I understand your constitutional rights to express yourself, but I also know that all students have the right to undisruptive education.

All students may not get one, but whatever can be done to make it better should be.

It is not illegal to wear “666” on your clothes, but that is not the issue.

When Mr. Parker wore the shirt, he “disrupted” the learning process because at least four students were offended and could not continue their lesson until he removed it.

The reason his shirt was banned is the same reason shirts with cannabis symbols, curse words and derogatory statements are banned— they disrupt the learning atmosphere.

For whatever reason a disruption occurs, one still occurs and must be dealt with across the board, not just for one student or school.

Besides, who said we have constitutional rights as minors?

That is still a current debate.

Children don’t have the right to bear arms, do they?

I certainly did not feel I had freedom of speech back then, did you?

And if this is the beginning of the movement I don’t know, because are children and youth truly able to assume the responsibility behind “speaking out” or “bearing arms”?

I personally don’t feel that freedom of speech has anything to with the ability to judge right from wrong.

Kietha Renfroe

Sophomore

Elementary education and agricultural education