our local high school students walk out of class in protest

Wow. I'm not even sure what to say.

Read the article and watch video here.

I know that some of our students from church were in the protest, as were some of my baseball players. I don't know how much they really want to be heard, or if the idea of a walkout was overpowering.

I believe that students deserve to be heard, that they often have something to say, and that their opinions matter. I don't think that a walkout over someone offering to build a 100 million (that's right--100 stinkin million) dollar complex for you is justified.

Maybe if the students were upset that this money was being spent on a new complex instead of feeding the hungry, digging wells for those dying from a lack of clean drinking water, or providing homes for those without, or fighting slavery...maybe then I could see a walkout.

But I didn't hear that in what the students were saying. It sounded more like, "Hey! Walkout! Let's blow off class and get on TV."

But what do I know?