This is what makes the voices of the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., so powerful. And public school kids striking would be all the more moving than university students: Because of truancy laws, high schoolers risk real legal discipline for striking. When students strike, they underscore the hopelessness of a nation without its young and emphasize the impossibility of social continuation if children are too frightened for their lives to learn. What should the kids strike for? The task before the Parkland students — and other students who choose to join them — is bigger than any one piece of legislation.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2018 00:00 UTC