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Our students at our school asked admin and planned for weeks. For us this was totally student driven. We sent notices to parents. Any kid that didn't want to go could stay in their classroom. If any student stayed then the teacher had to stay in the room with them. We had an assembly a couple of days before explaining what was going on, and to respect eachothets views. I had one student stay in, so he got 17 min of individual instruction. I am teaching on the mainland, but I am hearid this was pretty common practice.
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"Walk up?" Casting stones? Really? It's not like the students didn't know these kids (in Florida it was an adult) were troubled and tried to get professionals involved to help. These kids are "walking out" on a system that failed them. If they are casting any stones, it's at the leaders, not teachers or other students.
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i agree with RWR. using our kids to press an agenda. If parents take kids to school, that is where the kids should be, learning their lesson plans. It is up to the parents to be teaching their children social concerns. Religion and politics don't belong in school. Once in college they can decide to take political science, history of religion etc. The schools are already producing children ill equipped to function in our society, so why start teaching them civil disobedience at this young age. don't kid yourself: this was not organized by children, other forces were at work here. stick to english, math, history, maybe go back to home economics, shop, life skills...
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using our kids to press an agenda.
Maybe start with: having an agenda.
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don't kid yourself: this was not organized by children
Yes, we've heard. They are "crisis actors" and stooges of a left wing agenda, etc, etc.
If 18 year old seniors in high school haven't figured out how to speak for themselves yet, or get their message across to peers on Facebook and Twitter, they have a problem even more serious than politicians in their district who do nothing to protect them while they're trying to attend classes. Let's hope the class of 2018 makes it through to graduation, so that in a few years from now they're able to take jobs away from the incompetent, unresponsive representatives and senators in government who do nothing to address their interests.
I think some people are frightened by just how capable these kids are, maybe capable enough to change a broken, rotten system. Instead, let's pretend the kids can't think for themselves and hope it all goes away.
I don't think that's going to happen this time. The kids have finally been pushed too far. They've had it. Time for a change.
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Go ahead and walk out, your protest does nothing like all the protests before it. Gosh, I remember when my kid was protesting the first Gulf War like it was yesterday. Youth is wasted on the young...
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your protest does nothing like all the protests before it.
Slavery
Women's suffrage
Civil Rights Movement
Vietnam War
South Africa
Gandhi in India
etc
etc
etc
"We should have a new force called the Space Force. It’s like the Army and the Navy, but for space." - President Donald J. Trump, while addressing the Marines
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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Well, KJ, your kid’s protesting just might have helped end the First Gulf War. My son was there on Active Duty, and very suddenly they were recalled and came home.
Kids are getting slaughtered at school. They have every right to speak up and be heard. PTSD shouldn’t be on the curriculum.
I have no doubt that if we can’t fix it, these young people will. More power to them.
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At least protest works sometimes. Doing nothing changes nothing.
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HOTPE @ 21:48:33; Kenney @ 21:59:06 ; Chunkster @22:19:41- 03/14/2018-
The students give me more hope than our adult institutional and political bodies.
