Nancy:  You may or may not know that those students and their teacher(s) were attacked on this site by critics from the right......."they didn't write that letter themselves"....they're just "sheeple" being used by left-wing teachers.....etc.  

Like you, I commend the courage they showed in both their actions and with a very civil letter in response to the rather uncivil comments regarding their demonstration in support of the other young people who have taken action to promote addressing climate change.  

regards, Gary Crum