Kendall Johnson

Student Walkouts

Thousands participated in Nationwide walkouts to protest gun violence and honor the 17 lives lost in the Parkland shooting, on  Wednesday March 14th. Among the participating schools was Hoggard High School. Reports say, “At 10 am when the protests began, hundreds of students marched to the forum with their voices ready to be heard.” One student says “ I came prepared with my “Arms are for Hugging” t-shirt and “No more silence, end gun violence” written on my poster.” 17 students were standing on a bench and went forward one by one, “passionately” representing each of the 17 victims. Those involved said, “The experience was amazing,” and that they felt “ as though anything was possible to make a difference.” This many students demanding for change  showed older generations that we will not stay silent just because of our age.

This article centers around the idea of demanding and fighting for change. This relates to the Civil Rights Movement. In both instances the people who were not being hurt performed peaceful protests in order to center the focus towards the corruption taking place, in order to precise change.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/learning/student-walkouts-march-madness-and-risk-enhanced-playgrounds-our-favorite-student-comments-of-the-week.html?rref=collection%2Fspotlightcollection%2Flearning-current-events&action=click&contentCollection=learning&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=collection