[IP] Re: when will they learn -- Appeals Court Weighs Teen's Web Speech

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Seth [sethb@panix.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:30 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] when will they learn -- Appeals Court Weighs Teen's Web Speech

Zach White [zwhite@darkstar.frop.org] wrote:

> What concerns me most about this case is that in more than 10 years
> of court cases about these issues, schools still treat students as
> if they don't have any rights. What message is that sending to our
> youth?

I recall them doing the exact same thing with respect to dead-tree
publications by students in the 1960's, with the same results (courts
said that the Constitution applied to high school students).  The
lesson is that teachers and administrators fail to exhibit learning
behavior.

Seth

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