Rayne Fisher-Quann, 17, is organizing the province-wide, student-led protest

"I'm the oldest year of every student in the school system, and this curriculum was made before I was even born."

That from Rayne Fisher-Quann, 17, a student from William Lyon Mackenzie Institute in Toronto who is organizing the protest against the decision by the Doug Ford government to revert the sex-ed curriculum to the 1998 version.

She tells The Mike Farwell Show that it's "impossible" that version is even relevant to their generation, even noting the 2015 version instituted by the Liberals was better.

"There was stuff there about consent, there was stuff there about online safety, about LGBTQ rights, she said, "Every single person had a connection and had some kind of stake in that education being taught."

"Everybody I know right now is so angry, and so disappointed...and even so scared about the future that could come from this regressive curriculum."

And if you go by the petition Fisher-Quann started up at Change.org, thousands of others are echoing her sentiments.

Over 36,000 signatures have been gathered.

The walk out itself is scheduled for Friday, September 21 at 1:00 p.m. across the province, with rallies being held at each participating school and is expected to last about an hour.

So far, just over 30 schools are registered and they are still looking for more to take part. She's inviting interested parties to register via their Instagram feed @OntarioWalkout18

This will be followed by a protest at Queen's Park on Sunday, September 23.

"We're encouraging student speakers (at the rallies) cause what we want here is the student voice," she said, adding they've made it clear that the protests have to be peaceful.

Fisher-Quann has some experience with this too. She also started a summertime rally at Queen's Park that drew over 2,000 people.

She says many adults and politicians tend to underestimate "how politically aware" students are in this day and age.

"Of course it's possible that a few people could just be using this as an excuse to cut class, I don't think that will be the majority," she said, "They're taking an opportunity to get hands-on education about civil engagement, about politics. And they're taking their own futures into their own hands."

Fisher-Quann adds support has been coming in from students, teachers, administrators and parents alike.

But as for elected officials -- at least Ford and Education Minister Lisa Thompson --- she says she, and many others have tried to reach out, but to no avail.

"They just won't listen," said Fisher-Quann, "It seems like they don't want to have a conversation with the students right now."

"They need to listen to the students, and they have to listen to voices of the people that they're supposed to be protecting."