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San Antonio Walkout: Judson High School graduate says that Fox Tech first amendment rights are disrespected! 

Its a rather poor and unappreciated fact
that in Texas, independent minds and
bodies are the most trifled of people.
Sad thing too,seeing how a bunch of independent
minds and bodies won our freedom
from Mexico.

The walkouts, from what I heard, were largely
ineffective. And they will always be.

For example. I am a 23 year old man. In my
freshman year of high school
at Judson,we had a walkout to
protest the firing of the principal
of the 9th and 10th grade campus.
somewhere near 1000 students simply got
up out of their chairs and walked out of class.

We gathered in the courtyard. Campus police (read:
Schutzstaffel) were called in and caused problems
which ultimately made this peaceful walkout turn
into a full-on riot. Utter chaos ensued, and to make
a long story short(haha) because of irrational fear,
this peaceful protest got ugly,students got arrested
and there were battered minds, bodies
and spirits.

Fox Tech High School's "lock
down" in response to a supposed
walkout is utterly and completely
tyrannical. Totalitarian, if you
must.

I sure as hell hope ACLU and a bunch of
lawyers get together to discuss this outright
abolition of first-amendment
rights.

Maybe the fears of all those hippie parents from
the 60s and 70s is true.
Our school are no longer
education and freeing minds...
they are conforming and
stifling minds, 
a la PinkFloyd's The Wall.

With a fist raised in the air in utter solidarity,
I will proudly and loudly say:

Hey, Teacher... Leave them kids alone!

Joel Baumgartner

Comments

Unknown said…
It wasn't the principal it was the administrator Mr. Alberts. There was a flyer circulating about the walk out. What date and time it would happen at. I was there class of 2001 lol
10:55 AM
Unknown said…
The walkout at Judson egg was because we had friends who’s parents were being deported, We met with Wagner high school then walked to rosevelt
11:43 PM
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