“School Space vs MySpace.” Fort Payne Gazette. Fort Payne Gazette, 31 October 2009. Web. 15 November 2009 <>.
Monday, November 30, 2009
School Space vs MySpace
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In the editorial written in the Fort Payne Gazette title School Space vs MySpace (author is unknown) offers the opinion that the female students’ First Amendment rights were violated because the pictures were taken during the summer and not during the school year or at any school function. The editorial quoted the lawsuit saying, “The forced counseling was humiliating to the plaintiffs, and being forced to appear before the coaches to apologize for their intended humorous photographs … was profoundly embarrassing.” The author believes that the female students should not have been punished and the punishment “was out of line.” The author also mentions that the discipline procedures at the school should be revised and looks to see how the procedures can be changed. The believes the punishment is not up-to-date with today’s technology and social networking sites available for students to partake in outside of school.
A knowledgeable person could read this editorial and come up with the an opinion on the research question proposed because the author introduces the situation with facts and also gives an opinion based on facts of the lawsuit being filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Churubusco High School students involved. Although the editorial only speaks of one opinion to the questions proposed, the editorial gives many facts to give the author creditably on the subject at hand. Even though the editorial’s author is unknown, the creditably alone he/she substances in enough to over look the fact that the editorial is just an opinion and not proven fact. I believe I would be able to come up with an intelligent opinion based on the information I received from reading this editorial.
