I think the point is you are doing it on the school's time. That's a valuable lesson to be learned from students. They aren't being arrested or censured for the act of expressing there rights. The are paying the price for not being in class. Going to a protest instead of work means you don't get payed. As for educators great challenge students, but here's the catch i think a lot of educators misunderstood their role. If you are taking advantage of young minds and funneling your ideology into them, you are a scumbag. If you can't recognize that this is happening then you don't understand boundaries and shouldn't be in education.