Like there be one for Covid then another one for ebola. Generic ribbons for each mass shooting.
I know it’s dark but they need to be recognized. In the Army we would joke our ribbons were our PTSD listed out our chest. Figured it’s the same for them.
During the beginning of the pandemic, there was this bit where they recognized teachers. Just a moment - but there was some acknowledgment of how complicated it was to have to pivot to virtual, how some of us did shit like deliver stuff to students or volunteer for the kitchens to help get out free lunches.
I didn’t need a medal, but it would have been nice to have acknowledgement of “a student tried to kill themselves in your classroom and you kept calm.” When children and teenagers were physically aggressive with me, unlike a cop, I had to come up with strategies that aren’t shooting them. (Several teachers were injured in riots at our feeder middle school lol.)