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Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts) Wed Mar 14, 2018, 04:40 PM Mar 2018

Our school only had 12 students walk out, but the good news

they were all 6th graders!! (we have a school population of 240) And yes, I went out with them. (I am a currently unarmed teacher).

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Our school only had 12 students walk out, but the good news (Original Post) Lifelong Protester Mar 2018 OP

Good for them lillypaddle Mar 2018 #1

what a great lesson in civics! Good for them... samnsara Mar 2018 #2

unarmed? with 6th graders? Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #3

My daughter's had only about half the students and MOST of the teachers. There is some HOT debate flygal Mar 2018 #4

+1 Very cool! RandomAccess Mar 2018 #5

Actually, it was very cold at the local high school nitpicker Mar 2018 #7

Thanks for that, Lifelong Protester Mar 2018 #6

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)

1. Good for them

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 04:43 PM

Mar 2018

and you, too. What a wonderful teaching opportunity.

samnsara

(17,622 posts)

2. what a great lesson in civics! Good for them...

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 04:49 PM

Mar 2018

...and thank you!

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,343 posts)

3. unarmed? with 6th graders?

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 04:57 PM

Mar 2018

You, like my wife, are braver than I.

Get yourself a ruler, at least!

flygal

(3,231 posts)

4. My daughter's had only about half the students and MOST of the teachers. There is some HOT debate

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:11 PM

Mar 2018

on the kids' social media right now (middle school). I can hear her talking with her friend about all the kids parroting their parents' NRA talking points. Political divide has trickled down to middle school.

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

5. +1 Very cool!

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 06:56 PM

Mar 2018

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)

7. Actually, it was very cold at the local high school

Reply to RandomAccess (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 15, 2018, 03:54 AM

Mar 2018

So only about 15% went outside.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)

6. Thanks for that,

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 10:09 PM

Mar 2018

I was heartened by it. And very happy.

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