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Online Speech In Schools Persuasive Essay

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The world has changed over the last 50 years with the growth of technology and how we live. Debates have been had over what we should do and what's best for the people with this technology growth. Big topics about technology includes texting while driving, cyberbullying, and many more. A topic that has been brought up lately has been school's ability to limit the online speech of their students on social media platforms. Controversy has risen between school officials and the public on what the right thing is to do about this issue. Schools should not limit the online speech of their students because it is a direct violation of the 1st amendment, it should be the parents of these children to limit online speech when off school grounds, and lastly limiting online speech of students can harm them when conflicts happen in the future. According to the Constitution, all citizens have the rights granted to them by First Amendment. The main parts of the First Amendment are freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech. This issue regards and affects the freedom of speech. The constitution declares that rights are “guaranteed regardless of age or location.” This helps with the debate on whether or not children in kindergarten are under the same umbrella as children in 12th grade with the same limitations (billofrightsinstitute.org). History has told us that limiting speech is not how it is supposed to be. In 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man was passed in France and this contributed to a further development in civil rights all around the world (theguardian.com). This kind of action has been seen by courts as a violation in our society. A student by the name of Reid Sagehorn was suspended for seven weeks after jokingly replying to a question about their teacher. He ended up taking it to the supreme court and fighting it because he felt his first amendment rights were violated (theconversation.com). Another example is in the case of J.S. v. Blue Mountain School District. In this case, a student was suspended for ten days for creating a fake profile of her principal on MySpace (aclupa.org). Yes, there needs to be some sort of fix in our school systems but, kids aren't the ones that should be

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