New Mexico students join others in nation against new tests

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New assessment tests that have angered parents and teachers across the nation prompted walkouts Monday by hundreds of high school students in New Mexico who had been set to take the exams.

The idea that students can refuse to take required tests and stage a walk out, just seems incredible.
Never in my years of schooling did I even hear anyone suggest we not take a test we didn't want to take,
and walk out in protest.

What will happen to these students when they get into the job force?
Will they refuse to do some job assigned to them?
Will they walk out to demonstrate in front of their employers, proclaiming their right to decide what they will or will not do?

I just don't get it.
If I had walked out, I'd probably have received detention after school. If I refused to take a test I'd have received an "F".