…even if your voice shakes.” (quote by Maggie Kuhn.) ( Oh, those uppity Presbyterian women…  :p   –I was raised Presbyterian.)

The story isn’t clear on what exactly was happening, other than the teacher handed him a packet as educational instruction.   I’ll presume, then, it is the brainless edumucation of  No Child Left A Mind that he is actually protesting….a mindless program that takes away the teacher’s creativity and ability to teach intuitively…rather, she/he must teach to the test.  If they don’t…the child doesn’t do well on the test…their school loses funding…and the teacher loses his/her job.  The child, though, is the one that loses the most–their most creative years for exploring their world are lost—all based on a false premise that the testing is a true assessment of the child’s aptitude and abilities.