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Students “Put Out The Fire”

What's your reaction to the widespread student protests going on at college campuses now? "We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical v…
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Students "Put Out The Fire"

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May 3

What's your reaction to the widespread student protests going on at college campuses now?

"We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence." (Dr.Martin Luther King) 

During final exam week, four full time students enrolled at a large urban university held a short panel discussion as part of a live, public television broadcast. During this segment, they would be expressing their views about serious episodes of student protest on campus related to the current Israeli/Hamas conflict. All of them were in various stages of completing their Bachelor's degree, lived in the dorms on campus and were not on scholarship. The PBS moderator asked several questions alternately to one student at a time, which gave  the others sufficient opportunity to listen and respond afterward. For those who chose to participate  in my imagined scenario below, here's what they had to say?

Question #1  How do you view the student protests  on campus which are escalating into lawlessness at this time? 

"I'm really stressed right now about passing my classes. I need to study right now and can't handle all these distractions."

"Yes, it's all business during class times.There's nobody I know of in my courses who would jeopardize their grades to do this."

"Actually, my grades are meaningless unless I see the relevancy of the college experience to my whole life. I definitely see these protesters waking me up to take some strong legal  action to doing something about unfair treatment that others face."

One student remained silent. 

Question # 2 - How do you feel about the likely presence of State Police and National Guard units on campus to deal with this crisis?

"My parents taught me to abide by the law and the presence of a police officer on campus me feel safer."

"I can make my own decisions about safety. I don't need the police to tell me what to do."

"Since when does the military actually care about those they are trained to kill? So it makes me nervous that they carry a gun!"

One student remained silent.

Question #3 - Who or what influences your attitude the most about the Middle East protest that's causing so much uproar on your campus?"

"My friends are always on  their iPhones sending texts or social media commentary about what's happening on campus. I would usually accept what they have to say."

"I don't  have time to wait for a beep or ring on my phone. And I also do not like too much chatter in general. I'm smart enough to know that our campus has probably been infiltrated by dangerous outsiders making trouble. Maybe I'll just buy a gun."

"You're wrong on your reasoning. I believe that violence  breeds violence The only way to stop "putting gas on the fire" would be find peace within ourselves and then make an effort to share it with all we meet."

Student Four - "Namaste, brother."

CONCLUSION:

So in the Q&A scenario described above, these four university students chose to seriously "speak their mind" without actually joining the chaotic mayhem surrounding them on campus. Instead, they acknowledged several related challenges concerning completion of their academic coursework, while also spouting off strongly a variety of philosophical viewpoints about how such highly politicized scenes of protests seriously impacted their personal lives.Thus, I hope there's such a new generation of college education entrants that will continue promoting such non violent assertiveness by turning out in mass to vote for the best qualified candidate in the upcoming Presidential election. 

Source:

https://weeklysift.com/2024/04/29/what-to-make-of-student-protests/

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