For the most part, I suspect the kids see this less as a protest and more as a fun way to miss school and hang out with their friends.
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Absolutely. For the rest, maybe immigration authorities should check them out--they're probably here illegally.
I remember the first Earth Day 1970.
We were outside for the raising of the "Earth Flag".
It was such a nice day nobody went back to school.
The Law of Unintended Consequences at work.
Exactly. I often staged such protests in high school. My friends and I would usually march on the mall and play video games.
But shouln't they be disciplined for that? As Ranger Walker used to say: choices and consequences, man.
This conjures up a wonderful memory. I remember being very good at cutting class in high school. My friends and I would skip school and drive around all day, or go swimming and fishing. Anything away from school was acceptable. Then, sometime around the 1986 mid-term elections, President Reagan was due to give a speech in town. Any student could get out of class that day if they wanted to go see him on their own. Under normal circumstances, our group of hell raisers would have used the opportunity to head to the lake. But this was different. It was Reagan. The man who made us so proud to be young Americans. Needless to say, every member of our little clique showed up to see the President and enjoyed every minute of it. I think we even had a little fun antagonizing the anti-nuke, anti-American peaceniks who had gathered across from the security entrance.
I squandered many great opportunities as a teenager, but this was one I got right.
No, these kids are serious. Their ox will be gored if the passage of the bill means people will (a) be prosecuted if they hire an illegal and (b) illegals will be jailed and sent home, no ifs, ands, or buts.
You haven't been in a California high school classroom recently, have you? Because these walkouts are orchestrated and the kids are instructed how to do them and when to do them by teachers.