But a few days later, #Oklahoma’s superintendent of #schools, #RyanWalters, directed all the state’s schools to observe a moment of silence in honor of #Kirk. Durant felt a shock that quickly flamed into outrage.

People were free to mourn Kirk or not, he said, but the #state had no right to #order his #child & other #children to honor a man whose words had often denigrated them. “My initial thought was, Hell no — there’s no way.”

But a few days later, #Oklahoma’s superintendent of #schools, #RyanWalters, directed all the state’s schools to observe a moment of silence in honor of #Kirk. Durant felt a shock that quickly flamed into outrage.

People were free to mourn Kirk or not, he said, but the #state had no right to #order his #child & other #children to honor a man whose words had often denigrated them. “My initial thought was, Hell no — there’s no way.”

#child #Nepal

Migrant laborers from rural Nepal, including children, work in carpet factories and brick kilns in the Kathmandu Valley. Many come from farming communities where climate shocks, including droughts, floods, landslides, heat waves & other severe events have devastated agriculture
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