Political correctness in school and life, breaking laws?

in america(USA) we have the right to free speech, I dont know wht its legal limitations are but for what I know I can say wht I @$%! want! so in schools, is the sensoring of offensive books and what students are permitted to say, not only taking away our...

freedome of speech but also that of the authors? because im pretty sure that theres no laws against offending someone.

BTW my theory of knowledge teacher actually brought this up, for anyone in the highschool IB program.

Kids have just as much right to free speech as anyone else. But school is just like a work place. The people in charge have the right to deny you your pulpit while in school, but they have no right to prevent you from saying what you want when not in school. It is no different from an employer having rules against certain behavior in the work place. If they had a rule against excessive talking during work hours, that would not be a violation of free speech. Employers and school administrators do not have to allow disruptions in their operations just so someone can have the say on a specific issue. They can do that on their own time.

one of my teacher told me that frredom of speach does not apply to kids

it is bullsht

Minors aren't given the same civil rights as adults because adults are responsible for them. That means, until you're considered a legal adult you don't have the right of free speech, and therefore the school is perfectly within it's own right to censor material and behavior according to it's will.

Freedom of speech has its limitations... you cant scream fire for no good reason in a building... also schools have the rights to make their own rules... you cant do what you want wherever you want without consequences...

*** so in schools, is the sensoring of offensive books and what students are permitted to say, not only taking away our freedome of speech but also that of the authors?

Of the authors, no, but of you, yes. There is no constitutional guarantee that what you write will be placed in a school library. But there is a guarantee of your right to speech. Public decency laws have encroached on freedom of speech in a way it was not intended. The authors intended social ostracism in such cases, not legal sanction.

However, no-one gives a damn about the Constitution anymore, and even those who do, hand wave away the rights of minors, even though the language of the Constitution clearly applies to everyone.

The 14th amendment extends 1st amendment rights to states and their entities including public schools.

The ACLU recently fought for free speech rights for a group of students who were suspended after holding up a banner Bong hits 4 Jesus at a public event but the ACLU lost in a 5-4 ruling. Drug legalization is an issue in every state in the union but the courts held that schools had the right to punish the students for expressing an unpopular message at a public event.

Earlier the ACLU won a case against a Florida school that banned any sort of clothing, stickers, buttons, or symbols supporting gay equality or rights.

So student free speech is hit and miss; sometimes the courts side toward free speech and other times toward censorship.