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Ohio Student Suspended for Refusing to Leave Classroom During Gun Control Walkout

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[h=1]A high school student in Hilliard, Ohio, didn’t want to pick sides in the contentious gun debate surrounding Wednesday’s “National Walkout,” so he stayed in class instead of joining the largely anti-gun protest or an alternative “study hall.”
Hilliard Davidson High School senior Jacob Shoemaker was then reportedly slapped with a suspension.
The student argued that divisive politics have no place in America’s schools and he refused to take sides in the debate, according to the Associated Press.
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https://ijr.com/2018/03/1076385-ohio-student-suspended-refusing-to-leave-classroom/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/o...g-in-class-during-walkouts/ar-BBKikzU?ocid=st
Well he learned HIS lesson.

One does not go against the agenda, be edge, be like everyone.
 
Renae said:
https://ijr.com/2018/03/1076385-ohio-student-suspended-refusing-to-leave-classroom/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/o...g-in-class-during-walkouts/ar-BBKikzU?ocid=st
Well he learned HIS lesson.

One does not go against the agenda, be edge, be like everyone.
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Many kids around the country were also suspended for joining in on the protest. He was offered a study hall area to sit at rather than an empty classroom. He declined. He got punished.

I'm not seeing a problem here.
 
roughdraft274 said:
Many kids around the country were also suspended for joining in on the protest. He was offered a study hall area to sit at rather than an empty classroom. He declined. He got punished.

I'm not seeing a problem here.
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Of course you aren't.
 
Hatuey said:
So he wanted to stay in a classroom unsupervised instead of going to a study hall where he would be supervised.... and you think this is part of an agenda?
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He didn't want to take sides. So he stayed in class, he protested in his own way. I found it amusing, I know you won't get the point, you're edgy.
 
I would have just gone to the study hall. Ah well.
 
Renae said:
https://ijr.com/2018/03/1076385-ohio-student-suspended-refusing-to-leave-classroom/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/o...g-in-class-during-walkouts/ar-BBKikzU?ocid=st
Well he learned HIS lesson.

One does not go against the agenda, be edge, be like everyone.
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I don't really think the schools should have been involved in organizing the protest but since they knew most of the school would be walking out each school had to make a decision on what to do about it since they are responsible for each child. I think the kid just should have went to the study hall in this instance.

Put it back on the parent/guardian to allow permission and then all the kids meet somewhere with a couple teachers to supervise. If the kid had permission it would be an excused absence and if they didn't have permission then an unexcused absence and deal with the consequences.
 
Renae said:
He didn't want to take sides. So he stayed in class, he protested in his own way. I found it amusing, I know you won't get the point, you're edgy.
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He said he wanted to remain apolitical, so claiming he was also protesting is a nonstarter as that would make his stance political. He was provided with the option of being supervised in a study hall in the school. What wasn't an option is unsupervised kids in a classroom... which is what the student wanted.... and you think that this is part of an agenda?
 
There ought to be a protest against these protests. Im so sick of everything being politicized. I stand with the kid.
 
Renae said:
He didn't want to take sides. So he stayed in class, he protested in his own way. I found it amusing, I know you won't get the point, you're edgy.
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How is going to the study hall taking sides?

The school wanted him supervised...sounds like most personnel would have been outside trying to maintain control of those students. Do you think the school allows kids to roam around inside an empty school? (Yeah, who says he'd stay in the class and who would be responsible if anything happened?)

IMO: whiner
 
Renae said:
He didn't want to take sides. So he stayed in class, he protested in his own way. I found it amusing, I know you won't get the point, you're edgy.
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I'm not seeing where being placed in a Study Hall is "taking a side". :shrug:
 
... Is the argument being made here that a student can't remain apolitical in a study hall, or that student should be allowed to be apolitical in an unsupervised classroom?
 
roughdraft274 said:
Many kids around the country were also suspended for joining in on the protest. He was offered a study hall area to sit at rather than an empty classroom. He declined. He got punished.

I'm not seeing a problem here.
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Well... you are wrong. Suspension is completely over the top. That is for fighting or bullying or swearing at teachers... not sitting calmly in a classroom. Detention would be appropriate.
 
Hatuey said:
... Is the argument being made here that a student can't remain apolitical in a study hall, or that student should be allowed to be apolitical in an unsupervised classroom?
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I think the point may be how not edgy the op is :shrug:
 
Renae said:
He didn't want to take sides. So he stayed in class, he protested in his own way. I found it amusing, I know you won't get the point, you're edgy.
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He should have gone to study hall. THAT IS where those that dont want to take sides were supposed to go.
 
sangha said:
I think the point may be how not edgy the op is :shrug:
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Yeah, the OP is a funny one. I don't understand how being 'edgy' relates to supporting the student staying in school, just not unsupervised. Is this something new and radical with the millenials? :lol:
 
Bodhisattva said:
Well... you are wrong. Suspension is completely over the top. That is for fighting or bullying or swearing at teachers... not sitting calmly in a classroom. Detention would be appropriate.
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I agree. Suspension is over the top. Unless after telling him that he is getting detention he still doesn't get up. It's either a suspension of having a teacher/officer pull him out of his chair and bring him to the study hall or bring him home. If force needs to be used then he should probably go home.

But like I said, if someone thinks suspension is over the top, thats fine, we can disagree about the punishment deserved. But students should be punished for disobeying the school/teachers. The students that participated in the walkout when they were told not to were punished. And I am fine with that. Just as I am fine with this student being punished. That's really the point. Not whether the handed out punishments were a little over the top or not, imo.
 
roughdraft274 said:
I agree. Suspension is over the top. Unless after telling him that he is getting detention he still doesn't get up. It's either a suspension of having a teacher/officer pull him out of his chair and bring him to the study hall or bring him home. If force needs to be used then he should probably go home.

But like I said, if someone thinks suspension is over the top, thats fine, we can disagree about the punishment deserved. But students should be punished for disobeying the school/teachers. The students that participated in the walkout when they were told not to were punished. And I am fine with that. Just as I am fine with this student being punished. That's really the point. Not whether the handed out punishments were a little over the top or not, imo.
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Sorry then.... I agree with you on this.
 
kids go to school to learn, in a class room; not to take 'time off' and go protest

this one kid did the right thing then he gets shafted ............... sad ..........
 
PoS said:
There ought to be a protest against these protests. Im so sick of everything being politicized. I stand with the kid.
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Yes, it is truly awful that political issues are politicized. And young people participating in a important political discussions? What's next with the kids these days?

:roll:
 
cuban smokes said:
kids go to school to learn, in a class room; not to take 'time off' and go protest

this one kid did the right thing then he gets shafted ............... sad ..........
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Did the right thing?
 
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