Reply #13: I'd have been there with my kid, so would her Dad.

[davsand]

I was reading the article and thought to myself, "well, sounds like I'd have been arrested." I know full well that if the school called me about my kid being involved in ANY sort of organized non-violent action, I'd have gone to support her.

My kid (she is ten years old!) on her own initiative organized her 5th grade class to Trick or Treat for UNICEF this year. They collected at school (with the blessing and cooperation of the teacher and the school) during the afternoon on Halloween.

Our daughter has been on union picket lines with us and she volunteers (by her own choice) over summers at a local health care consumer group. When there have been rallies or protests that we felt were safe enough to take her along, she has been there with us. We talk about the right to assemble and our obligation as citizens to act and speak out in support of our ideals.

I refuse to let some school administrators tell my kid we are wrong to exercise our right to speak out in organized non-violent action. If she was expelled for her action then I guess we would home school or pay tuition to someplace that wasn't gonna erode our values.


Laura