In a message dated 3/21/2003 12:08:35 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Middle school students at Seward also walked out to go to the rally at the
U. They too are facing detention as a consequence. Seeing all these kids
taking a stand makes me think there may be hope for
Two questions for those who argue student walkouts in Minneapolis are a
waste of taxpayer dollars:
1. Will you be raising similar objections in Eden Prairie, where 40
students at Central Middle School staged a walkout on Wednesday?
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3768356.html
2. Would
I have to admit, I'm very conflicted on this issue.
Maybe because I'm looking from the myopic viewpoint
that my son is in kindergarten and I don't see the
relevance yet.
I agree that this is an issue that children should be
concerned about for many reasons, one of which is
they're the ones who
Well Paul. Congratulations! This is my first post in over three years
of being a passive observer to the Minneapolis Issues bulletin board.
You just hit a little too close to home and I thought I would comment
on your comments.
Just so you know, Paul, I am one of those obnoxious parents who
Hi All!
I really appreciate Jeff Seidel's excellent and informative post. It took much
of the wind out of my sails and went a ways toward restoring my faith in The
Public Education Establishment, at least the that consists of Field Elementary.
My biggest misconception was that all Public
Paul,
Perhaps you should get your information correct before you start
making unfounded accusations about schools and teachers.
First, the district, in anticipation of walkouts and protests, sent
specific guidelines to ALL schools and teachers. These guidelines
specifically laid out what could
I just got back from the protest down at the Federal Court Building.
Thousands, many children and youth among the crowd. Very serendipitously, I
was talking to a staff member from Anthony Middle School this afternoon, and
he told me that my 12-year old son was one of 200 of their students
Below is an excerpt from the the Wrap a news service from the Guardian
newspaper in England I subscribe to. It concerns school walk outs in England
(the right wing carping should strike a familiar note).
I certainly hope that there isn't any retaliation against students at Field
or any other
Forgot to sign my post. So in case people out there don't know who's
responsible for this latest outrage,
Linda Mann
Kingfield
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Middle school students at Seward also walked out to go to the rally at the
U. They too are facing detention as a consequence. Seeing all these kids
taking a stand makes me think there may be hope for the world. I can't
imagine why anyone would deny our children the rights we hold dear for
While delivering mail today, I came upon a demonstration organized by the
students at Field elementary school. About 100 -200 kids lined 46th Street
between 4th and 5th Avenues holding signs and cheering every time a car
honked in support (so there was a continuous din for about 3 hours).
One
You should have gone with your first impulse and not responded... inflammatory and
off-topic.
Peace,
Jason Stone / Nokomis
--- Paul Kuettel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All!
100-200 Elementary School Kids? Organized a walkout? C'mon.
Could not possibly have happened without help of
To Paul Kuettel re Mpls school children being manipulated to protest:
A city issue: Are the citizens of Minneapolis safer or are we more at risk
of terrorism than we were yesterday at this time? Does that make anyone
else besides me angry?
In spite of how rebellious I have always felt about
Hi All!
Before this devolves into yet another errant thread about the non-Mpls issue of
the War in Iraq, let me try to make my point in a different, perhaps less glib
way. Heck, I'm not gonna sleep anyway as long as new developments keep
happenning
My Point: Is it the policy of Mpls Public
Obviously you are totally out of touch with how Minneapolis school children
think...they are individuals with individual thoughts--some are just
looking to play hooky, I bet. Some are just wanting to have some
excitement, I bet.some actually know whereof they are speaking or
I've been reading quite a bit recently about students organizing to protest
the war. From what I've seen, the general approach by the schools has been
to allow walkouts so that students could exercise their rights to free
speech and assembly but make sure they were aware of the consequences of
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