It would be interesting to me to know which children participated in the walk out and those who didn't. How many participants are involved in extra curricular activities, especially sports and band? Which children had career ambitions and those who just wanted to get out of class?

I call bullshit on the whole thing but I don't imagine that the children who have participated in activities where there are winners and losers, or had jobs where actions have consequences, or have tried to look farther ahead than the weekend, or even college, would take part in such an event. Then again, peer pressure is very persuasive.