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On Wednesday, students nationwide left class to honor the 17 teenagers who died in the Parkland shooting, and to protest lax gun control laws in the United States.
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But on #NationalWalkoutDay, 16-year-old Justin Blackman realized that he was the only student at Wilson Preparatory Academy in Wilson, North Carolina to participate in the protest.
Wow I’m literally the only one #NationalSchoolWalkout pic.twitter.com/2F95qY2vTI
— Justin Blackman (@JustinIBlackman) March 14, 2018
“It’s National Walkout Day, I’m the only one from my school out here,” he said in a video he tweeted. “I’m just going to be chilling here for the next 15 minutes.” Read more…
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Source: Mashable | This teen was the only student in his school to participate in the national walkout
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