Tinker V Moines Case Study
Maxwell J. Whitney
Ms. Bodle
Social Studies
10 January 2016
In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines five brave students decided to wear black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. Even though they were threatened with suspension they still decided to wear them. They got suspended until they would agree to not wear the armbands but still wore all black clothes to school for the rest of in year. Students should be able to protest in schools because of the first amendment, their opinions matter just as much as adults, and while some think they should students don’t just give up their constitutional rights just because they’re at school.
The first amendment alone should have been enough to overrule the schools’ policy on the armbands but …show more content…
"Student voice is giving students the ability to influence learning to include policies, programs, contexts and principles" (Student voice). Since students are the ones being taught, they’re feedback should be taken seriously by teachers and not just brushed off. Also, a study done by Hannah Amrhein and Hossein Nassaji shows that when they asked the same questions about new school ideas or preferences some answers were the same but most were different (Amrhein). Students opinions may differ from adults and teachers but having a new point of view could mean a lot to the whole school. If Des Moines high would have taken the time to look at the students point of view, then maybe the response to the students’ protest wouldn’t have been so harsh.
Some people believe that what Des Moines did about the armbands was necessary for the greater good of the students but they were just violating the student’s rights. In an article about the tinker case Judge Abe Fortas wrote, they do not "shed their constitutional rights at the school house gate" (Students’ Right to Freedom of Speech). Just because a student is in school shouldn’t mean that he/she should have to give up their constitutional rights as a citizen of the United
Ms. Bodle
Social Studies
10 January 2016
In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines five brave students decided to wear black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. Even though they were threatened with suspension they still decided to wear them. They got suspended until they would agree to not wear the armbands but still wore all black clothes to school for the rest of in year. Students should be able to protest in schools because of the first amendment, their opinions matter just as much as adults, and while some think they should students don’t just give up their constitutional rights just because they’re at school.
The first amendment alone should have been enough to overrule the schools’ policy on the armbands but …show more content…
"Student voice is giving students the ability to influence learning to include policies, programs, contexts and principles" (Student voice). Since students are the ones being taught, they’re feedback should be taken seriously by teachers and not just brushed off. Also, a study done by Hannah Amrhein and Hossein Nassaji shows that when they asked the same questions about new school ideas or preferences some answers were the same but most were different (Amrhein). Students opinions may differ from adults and teachers but having a new point of view could mean a lot to the whole school. If Des Moines high would have taken the time to look at the students point of view, then maybe the response to the students’ protest wouldn’t have been so harsh.
Some people believe that what Des Moines did about the armbands was necessary for the greater good of the students but they were just violating the student’s rights. In an article about the tinker case Judge Abe Fortas wrote, they do not "shed their constitutional rights at the school house gate" (Students’ Right to Freedom of Speech). Just because a student is in school shouldn’t mean that he/she should have to give up their constitutional rights as a citizen of the United