In the past few days we have been discussing the issue of free speech in a school environment. We have seen multiple cases of children who believe that their rights were violated by their school and facility. To a certain extent, high schoolers should have their freedom of speech. I believe some kids are going to abuse the freedom they are given, but most students will follow the rules. There are some things that I think are ridiculous, especially at DHS. I do not agree with kids not being able to wear clothes that promote alcohol. I think administrates have to realize we are not wearing these shirts to seem cool, it's just a shirt. The thing that is tough about students freedom of speech, is that people don't really know where to draw the line. Someone might get away with something one day, and the next day someone else doing the same thing could get in trouble. It is hard to judge how much freedom a student can have in school. In the case of Morris v. Fredrick I agree with the schools decision to suspend the student. "Bong hits for Jesus," is not an example of a students freedom of speech being revoked. He was trying to get a rise out of people in my opinion.

Last year, during the pep rally, a friend of mine who was a senior was wearing a black bandanna much like many of his fellow senior class mates. He got the bandanna in Mexico, and on the side of it was a little advertisement for Corona. He was on his way to the pep rally when a someone from the school told him to take it off. Of course he did not like the ruling, first of all because the advertisement was so small, and because he didn't even realize it was on there. I am on the side of the student in this case, because it was not like the kid was wearing a shirt that said, "YOU SHOULD DRINK BEER!" It was merely a black bandanna that had the name of one company on it, and a small advertisement that said sponsored by Corona. The bandanna certainly didn't hurt anyone, or cause a controversy until he was told to take it off. I think there are some situations much like the one I just explained, that people need to just calm down about and not make such a big deal.