That’s probably true. But I remember thinking, well this is stupid, every time we crawled under the desks. I also remember thinking that I wasn’t going to worry much about it because there was nothing to do be done if we were hit with an atomic bomb. Kids knew it was worth nothing to go under those desks -they aren’t stupid. And while I’…
That’s probably true. But I remember thinking, well this is stupid, every time we crawled under the desks. I also remember thinking that I wasn’t going to worry much about it because there was nothing to do be done if we were hit with an atomic bomb. Kids knew it was worth nothing to go under those desks -they aren’t stupid. And while I’m sure there were many who were fearful, my experience was that my classmates and I just ignored it and went on with life.
As a teacher now, my students do see the ridiculousness in our world and I have hope that they may save us someday. I know there are many young people who are easily led astray from truth, but I see more who see through the lies than not.
I remember in 3rd grade we would laugh about how futile it was to hide under our desk. We got a kick out of it because even at that age we knew it was beyond ridiculous.
Especially after they showed photos of people wearing mask that made them look like giant anteaters to protect from “fallout!” Forget this flimsy desk, where were OUR masks?! (Little did we know they were coming later…)
Lord, let me be the last one ever to be thought of as defending the competence of the government…
That being said, it’s not a bad idea to use whatever cover is available to you any event of a bad thing including a nuclear explosion. Those bombs especially way back then we’re not very precise and all sorts of phenomena and guidance malfunctions could send them many miles off course. So of course if your school or whatever is in the blast radius - well you’re dead anyways but what if you’re only far enough away that the concussion shatters your glass? Then being underneath the desk is a good thing. So to me it seems kind of practical that the people who are going to die are gonna die no matter what they do and the people who are fortunately far enough away to live should use every means available to them to protect themselves and get to safety.
As is true worldwide, kids in school find that any distraction from the boring schoolwork is entertaining. Hence, protests, "furries", desk-diving. We thought it was fun!
I thought the same way, Kim - and I also thought "Why would I even WANT to survive an atom bomb?" The horrible repercussions that last for several generations are enough to make me want to "beam up" to heaven in atomic particles!
I was in Germany for most of the ’dive under the desk’ practice. We didn’t have those drills. We knew the US would not bomb us, at least not deliberately, and we were too close to Russia for them to risk fall-out drift.
That’s probably true. But I remember thinking, well this is stupid, every time we crawled under the desks. I also remember thinking that I wasn’t going to worry much about it because there was nothing to do be done if we were hit with an atomic bomb. Kids knew it was worth nothing to go under those desks -they aren’t stupid. And while I’m sure there were many who were fearful, my experience was that my classmates and I just ignored it and went on with life.
As a teacher now, my students do see the ridiculousness in our world and I have hope that they may save us someday. I know there are many young people who are easily led astray from truth, but I see more who see through the lies than not.
I remember in 3rd grade we would laugh about how futile it was to hide under our desk. We got a kick out of it because even at that age we knew it was beyond ridiculous.
Especially after they showed photos of people wearing mask that made them look like giant anteaters to protect from “fallout!” Forget this flimsy desk, where were OUR masks?! (Little did we know they were coming later…)
So true!
Lord, let me be the last one ever to be thought of as defending the competence of the government…
That being said, it’s not a bad idea to use whatever cover is available to you any event of a bad thing including a nuclear explosion. Those bombs especially way back then we’re not very precise and all sorts of phenomena and guidance malfunctions could send them many miles off course. So of course if your school or whatever is in the blast radius - well you’re dead anyways but what if you’re only far enough away that the concussion shatters your glass? Then being underneath the desk is a good thing. So to me it seems kind of practical that the people who are going to die are gonna die no matter what they do and the people who are fortunately far enough away to live should use every means available to them to protect themselves and get to safety.
As is true worldwide, kids in school find that any distraction from the boring schoolwork is entertaining. Hence, protests, "furries", desk-diving. We thought it was fun!
I thought the same way, Kim - and I also thought "Why would I even WANT to survive an atom bomb?" The horrible repercussions that last for several generations are enough to make me want to "beam up" to heaven in atomic particles!
Right!
I was in Germany for most of the ’dive under the desk’ practice. We didn’t have those drills. We knew the US would not bomb us, at least not deliberately, and we were too close to Russia for them to risk fall-out drift.