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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b]First, there was press. [/b]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]

Seems like a good use of those Covid masks we have left[/quote]

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