Students in several schools in this area have recently walked out of class to protest ICE. Most of done so without incident, except for igniting debate at the propriety of students leaving school and the punishment that should–or should not–be meted out. I commend the students who truly believe they needed to act because of… Continue reading Lessons in Civil Disobedience
Tag: Politics
School Shootings
As I wrote in the previous post, I am working on a compilation of my writings over the years, Whatever: The Art of Moving On. One of the things I wrote about is school shootings, spurred by a fatal shooting in our biology lab—five years before Columbine—at the high school where I taught for 39… Continue reading School Shootings
No Kings 2
I went to my second No Kings protest last Saturday. Some observations: The participants lined Eagle Road in Havertown for several blocks. Since we were an hour late to the proceedings, we–my wife Cindy was with me– drove through the people waving signs and urging us to beep our horn. The crowd skewed to the… Continue reading No Kings 2
The Q-View 