Do you support students skipping school to rally for a cause?

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1,150 Votes

Do you support students skipping school to rally for a cause?

20%

Yes! Yes!

80%

No! No!

20%

Yes!

It's important for young people to get involved and be passionate about subjects that may affect their future and this is a learning experience.

It's important for young people to get involved and be passionate about subjects that may affect their future and this is a learning experience. Show Less

9 Comments

Jeff Rohr

As long as it's not once per week.

Judy Ostrom-Dixon

If they did it on a Saturday nobody would even know about it or care, politics is a topic that will hugely affect them and their future!

John Short

Politics is life and death, if they are educated enough in the issues facing the world that they want to protest, they should be allowed to.

Kenneth Swipies

Since the parents won't do it the children must.

Lani Shobe

Adults are ignoring the science. relying only on what's here now. and how changing their carbon footprint would affect their lifestyle

Nancy Cook

What better way is there for students to become a part of the process whereby the public lets their representatives know what is important to them?

Brandy Barr

YES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING USEFUL IN SCHOOLS ANYMORE!!!

Jimmy Chapel

Only if they are willing to accept the consequences of skipping school (missed lessons, homework...)

Diane Springstead Cole

Be aware, be involved! These students are our future and have every right to protest when they see an issue that needs attention!

80%

No!

I'm all for freedom of speech but they should rally after school or on weekends.

I'm all for freedom of speech but they should rally after school or on weekends. Show Less

17 Comments

Doug Jeffries

If it means that much to them they ought to do it on their own time.

Docile Jim Brady

Re own time Correct

TresMap_USA

Absolutely not!! They must be in school to learn. Politics should be outside of school hours. Oregon already has a graduation, test score problem. Keep politics out of the schools. So sick of politics

Steven Huillet

Students need to be in school! If they want to make this earth better study hard get a great education and come up with solutions that will fix the problems. Protesting does not fix problems!!!

Docile Jim Brady

Their “job” is to attend scho and become informed. They can strike after scho hours.

Pam W

These kids are being led by the nose by their teachers influence. Liberals teach climate change and socialism and not about American government anymore. No one should be influenced by others.

Tee Bennett

Instead of standing on a street corner wasting taxpayers money that is paid for kids to be in school how about actually doing something like volunteering with Forrest service and replant the Forrest

Ben Wiborg

Not sure what happened to learning, and I suppose they don’t have to make up the day lost.

david cheney

they were coached by liberal teachers, who should teach them about the fossil record and the fact the climate is constantly changing. could have done this during spring break.

Latterdaysaint

Do it on your own time, school is for learning

Kiefer Davis

Allowing your kids to skip school for something they have ZERO control over is another far left insanity.

Kevin Crabtree

If someone skipped work at my business to do something like this whether I agreed with there stance or not they would be fired. Do the Crime Do the Time