Professors to get bulletproof whiteboards

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<p>"Calling ‘campus violence a reality’ to prepare for, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced plans Thursday to spend $60,000 on the Clark Kent of teacher supplies: an innocuous-looking white board that can stop bullets.</p>

<p>The high-tech tablet — which hangs on a hook, measures 18 by 20 inches and comes in pink, blue and green — can be used as a personal shield for professors under attack …"</p>

<p>Looks like profs had better be checking their scores on RateMyProfessors.com. Bulletproof whiteboards and bulletproof backpacks … Welcome to the new reality.</p>

<p>[University</a> of Maryland Eastern Shore professors to get bulletproof whiteboards - Baltimore Sun](<a href=“http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-08-15/news/bs-md-bulletproof-white-boards-20130815_1_maryland-eastern-shore-whiteboards-maryland-association]University”>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-08-15/news/bs-md-bulletproof-white-boards-20130815_1_maryland-eastern-shore-whiteboards-maryland-association)</p>

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<p>When is the last time a professor was killed? Isn’t it almost always students/bystanders? </p>

<p>Let’s be honest. If someone wants to kill a prof, that tiny board is not going to do anything to stop them. Waste of money IMO.</p>

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<p>Waste of money. Done and done.</p>

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<p>^Not really. This is University of Maryland- Eastern Shore we are talking about. They should bring this to Temple and UMD- Baltimore County.</p>

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<p>lol.</p>

<p>tsen char</p>

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<p>… Bulletproof “whiteboard”? Why not get something already in existence like bulletproof glass or vest…</p>