STUDENTS WALKOUT

[Maggot]

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.

OK that does not answer the question but in your own head you have. Ok...........i will roll with it.