tornado drills...or earthquake drills...because i live in the northeast? i duno. well we have firedrills anyways. haha i wouldnt be able to fit under a desk either. too tall.

[*tweeak*]

its not possible to fit under our desks, so we either sit there and duck down when admin walk by, or curl up by the wall. either way, quite unpleasant and useless

[HelloSunshine]

we basically only have two drills - earthquake and fire...for fire, when we hear the alarm, we automatically get out of our seats, go down the stairs, out to the playground, and line up not facing the school building..*sigh* lol..and for earthquake, we go under our desks, not facing the window, with one hand, cover the back of our necks, and with the other, hold onto the leg of the desk..yup ..haha i like fire drills the best because you get to see friends from other grades and say hi to them hahaha

[hi-C]

We had a fire drill in the Arts and Science building of my university. Way too many people in the stairwells. In a real fire, we'd all be dead.

At least it got me out of part of my Cleopatra class

[pAtRiCk_sTar]

haha, yeah some of em are really corny. once when i was little they made us get under the tables and then the teachers would start pounding on the table and shaking it trying to imitate a real earthquake. really wierd. but i guess they're OK. i mean, ya get to miss a couple of minutes from classtime, n u never know when there might be a real emergency. it has happened @ my school b4

[*stephinika*]

meh. they're okay. my school is seriously freaky about safety though...its kinda funny sometimes. but yeah they take up class time so whatever.

[xSiLLyMex]

Those r funny!! nobody actually fits underneath the desks, so everyone starts crackin up. Then the teachers wouldn't let us come up. So we had to crouch under there for lyk 5 minutes, nd then our necks would hurt lyk hell wen we get up. lol

[*wind&fire*]

ahaha that reminds me in chem we where finding the combustion of ethanol and these guys spilt it and i lit and this guys shoe started to burn...

[hair products]

on south park they tell you to duck and cover when a volcano erupts

[waccoon]

Yeaaah, if an a-bomb hits us, ducking under our desks won't really help.

[*x____duckii*]

Fire drills are okay, and stop drop and roll is just dumb.

The stop, drop, `n roll rule is so stupid. I remember one time my teacher told me what was the first rule for fire drills (he thought I would say 'be quiet?), but instead I said, "stop, drop, `n roll!"

[waccoon]

The stop, drop, `n roll rule is so stupid. I remember one time my teacher told me what was the first rule for fire drills (he thought I would say 'be quiet?), but instead I said, "stop, drop, `n roll!" Anyways, can't you just walk instead of stop, drop, `n roll?

Oh n0ez! I'm on fire!

..
*walks towards playground*

The stop drop and roll thing is for when you're on fire, not when the fire bell rings.

[Teesa]

Yeaaah, if an a-bomb hits us, ducking under our desks won't really help.

yeah seriously lol..those drills are ok i guess..wastes time

[*x____duckii*]

The stop drop and roll thing is for when you're on fire, not when the fire bell rings.

I know, I know... I meant can't you just walk when there's a fire instead?

[innovation]

we get sniper drills.

[iheartsimba]

i dont mind, time away from class

[jennyjenny]

earthquake drills?
tornado drills?


We only have fire drills.
And it's okay , i guess.
Wastes time.
But i HATE in the winter when it's freezing cold and shit...
And we have to go out side..
where all the teachers can get their jackets...

[teenprincess]

it's fun caue it's just a waste of time and you don't have to do classwork. I remember we had to do it during lunch, that kinda sucked

[miss barnes]

we only have fire drills where we just walk outside, but we probably are going to have the other one too

[hi-C]

we get sniper drills.

I remember the sniper thing. One day, when I was on the bus, we saw a white van in our neighboorhood, and as we passed it we were like "AAHH!!! SNIPER!!!" and ducked down. The driver looked at us like we were crazy.

I'm from MD, where are you from?

Yeaaah, if an a-bomb hits us, ducking under our desks won't really help.

So true.

[ANG33ZY]

The last drill I did was a fire drill and all we had to do was line up outside...

[aznbabiicutie]

in our school, we only do firedrills.

[aznxdreamer]

i love drills. you get a break from writing, especially bomb or fire drills cuz then you get to go outside and get a lil fresh air. lock downs are cool too cause the lights are off and everyones huddled in a corner. heh...im drill-fetish.

for those of you who dont know what lock downs are, ther drills were the principal thinks theres someone "unsafe" on school campus and then we all have to lock our doors, close the shutters, turn off the lights and huddle in a place where the someone "unsafe" cant see us. mighty fun in my opinion.

we dont have any earthquake or tornado drills. i live in arizona. nothing happened around here...including rain.

this one time, when my brother was in middle school. they had a bomb drill and they got to spend the entire day at the park next to the school while the cops went in and checked out the school. no fair

[EnrapturedElf]

lol we haff to do that too!! and everybody starts screaming when the fire bell rings! hahaha we also have code 99 drills lol
one time we had a code red drill cuz there was a boy who was threatening to shoot himself in the head with a gun at our skool.

[waccoon]

I remember the sniper thing. One day, when I was on the bus, we saw a white van in our neighboorhood, and as we passed it we were like "AAHH!!! SNIPER!!!" and ducked down. The driver looked at us like we were crazy.

I'm from MD, where are you from?


So true.

Fairfax county, VA.

[Chaos13]

i never liked those but you get to skip seconds of your classess!

[*[2]Nekked*]

You know those procedures you have to do in school...
gah they can get so annoying. Like in earthquakes they make you go under the desk.
I'm freaking tall for pete's sake...I can't fit under the desk anymore. Seriously...if I was in an earthquake, my body would be dead because my head would be saved but my lower half would get chopped off since it would be sticking out of the desk.

lol

So what do you think about these procedures?

And yes...I turned crazy today.
:]

you're supposed to get into the fetal position once you're under the desk, so your lower half of your body shouldnt be sticking out.

and jesus, its a school.. what do you want them to do? they're just doing the best they can with what the have... dont you think that maybe theres just tooo many people inside a school to have a procedure that is 100% safe?

[NatiMarie]

Nekked,Nov 17 2004, 6:00 AM] you're supposed to get into the fetal position once you're under the desk, so your lower half of your body shouldnt be sticking out.

and jesus, its a school.. what do you want them to do? they're just doing the best they can with what the have... dont you think that maybe theres just tooo many people inside a school to have a procedure that is 100% safe?

You see, I'm pretty tall. I can't get into fetal position. I've tried...won't happen.
=P
About 87% of the class can't fit under the desk. Yeah they can't make a procedure that's 100% safe but point being, most of the procedures are quite useless and shouldn't be taught over...and over...and over...and over.

[shawty_redd]

haha
we used to have to practice procedures incase terrorists or strange mental people came into ur school...

[StarryEyedSurpri...]

stop,drop and roll is retarded. If im on fire, the last thing on my mndis the whole stop drop and roll, even tho it would probably save me.

[*[2]Nekked*]

You see, I'm pretty tall. I can't get into fetal position. I've tried...won't happen.
=P
About 87% of the class can't fit under the desk. Yeah they can't make a procedure that's 100% safe but point being, most of the procedures are quite useless and shouldn't be taught over...and over...and over...and over.

err.. no. every little thing helps in a situation like that. what would you rather lose first? your face? or your feet?

im thinking your feet.

[BigPappaSmurf]

Haha, I like them cuz it wastes time. Well, at least in our school, it does. And it's funny cuz when we all crawl under our desks that we can barely fit in and look at each other and start laughing.

i agree , but we dont have earthquakes here in missouri we have tornado and fire and like always have "code red" lock down, but thats usualy cuz there busting out the drug dogs hmm.

[sammi rules you]

as if hiding under a desk would help you in an earthquake anyway..

[*[2]Nekked*]

as if hiding under a desk would help you in an earthquake anyway..

um..yeah it would. if something fell from the ceiling, itd land on the desk. and not your head.



jesus what do they teach you people in school?!

[waccoon]

Nekked,Nov 18 2004, 2:04 PM] um..yeah it would. if something fell from the ceiling, itd land on the desk. and not your head.



jesus what do they teach you people in school?!

Consider who you're talking to.

[Suesterrx]

sometimes they're cool and sometimes not
like once i had a math test, and before it started, they shut off the lights, told us to close all the blinds and stay quiet, and we missed the math test, and i had an extra day to study
and once it was friggen freezing out and we had to sit on metal bleachers..

[azn hunni xox]

Hehe, we only have fire and earthquake drills...

Fire drills are okay.. except we have to stand outside for fivteen minutes in the cold. Haha, we don't have to do all that stop, drop and roll stuff...

I guess the earthquake thing did come in handy... Even though the earthquake we had back a few years was REALLY mild... haha it juz barely shook the desks.

Ah, well, I guess they just want you to make sure you don't freak out in a fire or earthquake, or whatever else safety thing you have to do. And they just wanna mek sure you're safe... so...

[sweetxsimplicity]

Actually, during an earthquake, you shouldn't be under a desk because you will get crushed. You should just sit near a big object so everything that falls is most likely to not hit you.

[smallcity]

i am in HONG KONG and there isn't any friggin earthquake
hehehhehe

[waccoon]

Actually, during an earthquake, you shouldn't be under a desk because you will get crushed. You should just sit near a big object so everything that falls is most likely to not hit you.

Wtf? That makes no sense. Your damn desk won't snap and hit you, and even if it does, it's what - a two foot drop? If the lamp falls from the ceiling, that's at least a ten foot drop on top of your head.

[MarilynMonroe]

You know those procedures you have to do in school...
gah they can get so annoying. Like in earthquakes they make you go under the desk.
I'm freaking tall for pete's sake...I can't fit under the desk anymore. Seriously...if I was in an earthquake, my body would be dead because my head would be saved but my lower half would get chopped off since it would be sticking out of the desk.

lol

So what do you think about these procedures?

And yes...I turned crazy today.
:]

Good point.

[mirage]

i am in HONG KONG and there isn't any friggin earthquake
hehehhehe

man, i miss hong kong, where there's no earthquake or tornado but then, it doesn't snow in hong kong.. sooo, i donno, haha

[weirdness]

i dont get any drills at all. maybe like twice we got a fire drill. but that was ok because we all just go outside for 30 seconds and come back in. kills class time lol

i guess if its too many at once it gets annoying

[FALLENstar009]

WE have Tornado Drills and Fire drilsl and the BASE drill. (like an emergency shut down)
In the base drill we have to go to the darkest part of the room and lock the doors. But kids end up making out with people hoping its a person of the opposite sex...

[faithin_felix]

huh? fire?

stop drop and roll. the old days..

[*[2]Nekked*]

Actually, during an earthquake, you shouldn't be under a desk because you will get crushed. You should just sit near a big object so everything that falls is most likely to not hit you.

um..wrong? the desk breaks the fall, sweetheart. learn your physics.

[xbernaa]

those actually halp when there is an emergency..and it wastes time..