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.

My son struggles to get passing grades as well and I would highly discourage walking out. I don't know what the issue is, but surely there are others ways to express support for it.

Sorry to the other poster who said that the point is to sacrifice ones self. These are teens who change their mind frequently. He's afraid to be made fun of by staying in the classroom - kid isn't saying XYZ issue is really important because . . . He just doesn't want to be the only one staying in the classroom. For that reason alone - no I would not allow him missing a test for this walkout.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why they can’t schedule this walkout for after school ?

its a walkout you WALK OUT

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.

So he wants to walk out due to peer pressure. He should want this because of his own convictions. I wouldn’t allow it.

I don’t understand why they can’t schedule this walkout for after school ?

^Students just doing it for the memes anyway. HS student protest are in the category of "extremely unserious." It's basically vaudeville with no laughs or talent.

Nothing says that a cause is important like being unwilling to take a zero on an exam.

What's up with this idea that effective protest is frictionless? I thought the whole idea is that you were willing for it to cost you something.

"I would have protested the National Socialist Party, but I would have missed my test on Loving the Fatherland."

"I would have protested school segregation, but we had pep rally that afternoon."

...so it goes.

Anonymous wrote:He’s in high school. Let him be.

An “approved” walkout is kind on an oxymoron though.

Well, that’s the thing: It’s planned for a Friday when most kids have tests. If they go, they get 0s, and tests are 70% of their grade. If he gets a zero for this test, he will have a really hard time coming back, and have zero wiggle room.

My kid participated in his high school's planned walk out a couple weeks ago. I didn't worry about assignments or anything. He wanted to participate and he's generally a good student.

He’s in high school. Let him be.

An “approved” walkout is kind on an oxymoron though.

Anonymous wrote:You again? You started a thread a few days ago. SMH.

I can’t find the post. Do you remember what it’s called?

Anonymous wrote:You again? You started a thread a few days ago. SMH.

I swear this is my first post on the topic. You can ask Jeff!

I’ll go out in search of the other post. Are the details the same? If not, I’d still like advice.

You again? You started a thread a few days ago. SMH.

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?