On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 11:04 AM, ken bradley wrote:
The teachers did not have the students vote for walk out at Field Middle School yesterday. The staff was truly surprised by the students walking out, and they have been informed future walk outs will have consequences.
I think that is as it should be. The student walkout, regardless of who organized or led it, was an excellent lesson in the exercise of first amendment rights. But the lesson would be lost if some or all of the students did it because they thought it was fun. In order to make the lesson viable, it should reflect real-world implications, i.e. if you break the rules, their will be consequences. I hope the students do walk out again. I hope their parents encourage them to do so. For the first time since 9/12/02 I have hope that we will once again be 'the land of the free and the home of the brave' instead of the land of "make me safe!"
Robert Schmid Central
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