A Place of Responsibility: Where It Worked Both Ways

Abstract

We often speak of the necessity for responsible protest but hardly ever say that reaction to pro test must be responsible, also. This inconsistency may exist because the authority being bom barded by protest always finds it hard to sub mit to a higher authority. But being responsible means being able to answer, if need be, to a higher authority; being liable; being account able. Oak Park High School is fortunate in having an administration that recognizes its re sponsibilities to education, and (this is the rare thing) is knowledgeable enough in the ways of human nature and individual natures to deal wisely with student dissidents. As a result, edu cation at Oak Park High School was not dis rupted.