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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend posted a video of his K and 2nd grader doing this, he was so proud. I thought it was so dumb. Why you'd take a kid to protest something they haven't even learned about, let alone get them tied up in political causes is such a ridiculous elitist DC thing to do.[/quote]

what about the hundreds of thousands of kids who participated around the world?  are they ridiculous and elitist?  I think it's awesome to start conversations with kids about tough issues that will require their voices to effect (and hopefully sustain) change.  I think you're underestimating kids and the impact of events like this.  I still remember seeing my older sister go to marches when she was in HS and I was in elementary.  taught me the importance of voice in a democracy.[/quote]
What if you have no concept yet 1) what the climate is, 2) the science behind any of it changing, 3) what a democracy is?

I think for a high school kid it's great, maybe even middle. A second grader would be better served by just going to school and learning.[/quote]
I live smack dab in the middle of the country and teach pre- and primary school students. We’re neither “elite” nor DC-area residents.

One of my primary students missed school for the match in our town (which was well-attended). The rest of the students asked where she was, and sparked a great conversation about natural climate change, the things humans do to speed it up, and what individuals and groups can do to help slow the change. Every child in my class, whether they attended school that day or not, got an education about climate change. [/quote]

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