WEBVTT 00:02.000 --> 00:04.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% UDY WOODRUFF: As we said at the beginning of the program, student-led rallies have picked 00:04.166 --> 00:09.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% up a momentum of their own in Florida and around the country, in large part out of anger 00:11.166 --> 00:15.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% over the easy availability of assault-style weapons and other kinds of guns. 00:17.133 --> 00:19.800 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% There were rallies here in Washington as well today, in front of the White House and another 00:19.800 --> 00:21.800 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% near the Capitol. 00:21.800 --> 00:25.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Two students who took part in the rallies after a school from their changes walkout 00:25.900 --> 00:27.800 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% join me now. 00:27.800 --> 00:31.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Camille Richter is a senior at McLean High School in McLean, Virginia. 00:31.833 --> 00:34.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And Jake Bennett is a senior at H.B. 00:34.433 --> 00:37.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Woodlawn Secondary School in Arlington, Virginia. 00:37.900 --> 00:41.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And thank you to both of you for coming out here to the studio to talk to us. 00:41.966 --> 00:44.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Jake, I'm going to start with you. 00:44.533 --> 00:46.733 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% You walked, you were just telling me, something like five miles from your school all the way 00:46.733 --> 00:50.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to the White House today from Arlington into D.C. 00:50.100 --> 00:51.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JAKE BENNETT, Student: Yes. 00:51.600 --> 00:53.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Why did you want to be a part of this today? 00:53.666 --> 00:57.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JAKE BENNETT: Because we live so close to D.C., we felt that it wouldn't be the same 01:01.066 --> 01:06.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% if we just walked outside, if we just walked to a courthouse, which is where our public 01:07.333 --> 01:09.433 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% school headquarters are. 01:09.433 --> 01:14.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We felt driven to march to the White House and to really show that we would go this far 01:17.000 --> 01:21.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to voice our discontent and our anger with Congress. 01:21.233 --> 01:23.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Camille, why is this so important to you? 01:23.900 --> 01:27.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% CAMILLE RICHTER, Student: You know, I am sick of going to school every day being scared 01:27.966 --> 01:30.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% for my life and being scared for my friends' lives. 01:30.866 --> 01:35.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We live in a relatively safe part of Virginia - - at least I do -- in McLean. 01:37.866 --> 01:41.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And it's silly that we live in a First World country and still, first graders, second graders, 01:43.866 --> 01:47.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% like, young kids, all through high schoolers are afraid of going to school, and they're 01:47.200 --> 01:48.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% afraid of what's going to happen to them. 01:48.733 --> 01:50.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's not right, and it really needs to stop. 01:50.900 --> 01:55.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Jake, you were saying that you feel strongly that something has to be 01:56.400 --> 01:57.933 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% done. 01:57.933 --> 02:00.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Do you have an idea right now of what you think it should be? 02:00.000 --> 02:04.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JAKE BENNETT: I think that universal background checks need to be implemented to buy a gun. 02:05.900 --> 02:08.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I think that we should ban assault rifles again. 02:08.066 --> 02:11.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They were banned for 10 years, and that really did work. 02:11.800 --> 02:15.666 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% There's no need for American civilians to have a machine of war. 02:15.666 --> 02:18.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% They're not used for hunting or protection. 02:18.233 --> 02:21.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% They're used for murder. 02:21.200 --> 02:26.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I think that those are two steps in the right direction. 02:27.066 --> 02:29.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Background checks are very fast. 02:29.100 --> 02:32.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They take two minutes, and they would really save a lot of lives, in my opinion. 02:32.733 --> 02:36.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And yet a lot of people, as you know, Camille, because we haven't had 02:36.700 --> 02:41.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% that legislation since it was allowed to expired, argue that people should be allowed to buy 02:42.866 --> 02:43.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% pretty much any kind of gun they want. 02:43.800 --> 02:45.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% CAMILLE RICHTER: Yes. 02:45.200 --> 02:46.433 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% It's ridiculous. 02:46.433 --> 02:48.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Growing up -- we live in Virginia. 02:48.466 --> 02:51.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We have a rule that you can only buy one gun a month, which, for us, in Virginia, people 02:51.333 --> 02:53.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% have complained is too restrictive for guns. 02:53.633 --> 02:57.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I have a lot of family from Wisconsin, hunters. 02:57.133 --> 02:59.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I have been around guns for a long time. 02:59.466 --> 03:00.766 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I know what it's like. 03:00.766 --> 03:02.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% You shoot a gun, you live in Virginia. 03:02.266 --> 03:03.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It's a pretty regular thing. 03:03.966 --> 03:07.366 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% But there's a difference between a hunting rifle and an assault rifle. 03:07.366 --> 03:12.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% There's a difference between military-grade weaponry and weaponry that could be perceived 03:13.766 --> 03:15.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as being part of American culture with hunting. 03:15.633 --> 03:17.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It's just -- it's unnecessary. 03:17.833 --> 03:19.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It's blatantly unnecessary. 03:19.366 --> 03:22.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Jake, you mentioned the assault weapons. 03:22.300 --> 03:24.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% JAKE BENNETT: Yes. 03:24.366 --> 03:26.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And I know one of the ideas that's being discussed today is putting an 03:26.300 --> 03:30.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% age limit on who can buy an AR-15 or another assault weapon. 03:30.466 --> 03:32.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% JAKE BENNETT: Yes. 03:32.100 --> 03:33.566 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% JUDY WOODRUFF: Would something like that, you think, be acceptable? 03:33.566 --> 03:36.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JAKE BENNETT: I think that part of that would be acceptable. 03:36.233 --> 03:41.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I think that an age limit should be implemented, but other restrictions should be added on 03:42.333 --> 03:44.366 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% to it. 03:44.366 --> 03:48.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I really don't believe that anyone needs an AR-15 or other assault weapon. 03:49.633 --> 03:52.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They don't serve any purpose, except for massacre. 03:52.100 --> 03:57.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It's what the shooters out in Sandy Hook in Newtown used and Orlando and now at Stoneman 04:00.200 --> 04:03.233 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% Douglas. 04:03.233 --> 04:05.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% It's unnecessary. 04:05.233 --> 04:08.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Camille, there's also been a proposal that there be more guns in schools 04:08.600 --> 04:13.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% to protect students, that teachers or others be trained and armed to protect students. 04:15.900 --> 04:19.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% CAMILLE RICHTER: Yes, I think it's just -- it's expensive and unnecessary. 04:19.333 --> 04:24.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% You know, how much money does it cost to give every teacher and potentially students the 04:26.300 --> 04:29.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% training and the weaponry that they need in order to protect themselves? 04:29.333 --> 04:34.333 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% It just -- it feels like there is an easier solution to the problem that people and lawmakers 04:35.066 --> 04:36.533 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% are kind of avoiding. 04:36.533 --> 04:38.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Jake, do you feel like you're getting through? 04:38.400 --> 04:42.000 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I know you all were just watching some of the discussion inside the White House. 04:42.000 --> 04:44.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% JAKE BENNETT: Yes. 04:44.100 --> 04:46.233 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% JUDY WOODRUFF: President Trump invited students and some parents who have been through these 04:46.233 --> 04:48.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% tragedies, and educators. 04:48.233 --> 04:51.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Do you feel like the message is getting through to the people who can make a difference? 04:51.966 --> 04:56.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JAKE BENNETT: The message is -- that the Florida students are sending, you know, that we were 04:59.366 --> 05:02.433 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% sending, what students all across America are sending, parents, teachers, everyday people 05:04.400 --> 05:08.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% are trying to send to Congress and to the president are that, you know, Congress needs 05:10.633 --> 05:15.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% to stop saying yes to the NRA and start saying yes to the American children and to safety 05:17.333 --> 05:19.133 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% in schools. 05:19.133 --> 05:22.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think that's the message that we were trying to send. 05:22.033 --> 05:27.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I think that what we did today was set forward a motion that will keep -- you know, it will 05:28.700 --> 05:32.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% keep building momentum until it does make a change. 05:32.166 --> 05:33.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% JUDY WOODRUFF: What about that, Camille? 05:33.633 --> 05:35.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Because there have been school shootings before. 05:35.066 --> 05:37.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% There have been protests before. 05:37.100 --> 05:41.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But it hasn't lasted or there's been a little bit of change, but not a change. 05:42.500 --> 05:43.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% These things keep happening. 05:43.300 --> 05:45.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% CAMILLE RICHTER: Right. 05:45.700 --> 05:48.866 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% It's just we elected Congress to be the representatives of the people, not to be the representatives 05:48.866 --> 05:51.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of big lobby firms and of the NRA. 05:51.133 --> 05:56.133 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% And it feels like, when our legislature and when our representatives ignore the epidemic 05:58.166 --> 06:01.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% of shootings that are going on across the U.S., it makes you wonder, who they are working 06:01.700 --> 06:02.966 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% for? 06:02.966 --> 06:04.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% You know, you want to be represented. 06:04.866 --> 06:06.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% You want your voice to be heard. 06:06.500 --> 06:08.633 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% So... 06:08.633 --> 06:11.800 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% JUDY WOODRUFF: And, you know, some say, well, these young people feel strongly, but they're 06:11.800 --> 06:12.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% just high school students. 06:12.833 --> 06:14.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% CAMILLE RICHTER: Right. 06:14.233 --> 06:16.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: How much difference can they really make? 06:16.566 --> 06:19.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% CAMILLE RICHTER: I think we can make a huge difference. 06:19.133 --> 06:23.066 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% There has been some talk from some representatives that, you know, the high school students who 06:24.933 --> 06:28.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% are making a stand in Florida are plants by the FBI or they're paid to do this. 06:29.466 --> 06:31.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% And it's absolutely ridiculous. 06:31.466 --> 06:35.133 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Again, like we were saying earlier, if you're 18, men are old enough to be drafted. 06:35.133 --> 06:39.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% At 16, at least in Virginia, you can buy a car, which is dangerous within itself. 06:39.800 --> 06:42.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Why can't -- why can you buy a gun? 06:42.333 --> 06:44.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Well, it's just -- you can do these things. 06:44.066 --> 06:46.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It just -- it doesn't make sense. 06:46.333 --> 06:47.766 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% We have a voice. 06:47.766 --> 06:50.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And we're clearly, you know, able enough to use it. 06:50.966 --> 06:53.800 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% You know, we know what we're talking about, to an extent, but... 06:53.800 --> 06:57.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Jake, do you feel that you and your friends are committed to stick with 06:57.100 --> 06:58.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% this, with this issue? 06:58.100 --> 07:00.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JAKE BENNETT: Oh, absolutely. 07:00.233 --> 07:04.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% We are committed to keep doing whatever is necessary to effect change, whether it's rallies, 07:08.066 --> 07:13.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% you know, protests, whatever it takes, really reaching out to people online. 07:15.666 --> 07:17.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It's not going to be just us that effects this change. 07:17.566 --> 07:20.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It's going to be high schoolers all across America who does. 07:20.733 --> 07:24.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, I know you have managed to get the attention of a lot of people. 07:24.933 --> 07:27.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Jake Bennett, Camille Richter, thank you both. 07:27.633 --> 07:28.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAMILLE RICHTER: Thank you. 07:28.766 --> 07:30.266 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% JAKE BENNETT: Thank you. 07:30.266 --> 07:33.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And now we get a teacher's perspective. 07:33.033 --> 07:38.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Mike Conrad says the issue of school shootings has come up repeatedly in his own classroom. 07:40.000 --> 07:43.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% He teaches video production at Royal Oak High School outside Detroit, Michigan. 07:44.600 --> 07:45.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% And he joins me now from there. 07:45.933 --> 07:48.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Mike Conrad, welcome to the program. 07:48.133 --> 07:52.233 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% You were able to listen to these two students we were speaking with. 07:52.233 --> 07:54.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% What did you make of what they had to say? 07:54.233 --> 07:56.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% MIKE CONRAD, Teacher, Royal Oak High School: Well, I applaud them for everything they had 07:56.533 --> 07:58.600 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% to say. 07:58.600 --> 08:02.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The students, not only Camille and Jake, but the students around the country, are taking 08:02.300 --> 08:03.533 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% a stand. 08:03.533 --> 08:04.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And they're using the right language. 08:04.800 --> 08:07.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% They are using the right vocabulary. 08:07.533 --> 08:09.700 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% They are fed up. 08:09.700 --> 08:11.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And it's time for them to help make change. 08:11.900 --> 08:15.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So I applaud the fact that they went to the rally today. 08:15.700 --> 08:18.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I enjoyed hearing their thoughts, and I agree with them. 08:18.666 --> 08:22.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: You were telling us that your own students are speaking up. 08:22.600 --> 08:24.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% What are they saying about the shooting in Florida? 08:24.433 --> 08:27.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% MIKE CONRAD: There's a lot of discussion. 08:27.333 --> 08:31.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The discussion tone has changed in the past couple of days. 08:31.533 --> 08:33.500 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Students are scared. 08:33.500 --> 08:37.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I can give you an example that, daily, just a generic P.A. announcement throughout the 08:38.233 --> 08:39.466 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% school. 08:39.466 --> 08:42.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% When that tone goes off, the tension heightens. 08:42.633 --> 08:47.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And you hear a student gasp or you hear a student say with fear, oh, no, because they 08:47.566 --> 08:49.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% don't know what the announcement is going to say. 08:49.600 --> 08:51.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That shouldn't happen in the classroom. 08:51.700 --> 08:56.500 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% There are students who are asking me how I'm prepared to defend them should a shooter come 08:57.100 --> 08:59.066 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% into the school. 08:59.066 --> 09:03.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It's a difficult question to answer, because I can talk about all of our drills, all of 09:03.866 --> 09:05.833 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% our lockdowns. 09:05.833 --> 09:08.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I can talk about everything that we do as a school district and what I do in terms of 09:08.800 --> 09:13.700 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% my own knowledge, but, at the end of the day, how do you prepare yourself for one of these 09:13.700 --> 09:15.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% situations that happened in Florida? 09:15.833 --> 09:20.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, what is your thinking about teachers being armed, teachers being 09:21.000 --> 09:22.366 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% trained? 09:22.366 --> 09:24.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It came up just this afternoon at the White House. 09:24.400 --> 09:27.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The president raised it with the students and teachers and parents who were -- he was 09:27.666 --> 09:28.666 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% meeting with. 09:28.666 --> 09:30.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% What do you think of that idea? 09:30.700 --> 09:34.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% MIKE CONRAD: I think that the moment that you put a gun on the hip of a teacher in a 09:34.300 --> 09:39.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% classroom, that we have accepted the norm that school shootings will not stop, that 09:39.100 --> 09:44.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% we are now on the front line to defend against them, instead of trying to find a way to stop 09:44.033 --> 09:45.500 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% them. 09:45.500 --> 09:48.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I look at a classroom as a safe environment. 09:48.066 --> 09:51.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And I never look at it, when I say that to students or to parents, that a safe environment 09:51.700 --> 09:55.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in a classroom means defending against shootings. 09:55.166 --> 09:59.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% What I look at, is it a place where a student can talk to me, where a student can bring 09:59.233 --> 10:01.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% their problems to me? 10:01.200 --> 10:04.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% When they know that one of their friends might go home this weekend and harm themselves, 10:04.300 --> 10:08.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% and not come back on Monday, and they come to me and tell me that, I know that they trust 10:08.633 --> 10:11.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% me that they can come and say those things to me. 10:11.033 --> 10:13.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% That's a safe environment. 10:13.100 --> 10:16.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The second I put a gun on my hip, I don't think that that relationship continues. 10:16.700 --> 10:21.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: If it's not arming teachers, then what are some solutions, do you think? 10:24.266 --> 10:28.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% What's the role that teachers can play to keep students safe and themselves? 10:28.366 --> 10:32.400 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% MIKE CONRAD: Well, I think some of it is education and awareness. 10:32.400 --> 10:36.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I think that Camille and Jake did a great job of explaining some of the things that 10:36.366 --> 10:41.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% have to happen prior to the point where a shooter ever walks into a school. 10:42.533 --> 10:44.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Teachers shouldn't be a line of defense. 10:44.233 --> 10:46.766 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% The point should never get to the point where they're asked to do so. 10:46.766 --> 10:51.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So, I think we, as teachers -- I teach high school students, 15-, 16-, 17-, 18-year-old 10:52.400 --> 10:55.033 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% students. 10:55.033 --> 10:58.233 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% I should be preparing them to make those decisions to go out and vote, to call their legislators, 10:58.233 --> 11:00.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to march, should they want to. 11:00.366 --> 11:04.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But I think my job as a teacher is to inspire and to educate, and I think that's the best 11:04.900 --> 11:09.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% thing that we can do at that point in a classroom, not make it a military zone. 11:11.966 --> 11:14.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Mike Conrad is a teacher at Royal Oak High School near Detroit. 11:15.666 --> 11:16.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Thank you very much.