First Amendment to the United States Constitution

curriculums because children and adolescents will be exposed to this material at some point in their life anyway. Even though parents do not want their children hearing profanity, an article called Why Swearing Around Children is Not As Bad As You Think states that, "children’s minds are resilient to profanity" (Stein). Schools should also discuss profanity in books because it shows one way people can express their emotions without using violence. People may get offended by others using…

seat. She didn't have to use violence to get what she wanted. In fact, the entire Civil Rights movement Rosa Parks was a part of is a great example of peaceful protest and resistance. Many activists would either simply hold signs or occupy spaces. At first they were attacked, but because they were being peaceful about getting what they desire, it worked amazingly. The evidence for this is the fact that I could look into a crowd of people in…

need to rise for the flag. In 1943 West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. {fragment, please correct} The Supreme Court found that, “The Free Speech the First Amendment prohibits public schools from forcing students to salute the American flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance.”. This shows that it’s legal…

Many believe people should have the right the see what they want. In addition, censorship is very ineffective to students and parents. Censorship is something that the Library Media Selection Committee should not bring into students daily lives. First and foremost, students freedom of speech and expression is crushed when censorship is in the picture. With censorship students are not able to express their emotions and feelings. Take it from an artist who knows what it is like, “My song Rocky…

• The reason that I believe that many educators move toward heterosexism is because in many parts of the country; religion is a very important part of students and the community’s daily lives. With that in mind, many of the LGBTQ youths issues are hard to discuss because they are in direct conflict with what many students hear within their church. I do not believe that anyone would approve of discrimination; however I do believe that many educators do not want to wade into personal issues that…

: The question says about a bill which was introduced in congress to require the proof of age from any person visiting the site and that should require a credit card number or some other adult identification number. Some of the arguments for this law are: As we all know that pornography impacts a huge percentage of children by the misuse of those sites. Therefore, in my view, there should be: 1. Age prohibited content: There is a need to protect the children from these acts and therefore, to…

Freedom of Speech: Do We Still Have It? The United States has it been under attack in the United States by the police controlling the protest, from people shutting down protest from public schools and businesses. Freedom of speech, the first amendment which states, “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…

Freedom of speech in schools is a huge controversy among many people. Some people believe it should be limited, some think that students should get to say whatever they want wherever and whenever they want. It should be limited. Although it should be limited it only has to be to an extent. A lot of schools go overboard with there limits on what students can and cannot say, and where they say it. Students still have their rights and they need to be protected. The rules in schools can be very…

Banning books do not help anyone, banning a book in a library makes it more difficult for other people to read the book if they can not afford to by the book.The definition of a banned book is a work that contains material that has been deemed inappropriate, offensive, or dangerous by certain people or organizations. The people that challenge the books are usually parents of school children (Shumaker). Furthermore, it is really easy to ban a book, all that a person would have to do is…

Garton Ash believes democracies should move beyond hate speech laws because they prevent “open and robust civility”, are paternalistic in nature, ineffective at preventing prejudice and discrimination, and lead to a slippery slope of what demands protection by law. Garton Ash presents the idea of “open and robust civility” as the balance of tolerance and ability to openly express oneself, which may be intolerant by nature. Hate speech laws prevent the ability for self expression if the views…