Why should he be forced to miss his science, math, or whatever classes for the day while the school orchestrates a protest for political purposes?
What if only one student wanted to go protest? Should they cancel classes?
His teacher and all the rest should have continued teaching.
“Why should he be forced to miss his science, math, or whatever classes for the day while the school orchestrates a protest for political purposes?”
No. He shouldn’t be forced to miss class but more importantly, he shouldn’t be forced to engage in something he does not believe in. One may ask, would he be allowed to miss class for something he believed in that was not part of the main stream?
We should also note that over the course of 12 years of education, the average student spends 13,000 in school. Most will graduate functional illiterates. It is obvious that education is not the school’s goal.