out how a "partner in education" negatively effects society. Although this makes sense from a business stand-point, schools are a place to express one's self, even if that means making fun of a "partner in education". Not only does censorship take away students' rights as American citizens, censorship often happens for reasons other than "protection". Schools are said to be a safe learning environment, but how can students truly learn if they are not allowed to express themselves? These acts of censorship are to protect the rights of the majority of students. A happy median exists between censor-crazy administrations and allowing students to print what ever they chose. Students deserve to express themselves just as adults — within the limitations of the law. Without the ability to express ideas, one cannot survive in society. Censorship is the dam that holds behind it all individual ideas. Like water, some of these ideas can make it through small cracks, but many are left behind the dam. The censorship dam must be torn down so individual ideas are able to flow freely. Schools are censoring their students to an extreme now. Many students actions and words are gone over with a ‘fine tooth comb'. If I were one of these unfortunate students, this paper might even be deemed "inappropriate" by a school official. Many do not see student censorship as an elevating problem, because often times it has been pulled from the spotlight by school officials before being acknowledged as a problem. The First Amendment and the freedom of speech guaranteed in it gave America leaders like Samuel Adams, Frederick Douglas, Sarah P. Decker, and Martin Luther King, Jr..The leaders of tomorrow are being told today what they can and cannot say, think and do. We must stop censoring our students now. Because the First Amendment shaped American society into what it is today, the rights guaranteed in it must never be taken away from the future.Works Cited...
