Fifth Grader Suspended For Wearing Anti-Obama Shirt

Fifth Grader Suspended For Wearing Anti-Obama Shirt
"An 11-year-old boy in Colorado was suspended from school after he refused to take off a shirt that read, “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend.” His father says that the school is violating his son’s First Amendment rights."

[link to elections.foxnews.com]

America's public schools have turned into communist conditioning centers that pump out equally dumbed-down robots.

If that's the kid's opinion, then he should be allowed to wear the shirt. The message wasn't sexually explicit, racist, or profane.

If that's the kid's opinion, then he should be allowed to wear the shirt. The message wasn't sexually explicit, racist, or profane.


LOL @ a 5th grader having a political opinion.
Good one, man.

If that's the kid's opinion, then he should be allowed to wear the shirt. The message wasn't sexually explicit, racist, or profane.


LOL @ a 5th grader having a political opinion.
Good one, man.

LOL @ a 5th grader having a political opinion.
Good one, man.

LOL @ a 5th grader having a political opinion.
Good one, man.


I had a political opinion when I was in 5th grade. Granted, it wasn't a particularly well-informed opinion, but I did have one!

If you have ever been inside a 7th grade classroom lately, then you know it is next to impossible to teach anything without some sort of distraction interupting the entire lesson.

Ipods.

Cell phones.

PS2s.

Add this to the list.

Just shut all the schools down. What's the point?

You need prolonged independent thought in order for complex topics to be covered such as Algebra, Physics, Supreme Court cases that deal with Constitutional Law (yes, ironic, I know), the proper structure of a persuasive essay, etc.


Where is the happy medium?

Can we teach our kids the fundamentals as well as how to be independent thinkers, not robots, but also allow for first amendment rights?

I hope so.

You had your parents opinion, same as me. Parents shouldn't be trying to force their ideas onto other children without regulation.

For instance, people have ideas on education, what should be allowed, what shouldn't. These ideas have to pass thorough scrutiny and review before they make it into schools to influence children.

A kid wearing a t-shirt, there is no scrutiny or review. It's just a biased opinion, and therefore has no place.

I hate laundry. It happens.

I hate laundry. It happens.

another lazy women,cant keep up with the laundry

I hate laundry. It happens.

another lazy women,cant keep up with the laundry

don't like it, do it yourself. and it's woman, with an a.

As for the shirt in school...yeah. I think you're right. I guess wisdom comes with being venerable, huh?

If that's the kid's opinion, then he should be allowed to wear the shirt. The message wasn't sexually explicit, racist, or profane.


LOL @ a 5th grader having a political opinion.
Good one, man.

LOL @ a 5th grader having a political opinion.
Good one, man.


I had a political opinion when I was in 5th grade. Granted, it wasn't a particularly well-informed opinion, but I did have one!


You had your parents opinion, same as me. Parents shouldn't be trying to force their ideas onto other children without regulation.

For instance, people have ideas on education, what should be allowed, what shouldn't. These ideas have to pass thorough scrutiny and review before they make it into schools to influence children.

A kid wearing a t-shirt, there is no scrutiny or review. It's just a biased opinion, and therefore has no place.

If that's the kid's opinion, then he should be allowed to wear the shirt. The message wasn't sexually explicit, racist, or profane.


LOL @ a 5th grader having a political opinion.
Good one, man.

Some 5th grades have mock elections, and clubs where you vote on things. 5th graders are in organizations where politics does happen. What's wrong with a 5th grader having a political opinion? I remember being in 5th grade and being asked by another student whom I thought would win the election, Reagan or Carter. I gave my opinion on whom I thought would win and got verbally assaulted by the gal for showing some sort of favoritism to the candidate she preferred. Point is, 5th graders hold an opinion and will be brutal about other kids having a different opinion, much like the political threads here on GLP.

Who does this kid think he is!!

He can't just do what ever he wants to !!

He has to get with the program!!

Obama will be his best friend!!

Wear McCain is stupid!!! T-Shirt!!

It will all be fine!



ice

Who does this kid think he is!!

He can't just do what ever he wants to !!

He has to get with the program!!

Obama will be his best friend!!

Wear McCain is stupid!!! T-Shirt!!

It will all be fine!



ice


Now you're with the program!
The problem with the shirt is that it's libelous against Obama. Libel is false or unjustified injury to someone's good reputation, which is against the law.

Fifth Grader Suspended For Wearing Anti-Obama Shirt
"An 11-year-old boy in Colorado was suspended from school after he refused to take off a shirt that read, �Obama is a terrorist�s best friend.� His father says that the school is violating his son�s First Amendment rights."

[link to elections.foxnews.com]

America's public schools have turned into communist conditioning centers that pump out equally dumbed-down robots.


Probably because the word is "terrorists" and not "terrorist's". The school would be promoting bad punctuation by allowing this.

Fifth Grader Suspended For Wearing Anti-Obama Shirt
"An 11-year-old boy in Colorado was suspended from school after he refused to take off a shirt that read, �Obama is a terrorist�s best friend.� His father says that the school is violating his son�s First Amendment rights."

[link to elections.foxnews.com]

America's public schools have turned into communist conditioning centers that pump out equally dumbed-down robots.


Probably because the word is "terrorists" and not "terrorist's". The school would be promoting bad punctuation by allowing this.


Actually, the correct punctuation is shown on the shirt as noted by the OP. "terrorist's" is correct.

You, on the other hand, are a LOON.

Some 5th grades have mock elections, and clubs where you vote on things. 5th graders are in organizations where politics does happen. What's wrong with a 5th grader having a political opinion? I remember being in 5th grade and being asked by another student whom I thought would win the election, Reagan or Carter. I gave my opinion on whom I thought would win and got verbally assaulted by the gal for showing some sort of favoritism to the candidate she preferred. Point is, 5th graders hold an opinion and will be brutal about other kids having a different opinion, much like the political threads here on GLP.


I bet you 100% your "political opinion" was the same as your parents, or whoever was the most influential person in your life to that point.

I was raised as an intolerant republican. I hoped the war criminal Bush would win in 2000. Had I voted, I would've voted for the war criminal Bush in 2004, although I had my doubts by then already and would've backed the dem except Kerry was a loser.

Now that I'm wiser, I have my own, INFORMED, political opinion.
A 5th grader doesn't.

And I'm not saying it has to be different as what you're raised either, it just has to be independent of it.