Since the tragic events at Columbine, and more recently, Virginia Tech, there has been much hysteria about campus safety. Efforts are being made, and constantly modified, to prepare people for these incredibly rare events. I do not feel this training is particularly useful, but I suppose it makes people feel better. In light of all the risks we face as human beings, perhaps we should broaden the scope of dangers we should be preparing for--like "How to Catch and Asteroid" or "How to Stop Resurgent Communists." And, of course, there are zombies and vampires.
Really useful preparation in schools, where students stand very little chance of dying, but are constantly being tortured by other people and their own anxieties, would include programs on nutrition, critical thinking, history, mathematics, art, science, and literature. Tests would be periodically be given on all these subjects, but would not be given too much weight, because in life, there are always more questions than answers.
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