Rantz: Kshama Sawant preys on uninformed students planning walkout

Flanked by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and a “socialist youth coalition” representative, Seattle students announced a school walkout to protest something they don’t understand. Neither does Sawant.

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Seattle Public Schools announced their enrollment projections were short by about 700 students, which negatively impacts their budget to the tune of $7.5 million, according to The Seattle Times. Consequently, they have to move some teachers to other schools where the need is greater.

One of the schools impacted is Nova High School, an “alternative” school that is breeding future professional activists who complain about everything that doesn’t go their way. But, in their 16 years of life, or so, they’ve got everything figured out. And with the prodding of Sawant and the Socialists Party, they now have the temerity to stage a walkout.

“The district talks big about equity, but they don’t show it,” said 16-year-old Nova student Mirabai Kukathas, according to the Times.

Like Sawant, Kukathas uses meaningless buzzwords they don’t understand.

None of the impacted teachers are losing their jobs. But if they were to stay, other schools in need of their services would be negatively impacted. When these students demand “equity” they’re really just asking for special treatment. So long as selfish Nova kids get their way, it’s alright if other students suffer.

It turns out Socialism is more about selfishness and bad fiscal decisions. You get to make them when your solution to a budget crisis is always, “Well, let’s tax the rich!” It’s more sad when you get students to take the same silly position, implying to them they’ll never earn enough money on their own, so let’s steal it from others.

Ironically, Nova should have lost three full-time teachers due to low enrollment, but the district only removed two, further pushing the idea that these students are somehow owed something they’re not.

Now, they’ll take more time out of their school for professional activist schemes. It’s bad for them and their future, but it’s likely good for Sawant and the Socialist who will prey on their naivety, sign them up for some worthless Socialist newsletter, and sell them a future based on an economic system that is good at offering promises that will never come to fruition.

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