STUDENTS WALKOUT

[HairOfTheDog]

The claim or insinuation that all or most of the students were just goof offs looking for a few minutes outside the classroom and/or that the students involved in the organization are just being manipulated by adults...... are weak attempts to discredit the young people and their passions/efforts, in my opinion.

What in your own opinion would be the percentage of goof-offs and serious students?

I would probably say ⁷⁰⁄₃₀ with the goof offs being the 70% could you even answer the question in your own opinion?

I say it's pretty arrogant to assume 70% are goof offs unless you've listened to all the participants and they told you that they just wanted to go outside and fuck around for a short while.

The students I've heard discussing their motives weren't looking for a brief reprieve from the class room, they wanted to make a point and pay respect to the dead victims. They don't all agree on how to minimize or solve the problem, but they put a lot of thought into the issue and certainly didn't strike me as goof offs.

I haven't talked to all of the students, however, so I wouldn't presume to label them all 'goof offs' or put a percentage on 'the right ones' vs. 'the wrong ones'.

I don't think all young people are lazy little bastards, or that student activists must be ignorant people being manipulated by adults though. I also don't think anyone advocating for gun control is wrong, even when I don't share their opinions about how to best curb gun violence at schools.