The Penny Revolution?

Question

A group of middle school kids got together and decided to peacefully protest a reduction in their school luch time. 29 of the approx. 200 students decided to pay for their lunch with pennies. the administration at the school dedcided to give each of the 29 kids 2 detentions and to stop the class trip planned for thaqt year.do you think that this was a just punishment? why or why not.

Answer 1

no it was not a just punishment, they should have been locked up for that sort of behaviour. A good spell in the army would teach them some respect.

Answer 2

yes it was

Answer 3

What kind of school is this? They should have just respectfully asked them to not pay in pennies the next time. It was a harmful doing and they were punished way more than they should have been. Now, if they were trouble makers most of the time, I could understand this. But if none of them did anything wrong very often, there is no excuse for this type of behavior from the school.

Answer 4

If I was one of the parents I would look into filing suit against the school.  The kids paid with legal currency.  They engaged in a completely peaceful act of civil disobedience.  It was a protest that while it might have inconvenienced a few people harmed no one.  Those are all things I think should be *encouraged* as excellent lessons in how to get a problem noticed while working within the bounds of out established legal and political system.  I think it makes an excellent lesson in practical civics and illustrates principles the students will be able to apply to problems they will encounter in their adults lives.  Isn't that what the public schools are supposed to be doing?