Better Safe Than Sorry

By Edward Robinson

It's The EdRoboTech.com podcast series, "Ed Is Better With Tech", for March30th, 2018.

This is Episode 35.

I'm Edward Robinson!

People used to use and old adage: "Better Safe Than Sorry" to describe the

process of preparing one's self for the unknown. It still is relevant today.

Unfortunately, the things that we are preparing to shelter against seem more

daunting than in years past:

school shootings

personal attacks

dangerous packages

unstable persons

unsafe pubic interactions

What can you do to protect yourself and your family from harm, when going to work, and coming home from work?

 

Remember Bullying?

A few years ago, in schools we used to teach about aggressive behaviors and

bullying. We described behaviors that one might do to another individual that

were "not okay".

Now students all across the United States, are demonstrating against gun violence. They are using their personal authority to say that what is happening in schools, in terms of violent acts with guns, in particular, is not okay.

They are using:

their voices

their personality

their right to disagree

what they have learned about speaking out and positive change

to call for change in schools for the betterment of everyone.

There have been so many school related tragedies over recent years. There also

have been senseless shootings of individuals where it seemed possible to subdue a suspect without deadly force.

Most of these acts have one thing in common:

these acts have been committed with the use of firearms; either handguns or

rifles.

Collectively, we will have to decide whether this is what we want. If we do not

agree then we must let leadership know that the status quo is not okay.

I don't pretend to have the answers to this complex problem. However, to ignore the real problem is not smart.

Teachers interact with much of the population through education and students.

We must interact with each other in a more collegiate way with mutual respect

and proactive creativity to help make things better.

Better safe than sorry.

Thanks so much for listening... and we'll see you online!