Student walk out

Here in Maryland the responses from schools have run the gamut...my daughter's school (Catholic high school) is allowing the kids to walk out of classes but stay in the building and the entire school will lead a prayer session for the families.  Some of the public schools are saying "no freakin' way": you leave school, you suffer the consequences.  Some of the other schools are being a little more liberal (no pun intended, or maybe I was ).  The ACLU is keeping an eye on things, but seemed very measured in their words around kids receiving measured punishment as defined by school rules.  They were more about making sure things weren't politically motivated.  Time will tell how that plays out, probably district to district.

I was thinking (and talked to my daughter about it...) about how this is a really teachable moment for our kids, that we support their right to speak their minds, but that those words and actions sometimes have consequences.  I also told her that she has the freedom to believe what she wants to believe, but make damned sure she examines all of the sides of the argument or issue and not just follow the sheople. 

Like Mike said, they don't have the wisdom from experience to be allowed a vote, but that doesn't prevent them from speaking up.

I just hope these protests unite rather than divide, but I'm betting it devolves into thousands of kids carrying "Ban AR-15s" signs.

My kids go to school in the same district as Columbine High School, and the district has been very cooperative with the walkouts. We've gotten emails from the superintendent with detailed information, and the school district has implemented a bunch of safety measures ahead of time, including notifying the media that they are not allowed on school property, etc etc. I assume it will be a very big deal here. My kids are in elementary school so they aren't involved, but their school is going to talk about kindness and bullying during this time. 

I'm not sure it'll do any good with Congress, but I think it's fine for high schoolers to have 17 minutes and feel like they have a sense of purpose. You guys might not have cared, and a lot of students might go along with it, but there are plenty of students out there who want to see a change and want to do something, anything to have their voices heard. 

I see a lot of people pushing this #walkupnotout movement. I think that misses the point. It's telling these kids that it's their fault they're being shot in school, that it's because of something they did wrong. Yes, treat your fellow students with kindness and respect, but since when did being imperfect to another human being mean getting shot in school? 

"Baretta"

That show was a dumb as these kids being used as pawns for gun control advocates.