I wrote an essay about how gun violence in schools has affected my life.....

Here is said essay:

Violence in school has severely affected my life. I have been through traumatic experiences related to such topics. It is very frightening and anxious. It is a problem that should've never existed in the first place. Today, I will tell you my experience.

Back in sixth grade, my school had a lockdown. Now in my 504 plan, it is required that I am told about lockdowns and when they are happening. I was not told about this one. When the principal came over the loudspeaker and said "Lockdown, locks, lights, out of sight", I was terrified. My teacher ran to the door, pulled the window tab, turned off the lights, and put in the heavy duty door stop.

Everyone in my class went to the corner of the room, and my teacher went behind her desk. As usual people thought it was a drill and were giggling and whispering to each other. Me being me, I was silent and had multiple thoughts running through my brain, thoughts like "Is this real?", "Why wasnt I told?", and "Am I going to die?"

My mom and I have talked about what I would do if this happened. I would tune out the noises of everyone else, listen for shots outside, and be quiet. If the attacker was to enter the room I would play dead, and if possible smother myself in blood.

After about 5-10 minutes police officers opened the door to my classroom. Following protocol they said "Police!" and asked my teacher if anyone was in there that shouldn't be, she said no. The police closed the door, locked it, and did the same to other classrooms. 

We were on lockdown for 45 minutes before the lockdown was lifted. no weapon or attacker was found and it turned out that some kid thought it would be funny to lie and say he saw a gun. After the lockdown we found out that my science teacher couldn't hear the announcement because her class was too loud. They didn't lock down until my teacher texted her and asked if they were ok. 

This experience was so traumatic that even to this day I am scared. About a week ago my science teacher won teacher of the year. There was applauding, yelling, and someone fired a confetti canon. I thought the confetti canon was a gun and hid in the corner of where I was (the storage room), got so anxious I passed out like a scared goat, and had to sit in the counseling center the rest of the day.

The fact that gun violence in schools has gotten so bad that I and most likely others are scared everyday to come to school is embarrassing. It makes me so very angry that we need to have protocols, safety rooms, and weapons in classrooms (i.e. hammer, baseball bat, etc.). The American Board of Education or whoever is in charge of school safety needs to do something or this will be a problem that will not be able to be prevented. 

sorry for the long read

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That doesn’t make it any better; be more sensitive.

That must be a really hard thing to deal with. I’m very sorry.