fire

we were preparing for a fire drill and i told the kids that when they heard the alarm they should put everything down, quietly line up at the door, and follow me out. i asked if there were any questions. teague raised his hand and said, very seriously, "i just have one thing to say. if any of you have this [he held up a small bottle of hand sanitizer] in your desk, you should take it out with you." i asked him why, thinking that having germ free hands would be the least of our concerns in an actual fire. he responded, "because on the bottle it says 'keep away from flames.'"