Another Social Studies Extened Response 1

This case explores the concept of freedom of speech, the students decided to wear arm bands to protest the Vietnam War. Students thought it would be a way to handle the protest against stopping the war without being disruptive. Instructors of the school committee thought it would bring attention so they suspended the students and the case went to the courts.

   The court verdict gave them the opportunity to wear their arm bands during school sessions as a way of freedom of speech. For example the students peacefully expressed their opinion. They didn’t come in the classrooms and began to shout “stop the war”.  Students should have the same rights equally. Also the school should have been flexible with their decisions to suspend them.  There were other options like detention, parent/ teacher conferences and volunteer to keep the students from being suspended.