Sources of Power – An Excellent Book to Help us Understand How the Human Mind Works Under Life and Death Stress

Dr. Gary Klein is a highly regarded researcher who has performed ground-breaking work that helps us better understand how to help prepare people to make better life and death decisions.  Klein’s work helps us analyze why some common concepts of school emergency preparedness simply do not work well with how the human brain actually functions under this type of stress.  Sources of Power – How People Make Decisions is a must read for the school safety professional.

Concerned People Donate Half a Million to Show Support for School Bus Monitor Karen Klein After she was Brutally Bullied by New York Middle School Students

Many people across the globe have been shocked and outraged by the behavior of a group of middle school students in New York State and have donated over $500,000 to the woman to show their support for her.  Veteran school system employee Karen Klein has been overwhelmed by the support for her from so many kind people. 

This reaction of the public demonstrates how upset people are about the mistreatment of people by students who lack proper self-control and self-discipline.  As these donations are being made during such dire economic times also demonstrates how upset many people are about these types of incidents. 

Blocked Emergency Exit?

I took this photo at an outdoor arena in Alaska while I was on vacation. The log is about 8 to 10 feet from the door but still would make it difficult for a large group of people trying to egress through the emergency exit doors.