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21 February 2001 - by Scott Grafton In this journal entry, I would like to discuss an article I read while online today. It is about a boy who got suspended for making a website that was offensive to his school. You can read the article by clicking here. I think what the state of Florida is doing here is a complete violation of the first amendment. They have no right to punish a student for what they have done off school property. Now, if the school were in the right on this issue, I could be suspended for spurting vulgarities, writing opinionated articles, like this one, and for dressing inappropriatly. How far does the school's discipline policy reach? I think what the school did is unjust and illegal. Suspensions are a pathetic way to punish a kid anyway. They are only doing damage to his future by putting him out of school. Suspensions should only be utilized in the case that a violent kid would threaten the safety of other kids by going to school. Suspension will also threaten the kid's chance to graduate. He's a senior in high school, and the school can't tolerate some flak? It's amazing what you can get away with if you have the right ties. Being a kid with an open mind is tough these days. |