tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227746770847349075.post8218409622357426366..comments2024-03-14T07:34:08.306-04:00Comments on BAD LAWYER: First Amendment Provides No Academic Freedom for Public School Teachers--Sixth CircuitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227746770847349075.post-14825375910524618122010-10-28T22:51:12.118-04:002010-10-28T22:51:12.118-04:00bullschuck--
I get your point and the point of th...bullschuck--<br /><br />I get your point and the point of the opinion, I disagree. I believe that in this context the First Amendment should have protected this teacher's literary decisions, and that dismissal by the school district should have violated a protected academic freedom. I think there is a distinction to be made between teaching that clearly deviates from the western canon and age appropriate norms which are potentially violative of the district's guidelines. But here, you have a licensed professional teaching a section on censorship and the district censors her! Are you kidding me?<br /><br />Why have teachers? Why have schools, just have the district send approved materials home.<br /><br />There is a reason why professional teachers are required to have a degree of expertise in their discipline, certification and so forth. Here you have a district caving to reactionary "political correctness."<br /><br />Forty years ago, all of these literary works except the lesbian-mommy stuff was on our high school reading lists for "leterary merit."<br /><br />This is whacko-right wing BS at work, in my opinion.<br />BLAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259536411307951411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227746770847349075.post-58394601168047383642010-10-28T16:12:38.174-04:002010-10-28T16:12:38.174-04:00You really think this is because a teacher "b...You really think this is because a teacher "believed in a constitutional ideal?" If I were a speechwriter for the President, wouldn't I get fired for writing speeches that criticized White House policies? Would that be protected under the First Amendment? There has to be a line between speaking our mind and our work product, re: Garcetti v. Ceballos. If I were to introduce my personal political/religious ideals into my work product I'd get reprimanded quickly. Papism will do that. :-) If I were to contest and disregard that reprimand, I'd probably get fired.bullschuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09440787016495359863noreply@blogger.com