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He stayed in the classroom where he was scheduled to be. Are you against students standing up for what they believe in all of a sudden? Only when it’s convenient for your belief system?
Pathetic
No. He was scheduled to be in study hall per the school.
Schools are allowed to make rules, are they not? Schools are allowed to direct students where to be, are they not?
What if this was a run of the mill assembly during math class and this student refused to go to the assembly and was suspended? Would you still side with him?
No. He was scheduled to be in study hall per the school.
Schools are allowed to make rules, are they not? Schools are allowed to direct students where to be, are they not?
What if this was a run of the mill assembly during math class and this student refused to go to the assembly and was suspended? Would you still side with him?
Not based on an illegal protest they aren't.
What if he wanted to leave class to march in a White Rights rally? Would the teachers have joined in? Would have have forced all the students who wished to not march into a study hall?
This is the problem with public schools injecting politics into their day to day. They had no business allowing this and should have suspended every student who left class for this, even for 1 day.
This kid was right to sit right where he did. You are wrong.
What if he wanted to leave class to march in a White Rights rally? Would the teachers have joined in? Would have have forced all the students who wished to not march into a study hall?
This is the problem with public schools injecting politics into their day to day. They had no business allowing this and should have suspended every student who left class for this, even for 1 day.
This kid was right to sit right where he did. You are wrong.
What in the world are "White Rights?"
All Americans have the same rights.
If you want to use an example that makes sense, let's say he wanted to protest unfair prices in the school cafeteria or something...
If the school has told students they are free to protest, then he's welcome to walk right on out and protest.
If the school has told students that people who want to stay in have to go sit in the auditorium and he wants to stay in, he goes to the auditorium.
Going to sit in the bathroom, cafeteria, classroom, etc is NOT an option and he'd be disciplined, most likely.
If the school has stated that students who walk out and protest will be disciplined, he is subject to disciplinary action.
Schools all stated their policies for this walkout. Some supported it, some did not.
The students all knew what the rules were and they were obliged to follow the rules their schools set forth, or risk disciplinary action.
He knew what he was doing.
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No, he didn't, try getting the whole story. It was because he didn’t go to a designated area of the school where the non-protesters were supposed to be and instead stayed by himself in a classroom.
What if he wanted to leave class to march in a White Rights rally? Would the teachers have joined in? Would have have forced all the students who wished to not march into a study hall?
This is the problem with public schools injecting politics into their day to day. They had no business allowing this and should have suspended every student who left class for this, even for 1 day.
This kid was right to sit right where he did. You are wrong.
It wasn't a protest either. It was a school assembly.
It's not just Snopes. Every news article on this subject has stated that he did not report to study hall, which was where students were supposed to go if they were not walking out.
He violated the rules that the school gave to all the students and he knew what he was doing.
I fail to see why this is so hard to grasp.
If the school had chosen not to support the walkout and students who walked out had gotten suspended like he did, I would have said "I wish the school had supported the walkout, but the kids knew the rules."
We still live in a country of laws and rules we have to follow.
If sitting in the classroom was his own form of un-sanctioned protest, good for him, but he's not a victim.
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What if he wanted to leave class to march in a White Rights rally? Would the teachers have joined in? Would have have forced all the students who wished to not march into a study hall?
This is a false equivalency.
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Originally Posted by PullMyFinger
This is the problem with public schools injecting politics into their day to day. They had no business allowing this and should have suspended every student who left class for this, even for 1 day.
This kid was right to sit right where he did. You are wrong.
I'm not wrong. You are and the kid was. He should have done what he was told.
What if there was say...an anti-drug assembly and the kid disagreed with the fact that marijuana was a gateway drug? So, he decides he's going to protest by not attending and not listening to his teacher. Should he be suspended? Why or why not?
Facts. Sorry if they derail the narrative. Actually, not sorry.
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