Organized Chaos

After all of the school shootings in the past, and all of the young lives that have been lost, The Independent School District of Burleson, Texas is the first country to try and prevent a gunman entering a school and killing it's students by a program called Organized Chaos. Organized Chaos is very simple, but in my opinion it could have many negative repercussions. When a gunman enters the classroom and has his weapon drawn the children are taught by the program to act like a pack of wild animals; they are told to start screaming and running around , throwing desks, chairs, books, and staplers. etc. anything that would confuse the gunman so he won't have the ability to shoot right away. If the gunman does shoot, and someone gets killed, yes it is only one life and is better than all the children being killed, but an innocent child is still killed from school violence. The gunman is outnumbered, but by small children and the gunman has the more effective weapon. If there was more than one gunman, children would still die. The gunman may be more likely to get aggravated and start shooting more at whatever comes in front of him first if the children act unruly and start attacking the gunman. If the children saw the weapon and the attacker they may be too frightened to move, and if a few children didn't move and others did, the child not moving would be an easy target and lives would still be lost and the plan wouldn't have worked.

There are other forms of security that can prevent school tragedies such as Columbine and the Lancaster shootings from happening.

If a student plans on shooting others, how would anyone know? If they used metal detectors on all doors of the school buildings then the child or individual entering the school building wouldn't be able to bring in a weapon into the school. It may be a hassle to check every child that the metal detector goes off for but if it may save lives it could be worth it. In Philadelphia last week a young girl brought a gun into school, when she confronted her teacher she said she brought it because she was afraid to walk without her brother home from school. It may have been an innocent mistake, but what if someone were to grab that gun away from her and use it? It could have been one of many other school shootings. Police officers should also be present at all schools incase of emergencies. In my high school there often were police officers