Or, the Schools Could Teach the Greater Lesson of Consequences

Seattle Times:

Students at a number of Seattle middle and high schools are planning walkouts for Inauguration Day on Friday, and the district is telling families that any students who participate likely will receive an unexcused absence.

That’s under a longstanding district policy, a spokesman said, and it was in place in November when thousands of students walked out of class to protest the election of Donald Trump.

Seattle Public Schools sent a reminder about the unexcused-absence policy last week.

 In response, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has asked the district to withdraw the letter, which went to students’ families, and she also started a petition to “respect the right of students to protest.”

They do have a right to protest. On their own time. Or take an unexcused absence. Kshama Sawat wants these protesters to shirk their responsibilities without consequences. 

Start that kind of thing and you’ll have a generation of coddled, self-centered layabouts. 

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UPDATE: More stupid.  A Tennessee principal defends the decision to continue with class and NOT show the inauguration because “news happens every day…”