Updated 25 March 2003, 16.58

I am totally against war! I think war on a bigger scale is bullying and are we not alway being told not to bully! I don't want Saddam but war is not the answer.

I'd be too scared at what the teachers would do to go on a march. I have an almost spotless record and I'm proud of that. I saw some of the signs and I was mad cause the LOTR and Bush one cause he's only doing what he thinks as best. I'm mad that a lot of people are saying we're obsessed with getting Saddam.

I've not actually protested before but I'm organising one for my school at lunchtime and hoping that I will make an imapct. If no-one comes it's gonna be veeeeeryyyyyy embarassing!

I was in parliament square today and I really hope we had an effect. Our generation are the people who will have to tidy up after this war, especially if it's nuclear, so we should have a say. The school are going to be really angry tomorrow, but my parents aren't too bothered and I still think it'll be worth it, especially if we help change the minds of politicians. The atmosphere was really good.

We all had a protest but our headteacher didn't let us walk out and had the grounds men lock the gates. She didn't want our school getting a bad reputation, so we all sat on the ground and wouldn't go to the next three periods of class she was so mad.

I was in the Sydney march, and being in it was so wonderful. I felt I was going to cry, because you could see that everyone cared, and even the hardcore people weren't saying it was a geeky thing to do - they went as well! It was just amazing... the leaders of the world should remember about us coz they can't go stuffing up the world and leaving it for us to clean up!

Anti-war marches are pointless. No matter how hard anyone tries this war is going ahead!

I didn't have any idea about the marches until I got home from school ... nobody in Cardiff walked out of school but I wish I had ... even on my own

I soooo wanted to be at the Birmingham protest but my mum would have gone mental and the school would have given me a detention.

We didn't have a march, but today, our school held a World Peace Day, and sold white ribbons as a symbol of peace. There weren't any left when I tired to get one, but I'm Anti-War, and so are just about everyone else in my school. World Peace Day was great!

At my school a petition was organised a few days ago for an anti-war protest. Some people are saying if we get over 1,000 kids names down then we get the day off to protest against war, but some teachers are saying that we will be coming into school and anyone who doesn't will be in trouble! We don't know for sure what's happening yet, but if we do get the day off I doubt anyone will use the day to protest they'll just use it as an extra day off school!

Our teachers threatened to suspend or expel us if we protested, and they locked us inside the school gates, so we nearly started a riot outside the headmistress's office! We were shouting things like "Who let the bombs out? Bush, Bush, and Blair!" and a few others like that. Aren't we entitled to express our opinions as well as adults? Just think of it this way: if adults nowadays start a war - it's us who have to grow up in it, we should be allowed to have our say. I wish there were more school protests so we can claim our rights to peace and freedom!

In our classroom we held our own protest during break. I wish I could have been outside doing it but it was wet play so we weren't allowed out. We made signs and had a good time.

If I went to one of those posh schools in London, then probably!

I go to a convent school and my headteacher, a nun was horified at us for protesting. She told us to stop making noise and to form a group to arrange prayer, or a petition, but silent protest goes unnoticed. The protest united all involved and there was a buzz about the school during afternoon classes. We knew our opinion had been heard, but only because we the pupils had called the media.

Me and my 15 friends all went on the march to protest against the a war in Iraq because innocent people will be killed.

My teachers were really cruel! They didn't let us go out of school by threating to give out detentions! We only protested outside our headmistresses office, and at the end of lunch we were told to go to class!

I didn't know a march was on, but good on 'em I say! It's what they believe and it will affect everyone! Next march I'll be there!

I asked my head, but she supports war (grrrrr!), so I said 'Is it only your opinion that counts?' and she said yes! Charming!

Loads of peope in my classs walked out of the classroom as soon as they heard about it! The teacher tried to stop them, but they will just get in loads of trouble tomorrow.

I couldn't go to the march, but I would have. As soon as I read about children leaving school to do marches me and my mates started planning one. We think it is a really clever way of getting through to the adults.

I couldn't go to this march, I didn't know about it, but I was there for the big one in February. It's important to march for things you believe in.

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