since the big parade was on the weekend BEFORE their walk out, they intentionally took school days off for something they could of done on the weekend!!! screw-em...
Posted on 04/01/2006 7:12:17 PM PST by Jedidah
Mayra Hernandez and Lesly Hernandez planned to look pretty for the Ennis High School senior prom on Saturday night.
But they won't be going because they joined a protest.
"We all bought dresses, accessories, and we rented a limo and all that," Mayra said. "Now all that money is just going to waste."
Thousands of North Texas students skipped classes this week to demonstrate against the immigration bill now being considered by the U.S. Congress.
About 130 Ennis ISD students—from sixth graders to seniors—joined in Thursday, despite a school district warning that any student participating would be suspended until Monday, including the prom.
The district suspended Aracely Garcia, even though her mother excused her from school for the demonstration. "We shouldn't get suspended—and especially not from prom—just because he thinks we shouldn't protest over something we believe is right," Aracely said.
Mayra's sister-in-law, Noemi Garza, urged the school district to let the suspended students attend the prom. "They are trying to punish these kids with something that they've been looking forward to," Garza said. "These girls will never have another chance."
But as parents and school staff set up decorations for Saturday's event, the Ennis ISD held firm.
School officials declined interviews with News 8, but Superintendent Mike Harper told the Ennis Daily News, "one of the greatest gifts we give to immigrants and their families is a free public education, and it shows extraordinarily poor judgment for those who have received that gift to walk out on it."
If they can't go, the suspended seniors said they will walk in protest Saturday night outside KJT Auditorium, where the prom takes place.
Thanks for link, fired off congrats.
Well Done!!!
IF they truly believe what they did was right, they should be willing to pay the consequences. Who said doing what one believes is right means you won't face hardship?
Fact is most of those students didn't think it through, they reacted thinking they'd experience no consequence. Nor did they even protest as a result of careful examination of the issue. Either they did it to skip school, because they thought it would be "cool, or because they were pushed into it. Maybe by parents, maybe by other friends that know no better, very likely by the people that organized these rallies that have a different agenda then these kids are probably aware of.
Regardless, they made a choice and now this is a consequence of that choice. Suck it up, think before you act next time, and be sure you really believe in what you are doing and are willing to face the consequences. I have no pity for people that at very least show an inability to accept responsibility, and that is what the kids whining about this are doing.
They showed a disrespect to this country, to it's Constitution, to the taxpayers that finance their education. Next time protest on your own time, use an AMERICAN flag, and learn what the facts are instead of yelling propaganda.
Thanks for the e-mail address. I sent Mr. Harper an e-mail congratulating him on teaching these students a valuable life lesson: break the rules, accept the consequences.
since the big parade was on the weekend BEFORE their walk out, they intentionally took school days off for something they could of done on the weekend!!! screw-em...
Well, boo hoo. What a bunch of brats. Have a nice walk.
I would expect no less from these asshats.
Mike Harper for Congress!!!
http://www.ennis.k12.tx.us/Administration/centraloffice.htm
This is Tom's PC brain...lodged in Tom's colon.
Good for Mr. Ennis! He stood up for all kids, and for what is right.
"Oh...and how classy of the students to protest AT the prom...so they can attempt to ruin the dance for the rest of the school."
Not much chance of that. More than "Look at the protesters in prom dresses - snicker, snicker".
But do they appreciate it?
**Well, that's what happens when you BREAK THE RULES, a lesson obviously never passed on to you by your PARENTS.**
The whole point of the protest was to demonstrate that the law does not apply to them or their parents ("the race"). It is no surprise that they now feel cheated because the school is holding them to the rules. They think they are above the law because they are.
Actually, that is typical edu-speak from a typical edu-crat.
I call these types of statements "semantically null".
This guy sounded like he was desperately trying to remember the list of "power words" he was given at an NEA seminar.
Well done, Superintendent Harper!
That, of course, was MY point.
I have a feeling the local radio talk show hosts will make a HUGH deal about this on Monday...and if they don't, I plan on sending them this thread.
Hope so. Heck, I'd like this Texan's remarks to get national exposure. I just really like what he said.
I'm sympathetic with the superintendent, but if the above is true, that girl ought to be excused. It's insane for a government indoctrination center to have more say in what the students can do than their own parents.
"power words" he was given at an NEA seminar.
ROFL...exactly, but he thinks he sounds officious.
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