I Must Escape This Lockdown Punishment Can Any Mums Help

What is A.L.I.C.E. training and how can it help school children and teachers in the event of an active shooter?

“What is A.L.I.C.E. training and how can it help school children and teachers in the event of an active shooter?”I remember getting training on this program in college. It wasn’t mandatory for all students, but as a RA, we did this training once a year with a couple of the campus police officers. This program was first created to counter active shooters shortly after the Columbine tragedy happened. “ALICE” is an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. It is NOT sequential. Here’s a short description behind each word:Alert – Recognize that there is a threat, overcome any denialLockdown – If evacuating is not an option, barricade the room you are in. Lock the door, push desks, chairs, cabinets, shelves, etc. in front of the door to put more between you and the threat.Inform – call 911 and let all know where the threat is in any discreet way possibleCounter – used as a last resort, to distract the shooter via “movement, noise, and distance”. The program tries to separate this from “Fight”, as it doesn’t teach fighting techniques. Our officers said to throw things (staplers, books, pencils, anything that could be used as a weapon) and to swarm the threat (in order to incapacitate) as an absolute last resort.Evacuate – when safe to do soSo how can it help?The former protocol, compared to ALICE, has been to cower behind a locked door and hope for the best (lockdown drills). If the shooter gets in, tough luck. That option alone is pretty pathetic. ALICE offers an active response which is designed not only to lockdown if necessary, but to notify both students and teachers of the threat and of dangerous locations, to evacuate, and to counteract. This gives both students and teachers a few more tools in order to survive a crisis-situation. Is this the perfect end-all solution? NO. Different circumstances lead to different solutions, but this is a heck of a lot better than choosing to be a sitting duck.

My mom is locking me in the garage for three nights in a row for punishment. Is this legal for a parent to do?

If you are being provided shelter from harmful elements, non expired food and drink, are still being transported to and from school and have access to use water for sewage and shower/hygiene and you're a minor then in the US it is legal. Clearly you're being provided access to the internet, so you also have access to electricity. The only case you'd have is if you are being beaten (as in bruised, broken bones etc.), Not being fed or being fed rotten food, or are not being provided with a sanitary way to rid yourself of waste. If you are NOT a minor, you are being illegally detained (unless you stole something and she caught you doing it and called the police immediately) and you need to call 911. But you'd better have a place to go in that case because you clearly no longer can live there.

What school incident made you want to avoid school?

It was a rainy day and we had an inside lunch (meaning students were allowed to stay in their classes to eat). It was very cold and pouring down with rain and I rushed towards the heated classroom to get sheltered and warm. I saw almost all the students from my class inside and as I went to open the door the handle wouldn't budge and it was locked, the teacher had obviously locked the door before it started raining and the students entered the class through a neighbouring and connecting class. I knocked on the door and called out to them to open the door because I was wet and freezing and everyone ignored me. Thinking that they must've not heard I banged harder on the window for a solid few minutes until my knuckles were bruising before someone turned to me and said “"you're not coming in, we don't like you” they went back to ignoring me. After about 15 minutes of shivering outside while everyone else was warm and cozy inside I decided that the first person must've got in somehow, so I tried the remaining 3 doors that could connect into the class and I finally got inside. I went and sat in the corner to eat my lunch when everyone started screaming at me as if I was an unwanted pest, saying “arrrggghhhh we didn't want you here! Now we have to find somewhere else. Fuck you!” Before twenty something teenagers stood up and left me alone in a classroom. Yes I did get the warm class that I wanted to be in, but now I was as ostracised as you could get and I couldn't have felt any worse. To be honest I would've preferred to spend lunch outside in the cold rain. This kinda behaviour occurred regularly, if we did a team activity in P.E I was guaranteed to be chosen last and a loud grunt/sigh was always let out when some unlucky team was left with me, I always worked alone when other people were in groups, people always shifted their desks away from me if they had to sit near me and I was always treated like a contagious virus.This all happened because someone tried to beat me up for absolutely no reason and I retaliated, then told my mum when she asked why I seemed down. I begged her not to take it anywhere, it was just supposed to stay between her and I. She decided that the school needed to know and told them without my knowledge. I was then labelled the tattletale and everyone hated my guts for the year. Later they all wondered why I had crippling anxiety and was unable to speak in social situations, hmm yeah I wonder. Glad I'm out of there now.

My boyfriend says he lost his weapon while being deployed and he wants me to help him replace it. What should I do?

First, it is very unlikely that he lost his weapon during deployment. Over 2 deployments with thousands of soldiers, I never encountered a legitimate lost weapon story. Weapons are taken seriously, and a lost one shuts down a unit and initiates a massive search. If one is missing, it is normally found pretty quick (I remember one that took 3 days to turn up, but it did).Second, if he did, you can’t replace it - you can’t just go out and buy a military weapon, nor could you ship it to him, and even if you did they would very quickly notice that the serial number on the replacement did not match the number on the property records.I assume he is saying he wants money from you to reimburse the military for the “lost” weapon. If so, know that he is lying about what he needs the money for, which should set off massive alarm bells in your head.So what should you do? You should tell him that you are moving on and break all contact with him and delete him from your life forever. Then go find a better boyfriend.