Column: A terrible day at my high school. But we teachers remember how lucky we are

“Maybe teachers should purchase Depends underwear,” a colleague said at our high school English department meeting on Dec. 17. We were gathered on Zoom, the day after Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois, the largest public high school under one roof in the U.S., spent several hours on lockdown when two loaded guns were found inside the school.

My colleague mentioned it might be a good idea to have a box of adult diapers in our classrooms because so many students had to use the bathroom during the three