I want to thank Student News columnist Josie Wettan for sharing her walkout experience to the readership. As a senior citizen, who’s enjoying a nice retirement after 41 years working (which included a bout as a South San Francisco Unified School District teacher), I am encouraged to walk out of my comfort zone to speak at the next school board meeting. I want them to leverage the initiative students took by exercising their First Amendment right. This empowering action cannot end, especially in these economic times of crisis. Today’s students are the future leaders which have come to realize that they can make a difference with their actions and hopefully more unification efforts in the future.
As the education system is in the beginning of revamping, my hope is that today’s students who participated will continue to take an active role to shape their future education and those who are following after.
I stand in solidarity with this new motivation to help you make a difference.
My daughter is in one of the high schools that had students walk out, and her perspective was that it was entirely voluntary, and her school's staff did not encourage or support the walkout. As with many things in today's politics, there are many points-of-view, but I don't believe this narrative that the children in question were pushed to do this. You don't get that number of teenagers to do something like that if they didn't want to.
So, Mr. Silva, it sounds like you’re “for” students protesting law and order. If we’re lucky, colleges and employers will pay attention to which students participated against law and order and these students will never become future leaders who can shape policy. We already have enough Democrats who put the welfare of criminals and terrorists over the American people. We definitely don’t want or need more. I can only hope that in the near future, these students embrace logic and common sense versus their co-opted and/or bullied and/or manipulated feelings.
Victor - the First Amendment is intended to allow the expression of our opinions regardless of consequences. There are exceptions, such not being allowed to cry 'fire', in a theater. These kids were being pressured by their peers and school faculty to participate. Many were actually prohibited from exercising their own First Amendment rights and were ostracized or ridiculed if they decided not to walk-out. I have this information first hand from my grandchildren. Our rights are sacred and should not be abused to push a certain exclusive narrative. For once could we have a Democrat who disagrees with the group thinkers?
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My daughter is in one of the high schools that had students walk out, and her perspective was that it was entirely voluntary, and her school's staff did not encourage or support the walkout. As with many things in today's politics, there are many points-of-view, but I don't believe this narrative that the children in question were pushed to do this. You don't get that number of teenagers to do something like that if they didn't want to.
So, Mr. Silva, it sounds like you’re “for” students protesting law and order. If we’re lucky, colleges and employers will pay attention to which students participated against law and order and these students will never become future leaders who can shape policy. We already have enough Democrats who put the welfare of criminals and terrorists over the American people. We definitely don’t want or need more. I can only hope that in the near future, these students embrace logic and common sense versus their co-opted and/or bullied and/or manipulated feelings.
Victor - the First Amendment is intended to allow the expression of our opinions regardless of consequences. There are exceptions, such not being allowed to cry 'fire', in a theater. These kids were being pressured by their peers and school faculty to participate. Many were actually prohibited from exercising their own First Amendment rights and were ostracized or ridiculed if they decided not to walk-out. I have this information first hand from my grandchildren. Our rights are sacred and should not be abused to push a certain exclusive narrative. For once could we have a Democrat who disagrees with the group thinkers?
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