Trevor Collins
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I want to make a difference.
I just hope I never become old and jaded like you.
I stared after her as she turned and walked out.
We'll see.
Later that day, I was teaching my class when the alarm went off.
Crap.
I'd only heard that particular alarm three times in my tenure here.
It meant that there had been a containment breach.
I immediately hit the button to lock the classroom and entered the code to disseminate the gas that would render all of the students into a locked-in state, conscious but calm and incapable of voluntary movement.
Having engaged the safety protocol, I went to the window to view the hallway.
John's room was similarly locked down.
Good.
But then, movement drew my eye.
I glanced to the right.
Megan was jogging down the hallway, looking panicked.
What was she doing?
Didn't she know the protocol?
I turned to her classroom.
The door was wide open.
The kids were streaming out.