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Should First Amendment Be Allowed In Schools

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Common curriculum in Schools teach students their first amendment rights however schools themselves take the steps to block public information on computers that students should be able to access. Public schools teach Constitutional rights in America, yet every school uses Internet blocker programs the prevent students’ free access to information. All public schools are required to teach a civics class yet these schools restrict the first amendment from students on the Internet. A common debate is whether or not schools should be allowed to censor information posted on the internet from their students. Students have the right to freedom of the press even if that means the information is biased or otherwise “classified” harmful. Schools take …show more content…

The first amendment of the right to speech and press are clearly taken away from schools and their Internet blocker programs. Schools also do not give clear explanations to why these sites are taken away showing that the right to press and speech is removed from students. Schools don’t just take the first amendment away they even teach every student their rights as an American citizen. Although they teach the rights and first amendment to students they take away the most important right of all. The first amendment states that all citizens have the right to speech and press. The Internet is classified as a form of press that gives information to the public. If the site says something derogative or has vulgar language the people still have the right to view the material. Schools on the other hand restrict people from viewing the material which in turn makes schools look like they are …show more content…

Although students are affected by the Internet blocker programs, teachers are found having issue too. Teachers to who use the Internet as a source for teaching information are found to have problems accessing sites as well. Schools also take away from teachers that cause them to not have the ability to teach from online resources. This hinders the student’s education due to teachers not able to completely teach what they need to. For example teachers may use YouTube or a site on Google that proves useful to their lesson plan. The problem is that the teacher is unable to access these two sites since the Internet blocker programs find it inappropriate or vulgar to be viewed. Schools do not only restrict students the ability to access the Internet, but they also restrict teachers from having the ability to teach valuable or important information found on the

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