Learning from Speech
Many students nowadays see a college or university as a place where you can acquire higher education and also a place where you can go to be exposed to and taste the real world. Such an experience would include exposure to different kinds of people, areas of knowledge, and many different ideas and beliefs. But most colleges and universities nowadays fall into a trap of denial and control, thus preventing the students in their exchange of ideas. Since the First Amendment protects Freedom of Speech, colleges and universities should not ban or control it since it is another avenue of learning. Where do you draw the line when it comes to free speech? As long as you don't inflict any physical harm to another person, you should be able to freely speak your mind. Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University from 1971 to 1991 states, "It would be better to ignore them, since students would then have little reason to create such displays and would soon abandon them." (Bok 52) I disagree with him wholeheartedly. I say this because you cannot simply ignore a problem and hope that it will go away. You have to hear it over and over again in order to come up with a solution to the problem, solve it, and the
Freedom of Expression should be applied evenly across the board regardless of you age, sexual orientation, and race. As Nat Hentoff quoted the professor of political science from the University of Wisconsin, Carol Tebben, "are getting confused when they are acting as censors and trying to protect students from bad ideas. ) It is not only in the classroom that we learn; it is also outside of the classroom. Racial slurs and insults were directed at me everywhere I went and there was no escape. It is in the rotunda where demonstrations against the war in Iraq are held. Although his speech was not acceptable, it was a stepping-stone for him in embarking on a journey of Freedom of Expression. By listening to other people's comments about me, I learned to deal with their problem and also their opinion of me. Campus police arrested those who were involved and the faculty suspended those individuals. ) Faculty and administrators simply want to keep the control just like in the Bethel School District No.
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