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Old 03-17-2018, 06:59 AM
 
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That's NOT why he was suspended. He had a choice to walk out or go to a study hall. For safety's sake, many schools posted teachers near the students walking out--whether they supported it or not. So, the remaining students were instructed to go to a central location where they could ALSO provide supervision for safety's sake. This student failed to comply with the instructions he was given.
In the end you are right. He was suspended for protesting. The only person in the entire school that actually protested. He was suspended for not attending a school sponsored assembly.

Good on him.
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:02 AM
 
Location: PSL
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That's NOT why he was suspended. He had a choice to walk out or go to a study hall. For safety's sake, many schools posted teachers near the students walking out--whether they supported it or not. So, the remaining students were instructed to go to a central location where they could ALSO provide supervision for safety's sake. This student failed to comply with the instructions he was given.
Then they should have safely supervised the kids back to their classrooms.
When discussions of allowing those teachers who would voluntarily partake in being armed in the classroom, the argument is teachers are paid to teach! Not be armed security!
But when it comes to a protest, it's okay to not teach, they are supervisors of a protest...

Out of curiosity though...
How many cell phones combined with automobiles kills teenagers daily?
When does that protest kick off?
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:07 AM
 
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He had the option of alternative study hall, where he should have gone if he chose not to participate in the walkout.
" the letter said. “Student not permitted on school property.”

Where is the study hall?
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:12 AM
 
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Looks like School Policy is NOT EDUCATION, it Political Agenda of the Teacchers & Staff.
It was a school day, the student had every right to expect to be in school and not forced into a Political Protest.

What next? Brown Shirts & Arm Bands?
I wonder parents will demand back pay of their taxes for a day that are supposed to go TEACHING in the school NOT protesting an opiion on a sibject.

I wonder what would happen if students who do NOT support the schools opinion on this issue held a "protest" and walked out of school to attend that protest.
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:14 AM
 
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You mean indoctrinated government worker, don't you?
No, I mean teacher.

teach·er
ˈtēCHər/
noun
a person who teaches, especially in a school.
synonyms: educator, tutor, instructor, master, mistress, governess, educationist, preceptor
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:16 AM
 
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I wonder parents will demand back pay of their taxes for a day that are supposed to go TEACHING in the school NOT protesting an opiion on a sibject.

I wonder what would happen if students who do NOT support the schools opinion on this issue held a "protest" and walked out of school to attend that protest.
*opinion
*subject

I wonder what ya'll opinions would have been had the student protesters been suspended?
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:18 AM
 
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No, I mean teacher.

teach·er
ˈtēCHər/
noun
a person who teaches, especially in a school.
synonyms: educator, tutor, instructor, master, mistress, governess, educationist, preceptor
"a person who teaches, especially in a school"

2 can play your silly game.

What happens when a "teacher" does NOT teach and the students fail?

OBVIOUSLY the "teacher" did NOT teach.

Should they STILL be paid for NOT doing their job?
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:20 AM
 
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"a person who teaches, especially in a school"

2 can play your silly game.

What happens when a "teacher" does NOT teach and the students fail?

OBVIOUSLY the "teacher" did NOT teach.

Should they STILL be paid for NOT doing their job?
Especially does not equal exclusively.

Silly game?

Nah. Facts.
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:21 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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I can see the student's point about not wanting to be pushed into a political position by either going with the protesters or going to a separate part of the school, which would seem to imply that someone is totally on the opposite end of the political spectrum from the protestors, which may not be the case.

Schools make various policies and rules for students to follow and most of the time they're fairly reasonable, but in this case, knowing that this is such a politicized issue, perhaps it could have been dealt with the student's "protest of the protest" differently.

Schools also know that nowadays when they screw up with a policy decision and the news hits the street, it is going to be publicized and politicized with hyperbole well out of proportion with what the original conflict was (where the student and the administration each have their own side to the story), especially in today's uber sensitive and hyped media environment, from the bottom to the top.

The OP framing this as "Is Liberty dying?" is melodramatic, at least in terms of this example.
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:22 AM
 
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*opinion
*subject

I wonder what ya'll opinions would have been had the student protesters been suspended?
I think ALL of the school administrators, from the head of the Board of Education down to the classroom teacher, should be "suspended WITHOUT pay" for participating in a political issue taking away fro class room time.

And any student who did NOT attend class should also be suspended.
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