Should I risk my education and possibly someone elses?

Question

In Chicago on Sept. 2 there is supposed to be a boycott of the Public Schools to expose an in equality of funding in the state.The leader of the boycott wants 2 enroll the kids in a school in the subburbs but already admits that may not happen but wants to keep the kids out anyway, even though law prohibits him. I am a high school junior in the public school system. Now firstly funding is determined by attendance so if last year if kids in the city were getting 10,010 dollars year this year we may only get 8,000, in other words kids who don't boycott may get affected by the kids who do. And in the Chicago if you miss 9 days then you fail and colleges won't care if it was for a cause (especially me b/c I want to attend Harvard). And even if the boycott last 8 days then how do the kids catch up. I take AP classes missing 2 days max can assure you that you've shot yourself in the foot. So my question is although funding is unequal should students choose to potentially harm their education or throw it out for the cause?

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/meeks.school.protest.2.781568.html

Answer 1

I would be more concerned about my education.  When you are thirty yrs. old and depending on that education, were is the other guy that started it all going to be?  I would also ask my parents what their opinion is about it all.

Answer 2

Go to school, pass all your classes, get into Harvard, get a degree, come back to Chicago and do something about unequal funding.

I agree that the situation sucks a lot, and it would make you feel worthwhile and like you are doing your part in the community by boycotting, but in truth, you could potentially mess up your future.  

No one is going to boycott so you can get into Harvard at that point.

Answer 3

High school kids should take direction from their parents. Sure, you have a mind of your own, but your parents have responsibility for you and they care deeply about your future. They also have a lot more wisdom than you do about whether you should attend a boycott. So get them involved! Don't do something so radical without their input.

Answer 4

How strongly do you feel about the issue, and do you think you can make a difference by participating in the boycott?  Are you sure the story as told to you by the leader of the boycott is accurate? (I ask this because there was a march in L.A. a couple of years ago, and students were given very inaccurate information to get them to take part).  I'm all in favor of standing up for things about which you feel passionately, even if it makes it difficult to catch up.  However, you can't jeopardize your future just because someone wants you to be there to create a show of force on their own issue.

Answer 5

This is extremely easy to answer ..... if the school is open for business .... then you should be too ...... if your teachers are there, then you should be too ..... if this man wants to boycott the education system - then that's his business - not yours .... he's got his education (it's his education that has educated him enough to decide he wants to boycott the education system) ..... he has no right to ask you to deprive yourself of yours for his benefit ......

Answer 6

if you want to go to harvard then no!