Teacher's act of bravery goes viral

[LAGC]

A brave teacher in Monterrey, Mexico, who sang with her kindergartners to keep them calm during a drug shoot-out outside her school, has gained worldwide attention since the video of the episode went viral over the weekend.

Last Friday, Martha Rivera Alanis told her 15 pupils to place their faces on the floor, and repeated over and over again that everything was going to be fine. While gunmen shot and killed five people at a taxi stand nearby, Rivera led her students in a Spanish-language version of a song from the TV show "Barney and Friends." They sang about chocolate raindrops, until the shootout finally ended.

Rivera recorded part of the encounter with her cell-phone video camera, and the powerful footage of her young students' trustingly following her instructions quickly went viral. (You can watch the video below.) She uploaded the clip to her personal Twitter account, and then a local news station found it and put it on YouTube.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110601/us_yblog_thelookout/teachers-act-of-bravery-goes-viral

Dear Goddess, when is enough enough? Is anyone else sick of all this violence south of our border thanks to our failed "war on drugs?" Obviously more gun control is what we need, just like its working so well in Mexico with their strict gun controls right now. When are we going to do something useful and really tackle the root of the problem, do something worthwhile that truly minimizes this kind of bullshit once and for all?

[Ramulux]

1. and its all our fault

if it wasn't for our drug policies no one in Mexico would have to deal with this shit.

[gejohnston]

2. On that, we do agree.

[Kayso]

3. Yup

Its time to end Drug Prohibition.

[GreenStormCloud]

4. Awesome courage and composure.

Yes, end the war on drugs. Legalize personal freedom.