Student organizers Rayne Fisher-Quann and Frank Hong speak to reporters at Queen's Park on April 3, 2019.
"Adults tend to stereotype students as lazy or ignorant of current events, but I can assure you that over the past two weeks, I've never seen a demographic of a population so engaged and motivated to fight for their right to well-funded, fair and equitable education."Students Rayne Fisher-Quann, Frank Hong and Noah Sparrow pose with Liberal MPP Mitzie Hunter at Queen's Park.
The students at Queen's Park noted that unions are estimating these changes will result in thousands of job losses for teachers.They also said the changes will disproportionately affect students with special needs, who may need more attention from their teachers, and students in low-income families, who may not have access to a laptop and internet at home to do their online course work."I think it reflects a deep, deep lack of empathy ...
At the press conference, the student organizers dismissed the minister's suggestion that their protest was less constructive than sending comments through a consultation.
Well why not? They are not being taught anything of substance in the classroom!