Animals
What's the Fuss About?
Epa Libraries Being Shut Down
- Say No To Mandatory Public School Uniforms
I received this message from Robert Woodruff in my guestbook. Can you pass along any information on school uniforms? I'm an 8th grade teacher at a school with uniforms, I don't like the policy and I'm trying to find research that supports...
- St. Martin Upper Elementary
Students, teachers and faculty at St. Martin Upper Elementary School will receive more than $4,000 in new books and 10 quilts today as part of a service-based project fueled by caring students. The children of Cypress Ridge Elementary School in Clermont,...
- Zero Tolerance For History
Seventeen-year-old Patrick Agin often spends a week whittling a single arrow, and he's learning to make chain mail armor by hand. So when it came time to submit a senior yearbook photo, he selected a snapshot of himself wearing chain mail and slinging...
- Freedom Of Religion In America
Supposedly we have freedom of religion in America. From the behavior of some Fundamentalist Christian groups, and the uproar they are creating over Ellison's decision to forgo the Bible at his swearing in ceremony and use the Quran, you would never...
- Public Education Is Inherently Destructive
One of the big problems with the public school system is that the schools are not accountable to the parents. Parents have their children's best interest at heart; unfortunately public schools often do not. Public education is inherently destructive....
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Do Public School Students Have a Right to Free Speech?
"The question comes down to whether a school may, in the absence of concern about disruption of educational activities, punish and censor non-disruptive, off-campus speech by students during school-authorized activities because the speech promotes a social message contrary to the one favored by the school," wrote 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld. "The answer under controlling, long existing precedent is plainly `No.'" The case began in early 2002, when students at Frederick's school were excused from class to watch the Olympic torch pass by on its way to Salt Lake City. As the torch passed, Frederick and some friends revealed a large banner with "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" on it. The banner was caught by television cameras at the event. Morse confronted Frederick, asking him to put down the banner. When he resisted, saying he had a First Amendment right to display the message, she confiscated it and later suspended him for defying her and for having the banner.
Read more in the Sun Herald.
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What's the Fuss About?
When newly elected members of Congress raise their right hands as they take their oaths of office in January, they won't be placing their left hands on the Bible, their high school yearbooks or any religious texts. During official swearing-in ceremonies, elected members don't place their hands on any books. It's up to individual members, however, if they want to carry sacred texts. "Some members carry a Bible. You don't actually put your hand on a Bible. I can't see how anyone would object to carrying a Quran," Senate historian Don Ritchie said.
I agree with Senate Historian Don Ritchie, how can anyone object to the Quran being used. We do have freedom of religion in America don't we?
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Epa Libraries Being Shut Down
As the Environmental Protection Agency closes some scientific libraries around the country, EPA scientists and other environmental advocates worry whether that kind of information could become harder to find. They fear that the agency's plan to save money by replacing printed resources with digitized versions on the Internet could make information less - not more - accessible. "Nobody is against modernization, but we don't see the digitization," said Francesca Grifo, a botanist and the director of scientific integrity at the Union of Concerned Scientists, an advocacy group for the environment and other scientific issues. "We just see the libraries closing. We just see that public access has been cut off."
- Say No To Mandatory Public School Uniforms
I received this message from Robert Woodruff in my guestbook. Can you pass along any information on school uniforms? I'm an 8th grade teacher at a school with uniforms, I don't like the policy and I'm trying to find research that supports...
- St. Martin Upper Elementary
Students, teachers and faculty at St. Martin Upper Elementary School will receive more than $4,000 in new books and 10 quilts today as part of a service-based project fueled by caring students. The children of Cypress Ridge Elementary School in Clermont,...
- Zero Tolerance For History
Seventeen-year-old Patrick Agin often spends a week whittling a single arrow, and he's learning to make chain mail armor by hand. So when it came time to submit a senior yearbook photo, he selected a snapshot of himself wearing chain mail and slinging...
- Freedom Of Religion In America
Supposedly we have freedom of religion in America. From the behavior of some Fundamentalist Christian groups, and the uproar they are creating over Ellison's decision to forgo the Bible at his swearing in ceremony and use the Quran, you would never...
- Public Education Is Inherently Destructive
One of the big problems with the public school system is that the schools are not accountable to the parents. Parents have their children's best interest at heart; unfortunately public schools often do not. Public education is inherently destructive....