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Your position

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

What you wrote:

I think that student political activism should be encouraged. I think that the learning process includes social learning as well and activism can be part of that.

Your partner's position

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

Their initial response:

Certain absences should be excused, but I don't know that this should be one of this reasons. Students should be able to go, but not sure about the excuse.

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