Persuasive Essay On Censorship In Schools

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Censorship cases often bring about debates over students’ first amendment rights. Students’ first amendment rights are important to preserve so that students can not be excluded from meaningful works or literature. It is understandable for the government to design educational plans as a way to get its voice into classrooms, but “the truth-promoting function of the First Amendment provides no reason, however, to question the right of students to explore a variety of ideas and perspectives, and to form and express ideas of their own” (Brown, 1994, p. 30). Schools already place a restriction on religious material or material addressing current political controversy (Brown, 1994).

By the time young adolescents reach high school, they have gained basic knowledge of the world around them. It is during these four precious years that these students define their own opinions. These opinions are often repeated in their school newspapers, yearbooks, and even directly in class. Unfortunately, there are multiple instances when these students have had their opinions and statements censored.

The First Amendment gives the citizens of the United States their most important rights: the right to freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, and the freedom of assembly. Over time these rights have worked themselves into the everyday lives of United States citizens. However, there are still places where our First Amendment rights may be compromised. In the school system, finding a balance of respect and freedom of speech and press is as difficult as learning out to tightrope walk. One wrong step and you could be compromising the learning environment of the entire student body.

Everyone in America should be guaranteed the freedom of speech granted by The Constitution. In 1988, the court ruled in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier that schools \could limit freedom of speech in school if they had “educational concerns” (Jacobs). The problem is that “educational concerns” is too vague and school districts are able to use this as a loophole to get away with removing articles that do not need to be removed. Often, the concern is based on perception and image more than anything else. Angela Riley’s article “20 years later: Teachers reflect on Supreme Court’s Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ruling” quotes Frank LoMonte, executive director of

For instance, “Rocklin High School, in Sacramento, California, is considering banning a book from its library due to a graphic scene” (“Banned Books Awareness:”). Many schools have the right to ban or censor the books they provide their students, but that right also infringes on the student's’ ability to learn and earn an education. The students, as well as other readers, would not get to learn about the lessons that Carrie

In his essay, “The Campus: An Island of Repression in a Sea of Freedom”, Chester Finn details the growing movement for political correctness at the collegiate level. He quotes the regents of Massachusetts, “There must be unity and cohesion in the diversity which we seek to achieve, thereby creating an atmosphere of pluralism” (Finn 58). However, that pluralism does not parallel the First Amendment. In this situation, the issue is not freedom of expression, but the steps taken to limit it. An article written by Maegan Vazquez for Fox News details a stipulation to the speech code at Indiana University Southeast. The code states that students are restricted to expressing their opinions in “free speech” zones. However, Robert Shibley, Senior Vice President for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, fires back “It's not just Indiana University Southeast. Colorado College, in Colorado Springs, prohibits ‘any act of ridicule...or embarrassment,’ and Northeastern University, in Boston, prohibits the use of university computer resources to transmit or make accessible material, which in the sole judgment of the University is offensive." He sums up the damage that this situation is causing with his final statement. “You're teaching [college students] that they're not equipped to live in a free society” (Vazquez). Therefore, those parents who worry about the indoctrination of their college-age children are justified in that fear as this problem is widespread and

Censoring is not only in college classrooms, but in high school classrooms as well. It impedes on a student’s ability to develop and learn, hinders their ability to prepare for the modern-day world. Although cliché, and very sadly so, it is very apparent that today there is almost nothing that can be said that offends nobody. Thick skins have been replaced with fragile minds, and college students do not even know the extent of the first amendment. However, these same students believe they have the right to interpret the amendment their own way, and some believe they have the right to become the judiciary system if the speech doesn’t appeal to them.

The censorship of college newspapers is surrounded by controversy and skepticism. While colleges attempt to promote freedom of the press, they are sometimes forced to edit the papers in order to retain centrist views and avoid offending certain groups of people. However, these restrictions have more negative consequences than positive ones. When colleges are given the authority to censor campus papers, they control the information presented to its students. Colleges should not be allowed to censor campus newspapers because it violates the right to free speech, withholds information from students, and decreases intellectual diversity.

  Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, Maya Angelou. What do these writers have in common? Sure, they are all great American authors, but there is something else. They are all "banned." Censored. Forbidden. Who has not read a book by at least one of these authors? All are great pieces of literature and should be crucial parts of the high school curriculum. School censorship of books is detrimental to the educational development of high school students.

Imagine that you're going to check out a book but your blocked off to one section. You might see some good books in that other section but you can't read them because of book banning. This subject affects many people you're probably thinking no just bookworms. But that's where you're wrong book banning affects many people from different religions and races. Books shouldn't be banned because they can make you a more knowledgeable person, they can also help you learn about real-world problems, Books are also an escape from the world sometimes people just need a break and taking away books from people is just wrong.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the exercise of an individual’s freedom of speech from infringement by government; the Fourteenth Amendment extends this protection to the States and local levels of government, including public schools and universities. The Supreme Court has held that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate” (Tinker). School officials have the authority to censor school-sponsored speech based on legitimate pedagogical concerns. The dean of students has not censored any editorials yet, but required that they be cleared by her before publication. The main issue in this case is whether there exists a legitimate reason on her

Some of the greatest minds known to man could be getting condensed and cut up as we speak because of school censorship. Most public schools allow censorship but here are why they shouldn’t. Censorship in public school limits the rights granted by the first amendment, affects the learning of the students, and limits academic freedom to teachers as well as students.

But why is this an issue? Isn’t it better for all students if the school is a calm and safe learning environment? For younger grades yes, for elementary and middle schoolers the focus should be on obtaining the foundations of their education, for high schoolers however, things are far more complicated. Ideally high school helps to prepare students for adulthood by introducing them to new ideas politically and socially as well as educationally. Allowing them at least consider opinions and ideas different from those they were raised with. For school officials to say that the right to free speech

Hi, my name is Monica Paz Solis, I am a student at Summit High School. As a student, I am writing to you concerning censorship. As a High School student, I believe that in most cases censorship is used excessively, mostly concerning books. All around the world books have been one of the most banned elements of being too uncomfortable. Censorship leaves the minds of young adults susceptible by not allowing us to create our own opinion on the issues happening in our society. Kids sooner or later will have to be exposed to certain things in their life whether parents like it or not. Being a part of growing it's unavoidable. When books are challenged the more people want to read it. Making it an attention grabber for students. When teaching a