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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Strike or truancy? #99036 03/19/2003 7:05 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague bonzaialsatian enthusiast bonzaialsatian enthusiast Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Keeping this as a word post (so not sure why I've put it in the AWAD in Schools category, but.) Recently there has been numerous walk-outs in London and other cities by secondary school students to protest against the war, media coverage has varied in reffering to them as strikes or truancies - which is more accurate? I mean, if a whole school walks out with the permission of staff is it truancy? Equally, how can these be called strikes if the students aren't stictly giving up anything such as pay? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Strike or truancy? #99037 03/19/2003 7:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear bonzaialsatian: They would appear to be absent with permission. Regrettable that they would miss school to protest without any likelihood of any good coming of it. Protesting the impotence of the UN might be more appropriate. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Strike or truancy? #99038 03/26/2003 2:45 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York To me it's hardly truancy if it's with staff permission. Around here the students, and the media, kept to the term "walk-out." And the local high school staged its walk-out from 10:30 to 1:00, missing only one or two classes (and lunchtime). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Strike or truancy? #99039 03/27/2003 2:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Anything to make a Roman holiday. And news comparable to dog pissing on hydrant. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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