Free Speech: The Case Of Tinker V. Des Moines Independent School District

Years ago, students were able to settle things off school grounds and say what they please and still have their rights.Another possible way for students to use their rights of free speech outside of school thinking it's okay to say things they aren't able to say in the walls of the school building. Students do have a right to privacy and free speech on a high school campus, but they need to understand that some of the things they say at school, about the school or on campus, or even discrimination of someone in the school that would impact the learning ability. Students have the right to free speech as long as they use those rights responsibly. The issue is that they will go outside of school calling out a teacher and all forms of social media

Des Moines Independent School District (1969) is a good example of this. The issue was freedom of speech at school. In December 1965, John and Mary Beth Tinker and their friend Chris Eckhardt wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. When they were told to take them off they refused and as punishment they were all suspended. As a result, the parents of the children sued the school claiming that they had their First Amendment of free speech violated. The court sided with the student and said teachers and students don’t “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate," However, the students were not granted by the court and ultimate right to self-expression. The balance must be upheld to keep order in the school, Just as long as what they did does not disrupt class work or activities The court said, "they caused discussion outside of the classrooms, but no interference with work and no disorder," and that "their deviation consisted only in wearing on their sleeve a band of black

When it comes to the extent at which it should be regulated is fairly regular, that way students cannot make the claim “they didn't know” what they can and can't say. For the most part, in today's age of schooling and education, most schools regulate this very well by having things like assembles to let everyone know what is and isn't acceptable to say on school grounds and on social media about the school.

The consequences that exist for student privacy if speech is actively monitored could range from practically anything. While most schools give the student a warning and inform them once more that what while they still have their rights on school campus that what they say is still monitored and anything that they say that may be altering to the process of education can be held against them. Others may suspend them for a set amount of time which in my opinion is reasonable as long as what has been said or done is something worth suspending them or even expelling