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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you who are okay with their child participating in a protest during school hours, why don’t you try doing the same thing during your work hours?   Inform your boss you are heading down to the Washington Monument for X amt of time.  Maybe you have a big meeting, but too bad because “the cause” is more important.  Your boss would tell you to do it on your own time.[/quote]

My DS participated in a walkout recently. It took about an hour and had no impact on his assignments. He’s a good student and it was something he wanted to participate in. I did not think too much about it.

But, it was a lesson on its own that I ultimately thought was valuable. First, there was press. He realized that he didn’t like that at all. None of the published pictures included him but now he knows that this is a possibility and he can choose to avoid it. Second, he thought the walkout was about a narrowly focused topic. That was the messaging. It turned out to be more than he had expected and probably lead by one of those special interest groups that a PP posted up thread. He thought it was a bait and switch.

So sure, that hour didn’t teach him anything academic but it taught him other valuable lessons. I’m fine with the trade off. [/quote]

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