Atomic war was part of the school curriculum in the fifties, most notably in the form of the famous "duck and cover" drills, in which we students would practice crawling under our desks to protect ourselves in the event of a nuclear blast. We really did that. It seems pretty stupid now, but back then - when the threat of nuclear attack felt very real - it also seemed pretty stupid. I think we all knew, deep in our hearts, that school desks did not provided meaningful protection against atomic bombs; if they did, why not erect giant school desks over major cities? But we didn't really mind the duck-and-cover drills,. They were more entertaining than, for example, school.
- Dave Barry, Class Clown, p.29
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