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Post by wesb81219 on Mar 14, 2018 17:16:31 GMT -5
I'm proud of my step daughter today. While everyone was walking out of class to protest for gun control she stayed in. She said she believes in guns so what sense would it make for her to walk out with the rest of them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 19:56:42 GMT -5
I'm proud of my step daughter today. While everyone was walking out of class to protest for gun control she stayed in. She said she believes in guns so what sense would it make for her to walk out with the rest of them. I'm curious to know how many students like her didn t walk out. |
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Post by welder on Mar 14, 2018 20:00:45 GMT -5
NONE of my 3 daughters walked out.
#prouddad
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Post by nfalls116 on Mar 14, 2018 20:00:54 GMT -5
I'm proud of my step daughter today. While everyone was walking out of class to protest for gun control she stayed in. She said she believes in guns so what sense would it make for her to walk out with the rest of them. I'm curious to know how many students like her didn t walk out. The majority of kids didn’t walk out and I’d say better than half that did only walked out because it was the cool thing to do. I would like to say that if my child was old enough we would’ve discussed it and I would’ve presented both sides of the argument and allowed her to choose which side she wanted and I’d be proud of her whichever choice she made because she made an informed choice and stood for what she felt she needed to stand for. |
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Post by firstwd on Mar 14, 2018 20:05:18 GMT -5
I'm curious to know how many that did walk out were/are picking on the kids that become the school shooters.....
I'm glad she felt comfortable enough with herself to stand up for her own beliefs and not fold to peer pressure.
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Post by wesb81219 on Mar 14, 2018 20:27:38 GMT -5
I'm curious to know how many students like her didn t walk out. The majority of kids didn’t walk out and I’d say better than half that did only walked out because it was the cool thing to do. I would like to say that if my child was old enough we would’ve discussed it and I would’ve presented both sides of the argument and allowed her to choose which side she wanted and I’d be proud of her whichever choice she made because she made an informed choice and stood for what she felt she needed to stand for. In my case the daughter is 16. She's plenty old enough to make this kind of choice. While I and many strongly disagree with anti-gun, what you stated is probably the right thing to do. I can admit even myself probably wouldn't have presented the anti-gun side of the argument if the conversation came up. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Mar 14, 2018 20:29:31 GMT -5
The majority of kids didn’t walk out and I’d say better than half that did only walked out because it was the cool thing to do. I would like to say that if my child was old enough we would’ve discussed it and I would’ve presented both sides of the argument and allowed her to choose which side she wanted and I’d be proud of her whichever choice she made because she made an informed choice and stood for what she felt she needed to stand for. In my case the daughter is 16. She's plenty old enough to make this kind of choice. While I and many strongly disagree with anti-gun, what you stated is probably the right thing to do. I can admit even myself probably wouldn't have presented the anti-gun side of the argument if the conversation came up. Yeah no I I’m not saying anything you did was wrong just the way it would’ve gone down in my house. 16??? Dude how old are you?  |
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Post by wesb81219 on Mar 14, 2018 20:31:59 GMT -5
In my case the daughter is 16. She's plenty old enough to make this kind of choice. While I and many strongly disagree with anti-gun, what you stated is probably the right thing to do. I can admit even myself probably wouldn't have presented the anti-gun side of the argument if the conversation came up. Yeah no I I’m not saying anything you did was wrong just the way it would’ve gone down in my house. 16??? Dude how old are you? I'm 37 lol |
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 14, 2018 21:26:15 GMT -5
I read this one on FB..
My son asked if he could walk out in protest today...here's how the conversation went...
Son: is it ok if I protest on Wednesday?
Me: protest what? Why would you do that?
Son: protests initiate change; they bring awareness to the issue
Me: yes, like what...
Son: like civil rights; people had to protest for the right to vote, etc (he went on)
Me: that's true! Protests can be a great catalyst. So what are you protesting?
Son: gun laws
Me: and what are the current gun laws?
Son: I don't know, but they need to change
Me: how do you know that if you don't know what they are? Who makes the gun laws? Whose attention are you trying to get? State, federal, local...?
Son: I don't know
Me: then no, you may not protest in ignorance. You don't protest something just bc everyone else is doing it. What is happening in our schools is wrong, and scary, and sad, and yes, some things need to change. But you must educate yourself before you can be an agent of change.
...I'm all about protesting for change, for justice, and being passionate about a cause; I'm not about blindly following the crowd in ignorance...
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Post by tenring on Mar 14, 2018 21:43:49 GMT -5
Saw three interviews today wherein 3 students heard of two more shooters as the 1st one was walking out with one of the girls. Something is rotten in Denmark.
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Post by thebellcompany on Mar 15, 2018 0:53:55 GMT -5
So having 20,000 current gun laws isn’t enough to stop criminals? Hmm. I wonder why criminals don’t obey all those laws? Oh wait because they’re criminals
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Post by beermaker on Mar 15, 2018 4:45:14 GMT -5
I know the chief administrator at a local middle school. The students were given three options for the demonstration: 1.Congregate in the gym with no punishment.
2.Congregate on the football field (school property) with no punishment.
3.Congregate elsewhere outside of school property and be punished.
The students who actually stood in silence like they were supposed to all went to the football field or gymnasium. All but a few that went outside of school property were goofing off, taking selfies, and socializing. A few even walked to a convenience store and bought a soft drink.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2018 6:40:52 GMT -5
There was no protest where my wife teaches. I wonder how many private schools and home schools protested?
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Mar 15, 2018 9:06:09 GMT -5
I don't like this at all. Seems like making school children pick a side on a political issue at such a young age, pitting them against their classmates, is a poor decision.
School ought to be for education, not mobilizing school kids for a political cause. No wonder everybody looks at politics as "us vs. them," "good vs. evil". Schools should be teaching children what they need to know in order to make informed decisions when they're old enough to go into the voting booth, not indoctrinating them into identity politics.
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Post by wesb81219 on Mar 15, 2018 9:07:45 GMT -5
I don't like this at all. Seems like making school children pick a side on a political issue at such a young age, pitting them against their classmates, is a poor decision. School ought to be for education, not mobilizing school kids for a political cause. No wonder everybody looks at politics as "us vs. them," "good vs. evil". Schools should be teaching children what they need to know in order to make informed decisions when they're old enough to go into the voting booth, not indoctrinating them into identity politics. I couldn't agree more |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2018 9:10:55 GMT -5
Yes, schools should have been teaching about Pi yesterday. www.piday.org/ |
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Post by stevein on Mar 15, 2018 9:14:33 GMT -5
My daughter stayed in class. I would not have cared either way. At 17 she will be voting in another year as will many of her classmates.
At Carroll HS only 37 walked out according to her. That is out of 2300 students.
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Post by nfalls116 on Mar 15, 2018 9:42:50 GMT -5
When I was in that age group I had very strong opinions about a lot of things heck I was signed up for the national guard by then
kids have the ability these days to be more informed than ever before I think schools discussing current events is appropriate at least I don’t feel that they should be trying to persuade students either way just presenting them the options available. But so should parents in my opinion
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Post by Huntnfreak on Mar 15, 2018 10:27:05 GMT -5
I'm curious to know how many that did walk out were/are picking on the kids that become the school shooters..... I'm glad she felt comfortable enough with herself to stand up for her own beliefs and not fold to peer pressure. Exactly this!! I'll bet most of the kids protesting are the same ones bullying..not a doubt in my mind!! |
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Post by bartiks on Mar 16, 2018 13:50:22 GMT -5
It's a sad day where kids however mature they think they are "protest" for change. While I'm a firm believer in expressing your first amendment right. When it comes down to it there are so many kids out there who use this type of tragedy to get some free time out of school to hang out with friends or the like. As for all the other young men and young women who act like mature adults in this situation they all get my respect.
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