Fire drill

You’re actually trying to stay focused during class, are stressing out because of an upcoming deadline or are brainstorming with your teacher when suddenly, the fire alarm sets off. Everyone out of the building!!

In primary school, we had a fire drill at least twice a year. The first time, the school told us the date and time about a week before the actual drill, and the second time it was beyond our knowledge. We had to leave everything in class but got an extra long break. In secondary school, I had it once, in five years. And it was hopeless… Our teachers didn’t take us to the actual point where we had to gather because it would be ‘a waste of time’. Besides, the fire alarm was set off so many times we just ignored it, when it would actually go off because of a fire, we would have probably died…

But today, no one knew. Not even our teacher, who got a little stressed because she wasn’t sure if it was a drill our a real emergency. When we got outside we had to wait for over twenty minutes, and people in weird orange vests were keeping us away from the doors. When we walked back in, something did smell a little bit fried, but it could have been my imagination.

I think fire drills are really important, but could we do it next time while the weather is nice and sunny outside??