Planned walkout? Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Did we forget the damage from “learning loss” so quickly after the end of Covid?

[Anonymous]

I posted on the other thread and am a HS teacher. I’ve never heard of a school not allowing students to come back to class when it’s over.

What I posted before, few students take walk outs seriously. Most go to miss class. Some always stay in class. I keep teaching for those who say.

A lot of students take advantage of it to skip class for longer than the intended walk out. Your kid is in HS so old enough to make this decision himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d let him decide but only if he can decide between it’s really important for me to do this versus my grade instead of I’m doing this so people won’t make fun of me.

1. Is his test the very last period or earlier? If it’s earlier he could do the walk out after the test.
2. Can he ask the teacher whether he could take it earlier in the day? Maybe he skips another class. My son, in college, had a conflict between a Calc 2 test and a walk out. He asked his professor and TA if he could take the test during the 8 am period rather than his afternoon period. They said yes.

No, as a teacher I would not allow a test to be made up at a different time because of a walk out. We are specifically told not to allow this. I am extremely flexible in other situations but not making exceptions in this because it could be perceived as me participating, which is not allowed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be ok with this. The school day shouldn’t be used for protests. He can spend his weekend on a sidewalk corner protesting

Found the MAGA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The walkouts are pointless and silly therapy / virtue signaling/ peer pressure performative actions.

I do not let kids miss school unless they are sick. If they want to protest, there are venues outside school hours where they can protest.

Pray tell, how are these “therapy?”

Did you mean to say cathartic? Because while they are a lot of things, therapeutic isn’t one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d let him decide but only if he can decide between it’s really important for me to do this versus my grade instead of I’m doing this so people won’t make fun of me.

1. Is his test the very last period or earlier? If it’s earlier he could do the walk out after the test.
2. Can he ask the teacher whether he could take it earlier in the day? Maybe he skips another class. My son, in college, had a conflict between a Calc 2 test and a walk out. He asked his professor and TA if he could take the test during the 8 am period rather than his afternoon period. They said yes.

No, as a teacher I would not allow a test to be made up at a different time because of a walk out. We are specifically told not to allow this. I am extremely flexible in other situations but not making exceptions in this because it could be perceived as me participating, which is not allowed.

If I were a teacher I would move my test to encourage students to walk out. Exercising the First Amendment to protest injustice is a lot more educational than whatever book learning they need to regurgitate on a test. They can take the test in the next class.

Anyone who disagrees is a quisling who hates America, its Constitution and everything it stands for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am glad my children want to do the walkout. If virtue signaling means showing that they don’t approve of how this country is being run, then I’m okay with that. Do I know this one walkout won’t make an impact, YES. But I want them to know they have a voice and don’t need to blindly follow the leader when the leader is a criminal and a bully and their peers of color are at risk right now. If we all just sit back and say “well this one thing won’t make an impact” then the maga’s keep winning because they think everyone approves of them. We don’t!

You’re kidding yourself if you think it’s anything other than an excuse to skip class and follow their peers.

I think most of them do actually care about what is happening to their country. I was an HS teacher during the orange menace’s first term and many of my students went to protests and frequently talked about how awful T**** is. Many of my students were or color and/or from immigrant families so they have been especially impacted. Kids always know more than adults think they do!

[Anonymous]

They will make fun of him more when he fails or has to repeat a grade.
Nothing is more humiliating than a 20 yr old junior in HS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be ok with this. The school day shouldn’t be used for protests. He can spend his weekend on a sidewalk corner protesting

Found the MAGA!

Not MAGA. Just a sensible parent that wants my teen in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be ok with this. The school day shouldn’t be used for protests. He can spend his weekend on a sidewalk corner protesting

Found the MAGA!

Not MAGA. Just a sensible parent that wants my teen in class.

Standing up for our nation means so much more than any day in class. I would be so proud of my child if they wanted to join the walkout. Rules are sometimes meant to be broken.

[Anonymous]

My kid's high school did a walk out yesterday afternoon. Student government organized it and received permission by the administration. Staff was on hand to observe. They circled the building and then were allowed back in to attend classes.
Not a traditional protest but meaningful in it's own way. A lot of these kids are children of immigrants without legal status and it's good for them to have a safe space to exercise their right to protest and know that the school is there to support them.

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[Anonymous]

Depends on the teacher. They are people too at the same time in history as we are, but they have a job to do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teen’s HS student union is planning an approved walkout for later this week. The caveat is that if they walk out they will be marked absent and won’t be allowed back into whichever class they walked out of and will miss assignments and/or quizzes/tests.

I have no issues with the walk out, but I do have issues with my DS, who already struggles to earn passing grades in some of his core classes, missing an opportunity to turn in assignments or take a quiz/test. It’s nice the school is allowing them to protest, but I don’t know if it’s worth it at the expense of his grade?

He thinks I’m being unreasonable and worries he will be made fun of if he stays in the classroom. Thoughts?

There was something saying a national walk out in March. Is that different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am glad my children want to do the walkout. If virtue signaling means showing that they don’t approve of how this country is being run, then I’m okay with that. Do I know this one walkout won’t make an impact, YES. But I want them to know they have a voice and don’t need to blindly follow the leader when the leader is a criminal and a bully and their peers of color are at risk right now. If we all just sit back and say “well this one thing won’t make an impact” then the maga’s keep winning because they think everyone approves of them. We don’t!

You’re kidding yourself if you think it’s anything other than an excuse to skip class and follow their peers.

I think most of them do actually care about what is happening to their country. I was an HS teacher during the orange menace’s first term and many of my students went to protests and frequently talked about how awful T**** is. Many of my students were or color and/or from immigrant families so they have been especially impacted. Kids always know more than adults think they do!

Both things can be true. But there’s a time and a place, and it’s usually never when they have something more fun going on. Why not during a playoff game? The school dance? Lunch? Right when school dismisses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am glad my children want to do the walkout. If virtue signaling means showing that they don’t approve of how this country is being run, then I’m okay with that. Do I know this one walkout won’t make an impact, YES. But I want them to know they have a voice and don’t need to blindly follow the leader when the leader is a criminal and a bully and their peers of color are at risk right now. If we all just sit back and say “well this one thing won’t make an impact” then the maga’s keep winning because they think everyone approves of them. We don’t!

You’re kidding yourself if you think it’s anything other than an excuse to skip class and follow their peers.

I think most of them do actually care about what is happening to their country. I was an HS teacher during the orange menace’s first term and many of my students went to protests and frequently talked about how awful T**** is. Many of my students were or color and/or from immigrant families so they have been especially impacted. Kids always know more than adults think they do!

Both things can be true. But there’s a time and a place, and it’s usually never when they have something more fun going on. Why not during a playoff game? The school dance? Lunch? Right when school dismisses?

You don’t get it, do you?