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RE: I Wish I'd Bunked Off School Today
If protesting is that important (and I agree that if you believe in something, you should fight for it) then why does it have to be on a schoolday? Why not teach the children that it would mean more if they sacrifice a leisure day for their beliefs?
That's a really interesting question. I think it probably has more impact if it is during work hours in terms of being noticed.
I also think that climate change and environmental destruction occurs on school days so why not protest against it then too? Plus, they are still getting an education - just not in an institution.
It does nothing to disrupt the system and get noticed if it's on the weekend. This is why all the feel-good American protests like the Women's March are funtimes but ultimately have gained nothing at all. People took a Saturday afternoon to march and have lunch after with their friends. No work was disrupted. The economy probably gained rather than lost, as a lot of those people popped into restaurants after or ran errands. The establishment only responds when a wrench is thrown in somehow - traffic is stopped, the economy suffers, people don't fall in line with the established routine.
Ah yes! Exactly. Xx and here, roads were shut, and people moaned, so they got noticed. On the weekend it's just another event in a sea of 'stuff to do' .. xx
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