Will the March 14 student walk out for gun control do any good?

Kids are going to skip school March 14 to protest gun violence.

I don't think that will accomplish anything except emphasize the notion that SHORT TERM demonstrations are more important than LONG TERM education.

After all, the kids could also band up to form polical grassroots movement and work toward political change after shool every day of the week and on weekends.

Full disclaimer: I don't think protests are effective. And even less so when there is no follow up plan and no "foundation" to the protest such that there is action after the protest. My guess is that they will skip school on March 14 and by March 15 forget all about it... these are kids after all, that have demonstrably shorter attention spans than adults that protest one day and then feel they've done their duty and go back to doing nothing the next.

There is a lot of subtlety to this issue including that it's the law that kids attend school, that it's their right to be politically active, that as adults they might (or not!) get fired if they engage in the same activities at work, etc.

What are your thoughts?