Academic freedom

"“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” (Amend.1). Free speech is “The right to speak without censorship or restraint by the government. Freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment  to the Constitution.”(New Dictionary,2005 ) Those who cried,…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” (Franklin). This quote is alive today, as currently many people around the world are giving up their privacy, an essential liberty, in exchange for the promise of security. This practice must come to an end before the world turns into that of 1984 by George Orwell, where everybody and everything is constantly being watched and controlled by the government,…

Control of What Students Read in Schools Over 11,300 different books have been banned since 1982. Many of those books have been banned in schools. The community should have control of what students read in school to shelter their kids from inappropriate language. The community should have control over what books students read in school because parents may want to suggest a book to add to the curriculum. People might not want to include the community in the decision of what books are read in…

I, personally, do not think that there should be any limitations in regards to freedom of speech as long as the content of the speech does not oppose any moral or civic values. According to ‘The Online Books Page, BANNED BOOKS ONLINE’ I’ve noticed that most of these books are banned for mainly what seems to be conservative reasons (Ie. “Margaret Sanger's husband was jailed for distributing her Family Limitation, which described and advocated various methods of contraception…”) and a popular…

What is Freedom? “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” (King 3). In this quote, Dr. King addresses one must fight back for what is right. If your civil liberties are provoked, you must rise too top the oppressor. This a strong quote from Dr. King which I openly agree with because it shows the amount of honor in his words to revolt against the government. Dr. King was flouted by many because he…

Advertisements targeting children should be banned in the United States. These two articles: Protect Children from Targeted Advertising and Self-regulation and Education-- Not Legislation sum up the main arguments regarding targeted child advertising. As the name implies, Protect Children from Targeted Advertising supports such a ban. Adversely, Self-regulation and Education--Not Legislation opposes a ban on child advertising. I believe whole-heartedly that advertising, especially when directed…

Have you ever been woken up at night to hear a child scared or even crying because of a scary story? The school board has recently put a ban on horror books in the middle school setting. This ban has been effective in many situations at home and at school. Some people argue this ban is unreasonable and should be revoked. This is a mistake for many reasons.One example of this is a quote taken from Common Sense Media. “These horror stories are deliciously spooky without being too terrifying.”…

I would say a peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. I say this because if you're being peaceful what is there to be negative about? There would be no reason for a negative impact on society if it is a peaceful resistance to laws. For example in the Muhammad Ali's Anti-War Stand Was Civil Disobedience, Not Draft Dodging article Ali is nonaggressive and is peaceful about the situation, doesn't have an uproar. Although people disagree about the situation there was nothing…

Have you ever sat down to think about why we have certain rights? What is the purpose of having rights such as freedom of religion? I am going to discuss my personal opinion and some facts of why the fathers decided we should have this right. I asked myself, why did our fathers even bother fighting for this right? Well, religion is one of those topics that it is very hard to discuss with the government. Religion has been the talk of the government for many years now. “James Madison rose and…

It was written in 1892, more than one hundred years after the Constitution promised us freedom of religion. People didn’t oppose the unanimous act of Congress to add God to the pledge until 2002. The Supreme Court ruled that it was perfectly okay for the government to do this because the Constitution says it is unlawful for the government to…