Terrell Independent School District

Eventually, teachers, in the public school system, will find themselves in the crosshairs in the debate over a student’s expression of religious beliefs within the classroom. What should a teacher do if a student decides to submit an essay on Jesus as their hero accompanied by a drawing of the Last Supper? Should the teacher accept the student’s submission? If so, will the assignment be displayed on the classroom wall? By investigations the students’ religious rights under the First Amendment

Over five years have passed since high school senior Joseph Frederick was suspended for 10 days by school principal Deborah Morse after refusing her request to take down a 14-foot banner he was displaying at a school-sanctioned event which read “BONG HiTS 4 JESUS.” Born as a seemingly trivial civil lawsuit in which Frederick sued the school for violating his First Amendment rights to free speech, the case made its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the long-awaited ruling of Morse v. Frederick

to students? What does the Supreme Court base itself to determine the limits of a child's rights? Can school districts limit a child's freedom of speech on social media? These questions will be analyzed and answered in the following paragraphs. In 1965, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt wore black armbands to school as a way of protesting the Vietnam war. The principles of the school then created a policy stating that any student wearing a black armband would be asked to remove it and

The First Amendment gives us the essential freedoms we as United States citizens deserve. This amendment gives us Freedom of peaceful assembly, speech, press, religion and the freedom to petition the Government. It is thought to be the most important freedom of the United States. Only because of this right we are able to speak our mind freely, pray without judgment, express ourselves, and protest peacefully. Our Founding Fathers had been Framers of the Constitution and they are responsible for all

When people think of America they think that America is the land of the free, which without a doubt it is compared to many other countries but how free is America really? Let’s take a closer look at the first amendment in the Bill of Rights, which is the outline for any American citizen’s rights. It states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercises thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of press.” ("The Constitution of the

restrictions. In public schools, the school administration sets strict rules and regulations that the students are required to follow in order to keep things running smoothly and not cause a disruption within the school. Based on the school’s rules set for the students, the students at Palmyra Area High School are not permitted to hang a Confederate Flag in the Atrium of the high school because it is a very controversial issue, can and will cause a disruption within the school, and the school has the right

to wear black armbands to school to support a peace establishing agreement during the Vietnam War. As a result, the participating students; Mary Beth Tinker, Christopher Eckhardt, and John Tinker got suspended for their actions (Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District).The school outlawed and attempted to penalize petitioners for a “silent, passive expression of opinion”, that didn’t cause any commotion (Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist). The parents decided

Moines demonstrated the need to find a balance for students and staff in schools to have protection under not just the first amendment, but all of them, while still giving schools authority. John Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt wore armbands to school to protest their hostilities for the Vietnam War. They were suspended from the school for wearing them. The school board decided it was too much of a disruption for the school. Eventually the case was then taken to court by the fathers of the protestors

Schools have very different policy's when it comes to what the 1st amendment says. 2 cases are proof of this, Tinker vs Des Moines is a case where a simple armband protesting the Vietnam war which shouldn’t be an issue gets into the supreme court. This is because schools can enforce things that are a distracting or disruptive to school activity. A similar case to this is Bethel school district vs Fraser is a case where freedom of speech of a student gets taken away from him. This is due to the fact

Harding Junior High School in Des Moines, Iowa and dealt mostly with Your freedom of speech and freedom of expression on school grounds. On December 16th, 1965, Fifteen-year-old John Tinker, Thirteen-year-old Mary Beth Tinker, Eleven-year-old Hope Tinker, Eight-year-old Paul Tinker, and Sixteen-year-old Christopher Eckhardt wore black armbands to schools to protest the ongoing Vietnam War. But then the principal of the school then told them that if they proceed to enter the school grounds with the black