Quote:An Ohio high school student said he tried to stay apolitical during the National Walkout Day over gun violence but was suspended for his choice to remain in a classroom instead of joining protests or the alternative, going to study hall.

Jacob Shoemaker, a senior at Hilliard Davidson High School, said he didn’t want to take sides in the gun-control debate consuming the country. If he went outside for the walkout, he said, he would be supporting gun control. If he stayed in the common area of the school, he said, he would be seen as supporting gun violence and disrespecting the 17 lives lost in the Parkland, Fla. High school shooting the month before.

Jacob had met with the school’s principal on Tuesday, a day before the rally, for about an hour to find out what exactly the walkout was supporting. But he said the principal reportedly told him it was for the “students to express themselves.”

This left Jacob wondering if it was a memorial for the lives lost or a show of support for gun control.

He decided, instead, to stay in class for about 20 minutes doing homework after his teacher and fellow classmates left and locked the door.

When they returned, he was slapped with a suspension.

Jacob’s father, Scott Shoemaker, said his son was just trying to stay neutral – and did nothing wrong.

“Politics [doesn’t] belong in the school,” he said. “Students shouldn’t be pressured into taking a side.”

The story went viral after Jacob sent a photo of his out-of-school suspension citation to one of his friends, who posted it on social media.

The school, as well as the Shoemakers, have received death threats and hate messages.

Scott Shoemaker said his son was just trying to be introspective – and he wasn’t acting out.

“He didn’t do anything to deserve this,” he said. “He didn’t ask for this.”

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/16/ohi...kouts.html

The Red Guard don't like it. Part of the mob or part of the target. No neutral here.

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thank god I escaped my 'schooling' by simply beating the living shite out a few punk arse biatch teachers with my tongue....Father Jack was my favorite conquest....corch Speed and Tebo I actually got to get physical with.....

fk'n morons....what a joke....

So he gets suspended for doing homework?

This is where DOJ needs to file a civil rights action against the school system.

(03-16-2018 07:41 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  This is where DOJ needs to file a civil rights action against the school system.

or the ACLU.....never mind....they don't play in 'that playground'....

(03-16-2018 07:34 PM)bullet Wrote:  So he gets suspended for doing homework?

Subversive.

An obvious malcontent that the state needed to deal with.

(03-16-2018 10:22 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  An obvious malcontent that the state needed to deal with.

lmao....as opposed to the guy that shoots up the classroom with all kinds of known issues....

yep.....they're on top of things at that school.....

That's ridiculous.

(03-16-2018 07:41 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  This is where DOJ needs to file a civil rights action against the school system.

I agree. What in the hell is going on with our educational system?

What I find bothersome is that the teacher walked out as well. Knew he was in there and locked the door.

(03-17-2018 09:49 AM)gdunn Wrote:  What I find bothersome is that the teacher walked out as well. Knew he was in there and locked the door.

Wait I thought this was just something the kids were doing, not something the adults were leading.

Wait, who was doing the “protesting”?

His dad should sue the school district and contest the suspension on principle. That's what I would do.

(03-17-2018 11:31 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(03-17-2018 09:49 AM)gdunn Wrote:  What I find bothersome is that the teacher walked out as well. Knew he was in there and locked the door.

Wait I thought this was just something the kids were doing, not something the adults were leading.

He decided, instead, to stay in class for about 20 minutes doing homework after his teacher and fellow classmates left and locked the door.

(03-18-2018 02:01 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(03-17-2018 11:31 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(03-17-2018 09:49 AM)gdunn Wrote:  What I find bothersome is that the teacher walked out as well. Knew he was in there and locked the door.

Wait I thought this was just something the kids were doing, not something the adults were leading.

He decided, instead, to stay in class for about 20 minutes doing homework after his teacher and fellow classmates left and locked the door.

not only would I sue for civil rights violation, but I would also sue relative to safety issues.....

lord knows those stupid foKKKers would set the school on fire just out of spite if the
Raiders had just lost the super stupid bowl......

I really despise idiots....especially those that are supposed edumicators......

this one really churns the acid my stomach......

(03-17-2018 11:31 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(03-17-2018 09:49 AM)gdunn Wrote:  What I find bothersome is that the teacher walked out as well. Knew he was in there and locked the door.

Wait I thought this was just something the kids were doing, not something the adults were leading.

No, the adults generally organized these things. If not teachers, then parents.

At my daughter's school it was actually nicely done. Just 17 minutes of silence and then writing letters to the survivors.

I've read the reason he got in trouble was he was supposed to go to study hall with the other students who chose not to participate. No one was supposed to remain in a classroom by themselves. He got suspended for not following those instructions.

(03-18-2018 08:44 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I've read the reason he got in trouble was he was supposed to go to study hall with the other students who chose not to participate. No one was supposed to remain in a classroom by themselves. He got suspended for not following those instructions.

He chose to stay in the classroom to not pick between being one of the kids desiring having our rights stripped away or one of the kids who desire to keep their rights. If this "student driven national walkout" was about freedom of speech then he was within his rights to remain where he was. The right to free speech includes not being forced to speak at all.