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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes it's good they get involved after all they are The next generation so hopefully they will do better than my generation and those before that have sat on there fat arses counting there money |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Definitely not.
Let's be honest most of them will see it as an excuse to not go to school and will be off after 5 minutes getting hammered on cheap cider. Which to be fair I am all for, but they still should be in school unless they are bunking off then that's ok. |
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"Definitely not.
Let's be honest most of them will see it as an excuse to not go to school and will be off after 5 minutes getting hammered on cheap cider. Which to be fair I am all for, but they still should be in school unless they are bunking off then that's ok."
That was back in the 80s. |
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"Definitely not.
Let's be honest most of them will see it as an excuse to not go to school and will be off after 5 minutes getting hammered on cheap cider. Which to be fair I am all for, but they still should be in school unless they are bunking off then that's ok."
I'm sorry but i'm glad to say I agree with what you say although I have to disagree with all of it, i'm sorry to say. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Yes. Knowing how to spell wont keep you alive in an uninhabitable world. "
No one will be able to spell uninhabitable in the future, what sort of world is that to leave our children. |
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"Yes. Knowing how to spell wont keep you alive in an uninhabitable world.
No one will be able to spell uninhabitable in the future, what sort of world is that to leave our children."
Probably better than the world where apostrophes are carelessly abandoned.
Mind you - you can't eat apostrophes. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ? "
Fuck that.
School traffic on a weekend... think of the children!
Will someone please consider the environmental effects of the kids protesting on a weekend.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything."
Why should they question everything ? |
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"Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.
Why should they question everything ?"
Because that's how independent thinking develops. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A friend of mine works across from Parliament Square. She's seen many protests/gatherings in that area and she told me that the amount of litter these people left behind was by far the worst she'd ever seen. Go figure. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.
Why should they question everything ?"
Prepares them for the real world, it teaches them to truly think for themselves. To not blindly follow what others are telling them, or what is written. |
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"Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.
Why should they question everything ?
Prepares them for the real world, it teaches them to truly think for themselves. To not blindly follow what others are telling them, or what is written."
Yep the flat earth folk , those who deny the holocaust happened etc.... are a testament to this  |
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ? "
Agreed! Giving them an excuse to finish school early on a Friday is very appealing, asking them to get up early on a weekend to stage a protest is likely to be poorly attended. A clever tactic! I reckon more people would vote in the general election if they were given a half day at work in return for their vote.
Ultimately, we need these kids to take their education seriously and enable them to make educated decisions rather than follow the latest social media craze, there are ways and means to get your voice heard, I’m not sure how bunking off school will achieve anything positive.
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ?
Agreed! Giving them an excuse to finish school early on a Friday is very appealing, asking them to get up early on a weekend to stage a protest is likely to be poorly attended. A clever tactic! I reckon more people would vote in the general election if they were given a half day at work in return for their vote.
Ultimately, we need these kids to take their education seriously and enable them to make educated decisions rather than follow the latest social media craze, there are ways and means to get your voice heard, I’m not sure how bunking off school will achieve anything positive.
Lou x "
Neither will one day off school make any big impact on their education.
I'm all for kids getting involved. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.
Why should they question everything ?
Prepares them for the real world, it teaches them to truly think for themselves. To not blindly follow what others are telling them, or what is written.
Yep the flat earth folk , those who deny the holocaust happened etc.... are a testament to this "
Questioning and believing are two very different things.
If they fail to come to a logical conclusion after questioning, then there is a problem.
Fun fact, if people don't question things, then nothing advances.
That is what scientists are doing ALL the time.
Its also more than just questioning facts, its about questioning authority and rules, and stereotypes. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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It got me thinking though. With the amount of clothing, both synthetic and natural fibre, electronic gadgets, reliance on bottled water etc. Do today's generation of young people use up more of this planet's resources than previous generations? When I think of the amount of "stuff" I had when I was a child, in comparison to what my friends' kids have now, I think they do. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ?
Agreed! Giving them an excuse to finish school early on a Friday is very appealing, asking them to get up early on a weekend to stage a protest is likely to be poorly attended. A clever tactic! I reckon more people would vote in the general election if they were given a half day at work in return for their vote.
Ultimately, we need these kids to take their education seriously and enable them to make educated decisions rather than follow the latest social media craze, there are ways and means to get your voice heard, I’m not sure how bunking off school will achieve anything positive.
Lou x "
Granted for some it won't be taken serious enough, but how is it different to going on strike in the workplace? It's making a stand, a statement and doing something to make people take notice.
Yes a vast number will be following the trend or using it as an excuse but shit gets done when people start giving a shit. |
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ?
Agreed! Giving them an excuse to finish school early on a Friday is very appealing, asking them to get up early on a weekend to stage a protest is likely to be poorly attended. A clever tactic! I reckon more people would vote in the general election if they were given a half day at work in return for their vote.
Ultimately, we need these kids to take their education seriously and enable them to make educated decisions rather than follow the latest social media craze, there are ways and means to get your voice heard, I’m not sure how bunking off school will achieve anything positive.
Lou x
Neither will one day off school make any big impact on their education.
I'm all for kids getting involved. "
Maybe one day won’t have an impact, but if they really want their voices heard I can’t see how just one day will have an impact on their cause.
I am also all for kids getting involved, I just wouldn’t be encouraging mine to bunk off school.
Lou x |
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"It got me thinking though. With the amount of clothing, both synthetic and natural fibre, electronic gadgets, reliance on bottled water etc. Do today's generation of young people use up more of this planet's resources than previous generations? When I think of the amount of "stuff" I had when I was a child, in comparison to what my friends' kids have now, I think they do. "
Don’t we all though, throughout the generations? And I think young people are more environmentally savvy than many older generations but some things, like gadgets, are hard to avoid - but they’re not limited to use by the younger generation... and who is responsible for these? Not the kids...
I’m just glad that they can get passionate about something enough to go and protest, a day off school isn’t going to do them any harm  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I agree with the youngster's, they should be allowed to express themselves about their future, and them doing it on a school day will make people notice that they are making a stand.
Why should they do it on a Saturday, when the teachers strike they don't do it on a Saturday, they do it on a weekday, no qualms about the students missing their lessons then though is there? Mrs |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest."
It wouldn't get the same level of press coverage. A protest that no one notices doesn't change many minds or behaviours.
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ?
Agreed! Giving them an excuse to finish school early on a Friday is very appealing, asking them to get up early on a weekend to stage a protest is likely to be poorly attended. A clever tactic! I reckon more people would vote in the general election if they were given a half day at work in return for their vote.
Ultimately, we need these kids to take their education seriously and enable them to make educated decisions rather than follow the latest social media craze, there are ways and means to get your voice heard, I’m not sure how bunking off school will achieve anything positive.
Lou x "
I hope you take exactly the same stance with the parents who book holidays during term time, claiming it won't make a difference to their education and is, in fact, educative. |
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ?
Agreed! Giving them an excuse to finish school early on a Friday is very appealing, asking them to get up early on a weekend to stage a protest is likely to be poorly attended. A clever tactic! I reckon more people would vote in the general election if they were given a half day at work in return for their vote.
Ultimately, we need these kids to take their education seriously and enable them to make educated decisions rather than follow the latest social media craze, there are ways and means to get your voice heard, I’m not sure how bunking off school will achieve anything positive.
Lou x
I hope you take exactly the same stance with the parents who book holidays during term time, claiming it won't make a difference to their education and is, in fact, educative."
Indeed I do. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ?
Agreed! Giving them an excuse to finish school early on a Friday is very appealing, asking them to get up early on a weekend to stage a protest is likely to be poorly attended. A clever tactic! I reckon more people would vote in the general election if they were given a half day at work in return for their vote.
Ultimately, we need these kids to take their education seriously and enable them to make educated decisions rather than follow the latest social media craze, there are ways and means to get your voice heard, I’m not sure how bunking off school will achieve anything positive.
Lou x
I hope you take exactly the same stance with the parents who book holidays during term time, claiming it won't make a difference to their education and is, in fact, educative.
Indeed I do. "
Good. I have had conversations, out there in the real world, with folk happy to condemn young people for striking for climate change even though they have taken their own out of school to get on a plane and go on holiday.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Blocking roads !!
I don't think it's a great way to educate kids
It's not a drivers fault re emmissions
It's the car manufacturers
All we do is drive what they sell us
A car .
Leave it to the experts not the kids
What if on school holidays a group of 3 or 4 mates say come on .let's go stand in the road like we did at school and a kid gets injured
Ridiculous  |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Blocking roads !!
I don't think it's a great way to educate kids
It's not a drivers fault re emmissions
It's the car manufacturers
All we do is drive what they sell us
A car .
Leave it to the experts not the kids
What if on school holidays a group of 3 or 4 mates say come on .let's go stand in the road like we did at school and a kid gets injured
Ridiculous "
What are you talking about?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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What would be even better is; if they become the politicians, the scientists, the journalists and the policy makers of the future. Then they could really make a difference. |
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By *lceeWoman
over a year ago
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Yeah - I bunked off school to attend a protest for lowering the age of consent for same sex relations to that of hetero when I was 15 (in those heady days before social media).
I was then interviewed by Channel 4 News and my mum saw it. I thought I was going to catch hell for it but she said she was proud of me.
I’d fully support any child of mine that felt strongly enough about anything to want to peacefully demonstrate for it.
Oh, and no, I didn’t drop any litter on that protest or any other. Just sayin’. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.
Why should they question everything ?
Prepares them for the real world, it teaches them to truly think for themselves. To not blindly follow what others are telling them, or what is written."
What if they want to blindly follow what others are telling them ? |
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"if you took your kid out of schoool for a day to go somewere they would fine youso who pays there fines "
You wouldn’t get a fine for just one day out of the whole academic year. If their attendance was already poor it could be a possibility. |
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"I'd have been more impressed if they all turned up on Saturday to protest.
Me too , and this is the thing .
How many would have given their own time ?
Agreed! Giving them an excuse to finish school early on a Friday is very appealing, asking them to get up early on a weekend to stage a protest is likely to be poorly attended. A clever tactic! I reckon more people would vote in the general election if they were given a half day at work in return for their vote.
Ultimately, we need these kids to take their education seriously and enable them to make educated decisions rather than follow the latest social media craze, there are ways and means to get your voice heard, I’m not sure how bunking off school will achieve anything positive.
Lou x "
Hahaha, Lou, they ARE making an educated decision. They've decided we are fucking up the planet.
They're right.
At most we have 12 years at the least, three.
They'd like to have a planet that's livable for their future.
They're doing something about it.
Commendable. |
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Absolutely, if they understand what is happening and their purpose of the protest then yes, why can’t they have a say on their future? I proud of our youth voicing their opinions and fighting for what they believe, I hope those in power will listen to their cries and act on it. Afterall, they’re going to be the ones left with what we’ve done, and they’ll be leaving what they’ve done for the generation after. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Should we be encouraging children to bunk off school to protest against climate change ?
Are these the same kids that chuck all their litter on the roads?"
So what is the lesson here bunk of school no punishment ?. So next time they feel like no school they just take it off. Or in a few years take a day off.
These are the kids today that know that they can't be punished for anything. Round where I live they damage cars make life unbearable for people.
I suffered 3 years of kids banging doors windows throwing stones every night. Till I had to reinforce the house fix cameras and i was called a paedophile for shouting at them and they called the police on me. So yes just let them do whatever they want let's see the hate because you all think it's funny to break the rules |
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They are children ultimately, hence why the legal age to vote is 18. They cannot make an adult decision because they are not adults. Why not let them all run their school for a day? Let them make all the decisions and rules for the day in the family? We don’t let them because they are children and lack adult empathy and life experience, not their fault, just their age. Social media is promoting liberalism and not in a good way. Rules are good, rules prevent anarchy. The line has to be drawn somewhere. You’ll all be telling me that it’s child cruelty to not allow children to fully express themselves and do what they want. Sheesh.
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"What would be even better is; if they become the politicians, the scientists, the journalists and the policy makers of the future. Then they could really make a difference. "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Don’t just teach your children to read…
Teach them to question what they read.
Teach them to question everything.
Why should they question everything ?
Prepares them for the real world, it teaches them to truly think for themselves. To not blindly follow what others are telling them, or what is written.
What if they want to blindly follow what others are telling them ? "
What if they ask so many questions that they begin to question their existence? |
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"They are children ultimately, hence why the legal age to vote is 18. They cannot make an adult decision because they are not adults. Why not let them all run their school for a day? Let them make all the decisions and rules for the day in the family? We don’t let them because they are children and lack adult empathy and life experience, not their fault, just their age. Social media is promoting liberalism and not in a good way. Rules are good, rules prevent anarchy. The line has to be drawn somewhere. You’ll all be telling me that it’s child cruelty to not allow children to fully express themselves and do what they want. Sheesh.
Ed"
Well said |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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"They are children ultimately, hence why the legal age to vote is 18. They cannot make an adult decision because they are not adults. Why not let them all run their school for a day? Let them make all the decisions and rules for the day in the family? We don’t let them because they are children and lack adult empathy and life experience, not their fault, just their age. Social media is promoting liberalism and not in a good way. Rules are good, rules prevent anarchy. The line has to be drawn somewhere. You’ll all be telling me that it’s child cruelty to not allow children to fully express themselves and do what they want. Sheesh.
Ed"
Damn the kind of liberalism that leads to children caring about their futures.....  |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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This thread has reminded me of my earliest activism. Also a school strike against the threat of our milk being taken away by a certain minister called Thatcher. We made placards, we chanted, we learned about milk, bones and growth, about how milk provided universally meant we didn't need to fall behind because some of us (definitely me) were poorer than others. I don't think that half day led to a poorer education. |
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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago
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"Should we be encouraging children to bunk off school to protest against climate change ?"
No, go to school learn about climate change and protest at the weekend instead of playing computer games and hanging around street corners smoking fags getting d*unk while having under age sex with their twat friends |
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By *abs..Woman
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"They are children ultimately, hence why the legal age to vote is 18. They cannot make an adult decision because they are not adults. Why not let them all run their school for a day? Let them make all the decisions and rules for the day in the family? We don’t let them because they are children and lack adult empathy and life experience, not their fault, just their age. Social media is promoting liberalism and not in a good way. Rules are good, rules prevent anarchy. The line has to be drawn somewhere. You’ll all be telling me that it’s child cruelty to not allow children to fully express themselves and do what they want. Sheesh.
Ed"
You get to vote on things in school. They have elections for roles in school. The have political debates in school. They work on ‘green’ issues a lot in school. What do they do with that learning?
You’re an adult at 16 is you visit certain places, fly, ride etc. But I get your point, the age of an adult in this country is 18.
I think it’s essential to encourage our young people to take an interest in global affairs and the environment. The earlier the better. They are going to be most affected by what people are doing to the environment now than any of us are. Let them raise awareness. Their parents will take them out for a term time holiday soon and they will whip them out of school for appointments without a second thought.
Let them do it I say |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Honestly, on this increasingly ducked up and apathetic society that we live in kids getting passionate about something as important as this and actually doing something about it genuinely gives me hope for the future |
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"Honestly, on this increasingly ducked up and apathetic society that we live in kids getting passionate about something as important as this and actually doing something about it genuinely gives me hope for the future "
I can’t say I’m surprised that you would see it this way . You won’t have seen the negative side of it I’m sure . Like the placards which were simply offensive , the foul language , the d*unken behaviour , the foul language the teenagers were using , the disruption caused simply for the sake of it , and ultimately all this on a day they should have been in school . Yes , I genuinely see there is such hope for the future seeing this |
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