I can almost visualize the moment of delight when the fire alarm sets off during my primary school days. I love fire drills. The reason is simple – too simple, somewhat shallow – I don’t need to study during fire drills.
So, as the fire alarm is ringing nonstop, much to the girls’ annoyance, I was secretly excited. I know there is no fire somehow. I don’t believe in fires when I was in primary school. I am a firm believer that the only place that a fire would be is at the stove.
Okay, I was naive. But still, I got through primary school without a fire-related accident. Basically, there just isn’t any fire back then. We has drills. We have twice per year I believe. I was tempted to make a suggestion to my principal to make it a weekly event – knowing how important these drills can actually be in times of emergency. That didn’t happen.
The alarm was sounded, the ten-year-old me and the rest of the kids left the classroom, rushing to… Well, we just want to get out of the classroom – we don’t really know where we’re going.
The teachers would be most panicky. No, they aren’t afraid of the fire. I am pretty sure they have some insider news that there is going to be a fire drill on that day. They are just afraid of kids getting lost. I mean, these teachers don’t want an accident to occur in a drill. After all, that would be such a irony because the very reason for these drills is to minimize confusion and accidents that can occur in an event of a fire or something.
We have it during secondary schools too. I love them. I just don’t have to study during that time. In polytechnic, there isn’t any fire drills. I would very much presume that Singapore Polytechnic is a very safe place and fires just don’t start despite numerous sightings of cigarettes in the dustbin.
Today, as I am typing this post, I realized my foolishness. Fire drills aren’t fun. Fire drills are a dread – especially you got to climb down EIGHT BLOODY levels and walk 400 metres to reach the assembly area of Biopolis!
Possibly related:
SP do have fire drill. It just rare and usually occur at 3-5 pm. Once or twice a year?
BUT NOBODY CARE! Nobody response to the bell. I just get chase out of the computer labs that time.
by dgj (Mar 28, 2005 at 5 PM)They do?! I must have been real lucky or something! lol
by Mr. Dew (Mar 28, 2005 at 6 PM)