Parents: Talk to Your Kids About Self-Defense

News of another violent attack by a high school student is coming out of Pittsburgh today.  We are told that there was just one perpetrator and twenty victims of stabbing.  That seems like an incredibly high ratio and one that should alert parents to the importance of talking with their kids about self-defense.

Here are a few questions were are not likely to hear asked by "reporters":

• What self-defense/protective measures are teachers supposed to use in case of violent attack?
• How many of the students in school were carrying knives for self-defense?  
• Did any of the victims have access to a stun-gun or pepper spray?
• Was there any other sort of weapon (i.e. a baseball bat) available to the students for self-defense purposes?  

Parents please talk to your kids about self-defense.  Their action could not only save their life but also the lives of other children.

Teachers Will Be Carrying Guns to School...

Add this to the long list of important civil rights issues that the U.S. is falling behind the rest of the world, the security of teachers and students in government detention centers schools.   Shooters may think twice before entering a school building in Thailand.  Here is the story about the recent fatal school shootings from the Bangkok Post:

"Over the past few months, teachers have been singled out for attacks by insurgents, with five teachers shot in less than a month, four of them fatally."

In response to this security breach in government schools the NSC responded, see this from the Post:

"National Security Council secretary-general Lt Gen Paradorn Patthanathabutr said the council could hand out bulletproof vests to teachers straight away.

Mr Sermsak added that each of the three southernmost provinces had been granted the authority to consider issuing gun licences to teachers so that they may legally carry them in public.

The strengthened security measures have improved morale among southern teachers, Mr Sermsak said."

Teachers the world over (especially those employed by the State) should follow in Thailand's footsteps and move to protect students in the classroom.