"Think of it as professional preparation," says Kath, a human-resources administrator at an unnamed university in the US, as she starts a video on her laptop. The video is part of an exercise to train staff in a the-atre-studies department in how to defend against and possibly disarm someone who invades the premises with a gun. As the department is under threat by a university keen to focus more on science, every staff member has to complete the training by the end of the day. If they don't all pass the course, the school will be decertified and shut down. "My job is to teach you to fulfil your responsibility as educators," Kath warns.
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