Today at school the staff had speakers from the Gang Strike Force, the Bomb Squad, and the ATF. I teach at an interesting school.

Here is a list of things I learned from the Bomb Squad:

-I learned how to make a bomb, only out of household items, that can completely pulverize a wooden mannequin.
-I learned how to make many different kinds of bombs.
-I learned that a Disney lunch box is a convenient place to hide a bomb.
-I learned that many people who think they're funny try to bomb police stations with bombs hidden in Dunkin' Donuts boxes.
-I learned that the Bomb Squad thinks it's a good idea to get students involved in the crisis prevention process. We decided their job would be to sweep the parking lot for suspicious looking packages, and then to pick them up and shake them to make sure they're not bombs.
-I learned that the Bomb Squad's main prevention technique is to "decrease proximity." It's like their answer to "stop, drop, and roll."
-I learned that a lot of times if you get a suspicious package, it's just a ploy to get you to evacuate the building so that snipers can pick you off in the parking lot.
-And finally, I learned that if you call the Bomb Squad to your school, they bring robots and puppy dogs. It's a fact!

I love my job.