{"id":4469,"date":"2012-03-02T12:01:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T20:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jo-online.vsb.bc.ca\/keller\/?p=4469"},"modified":"2012-03-02T12:01:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T20:01:25","slug":"jo-students-walked-out-to-overwhelming-public-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/2012\/03\/02\/jo-students-walked-out-to-overwhelming-public-support\/","title":{"rendered":"JO students walk out to overwhelming public support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 9:30am \u00a0this morning a few\u00a0hundred of our students from John Oliver Secondary school, in the heart of Vancouver, walked out of their classes in support of their teachers and BC Public Education&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jo-online.vsb.bc.ca\/blogs\/jo\/keller\/files\/2012\/03\/tttt.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4488\" src=\"http:\/\/jo-online.vsb.bc.ca\/blogs\/jo\/keller\/files\/2012\/03\/tttt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom my third floor classroom all I could hear were the chants and cheers of our students and the honking of the cars and trucks that passed by&#8230;<br \/>\nAnd now, in the rain, they leave for a student\u00a0organized\u00a0 rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Some students tell me a few drivers gave them the &#8216;finger&#8217; and &#8216;thumbs down sign&#8217; as they drove by. &#8220;One car even swerved into a puddle near the curb to splash us &#8230; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a teacher I look out my window at these kids whom I care about and worry if they are dressed appropriately for the weather, if they have bus fare home, if they will be safe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As a parent of elementary aged children I am hoping their teachers are keeping them inside&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>#activism #stepping-into-adulthood #the-politicalization-of-youth #democracy #worried&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 9:30am \u00a0this morning a few\u00a0hundred of our students from John Oliver Secondary school, in the heart of Vancouver, walked out of their classes in support of their teachers and BC Public Education&#8230; From my third floor classroom all I&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/2012\/03\/02\/jo-students-walked-out-to-overwhelming-public-support\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}