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Your position

You believe schools should excuse students' absences to go to climate protests.

What you wrote:

I think that this could be considered similar to a field trip for a good cause. The children should be able to make the choice to attend climate protests in order to help our planet and not be penalized for it.

Your partner's position

Your partner believes that schools should not excuse students' absences to go to climate protests.

Their initial response:

I don't really agree with people attending protests in general unless it's a very serious, timely issue. Climate change, if it's even real is ongoing and there is no need for anyone to miss school for something that can't be solved anytime soon anyway.

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