“Why the school made any student get their signs pre approved seems ridiculous to me, but this school obviously had their reasons.”
I don’t see a problem with that. Remember the Bong Hits 4 Jesus case and the cases befor it? The SCOTUS said that freedom of speech and self expression rights of school kids on school property must be balanced against the educators’ need to provide order.
How so? Just let the kids run wild? Every school I am aware of set parameters on what was and was not allowed. My district set their parameters and it was fine. They balanced education with the kids little show.
Seems we want it both ways. Students’ 1st Amd. rights don’t end at the school house door, but then they do. Allow them to “walk out” but make sure they don’t carry an “offensive” sign.
“kids little show.”
Schools aren’t prisons or mental asylums. They actually have no authority to physically stop anyone from leaving. Far from being a “show” the protesters I saw were mature, poised, thoughtful citizens who will likely change the world. Good for them.
I don’t really worry too much about the kids running wild. It is the adults running wild with weapons that scare me.
Is there truly a sincere concern about crowd control and safety, or is it actually just a desire to see what is perceived to be a liberal POV contained or censored? Several of these posts seem rather disingenuous.
Kind of like these knuckleheads.
I read in our local paper today that 1,000 of the 1,600 or so students in our high school participated in the walk out on Wednesday. Students organized the event, and the faculty supported the action. The initial portion of the walkout (to the adjacent football field) was focused on paying tribute to the Parkland 17 (some of our students had been campers at the Pennsylvania camp where Scott Beigel, a Parkland teacher, had been a camper and counselor). When the memorials were over, there was a pause so that those who were not interested in participating in the more political part of the program to return to their classrooms. Those students left the field without issue. The students who organized the program accounted for the fact that not everyone has the same political perspective on these issues and that supporting and remembering those lost at Parkland could be separated from the political conversation. According to the teachers interviewed, it was an amazing display of unity and tolerance for others’ opinions and confirmation of the lessons being taught about participatory democracy and being part of an informed and engaged citizenry.
Since we’re parents here, I was just watching a clip of the 60 minutes interview with Emma González and her family.
Her mom says:
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It’s beyond ironic that people are claiming to care about kids’ safety by not allowing them to protest violence.
At my old high school, we went outside after every period to walk between buildings for classes. Thousands of students outside at any given time. No issues with violence outside of an occasional fight.