fire alarm.

tonight during our orchestra concert, the symphony was interrupted during one of their endless songs by a racket...the fire alarm. the conductor continued on, trying to convince the members to follow him along the song, but many dropped their instruments and looked up startled.

we sat like trapped geese, rather than going outside we darted around the halls with no direct destination. we, upperclassmen, led a group out into the freezing cold. huddling together like penguins for warmth, we came to the conclusion about how ridiculous this whole idea was, and walked back inside. rushing to put away our instruments, we got into my car and went for ice cream.

this whole comedic episode shouldn't of been so funny, we should have been more prepared, or alarmed. and yet we have practice fire drills every two seconds with our terrible system. nothing is to be feared from fire alarms at our desensitized school.

this is why i'm led to say that all fire drills should be announced to everyone, since the teachers already know anyway. that way, when the real deal happens, we'll be readier than now.