Friday's Class

I think I already made a post for this, but whatever I'll do it again. In class we talked about who should elect the president I think, if I remember correctly. I think there was a little dispute about those games Mr. Boyle told us about. If the band t-shirt was speech or not. And I was thinking, it doesn't matter if it's speech or not... the school can ban whatever it wants. If shirts like that cause problems in a learning environment, I think the school should be able to ban it. I think the problem we were looking at was whether or not the punishment was too harsh. Even though I'm student, I still think that the school can ban clothes in school. We're lucky to not have a dress code, so honestly I think people need to calm down and just get over it when they get in trouble for wearing strapless shirts and tiny skirts. It's not appropriate in school, you're supposed to be learning, I don't think it's necessary to look really formal, but be respectful at least. I know I'm getting off topic but I can't stop. I know a lot of people were saying he should be allowed to wear it in school, but why fight the school? It's a school... you're not going to win, schools have so many priviledges, as Mr. Boyle said, the second we cross that threshold, we have little to no rights. And as long as we're in school, (until we're 18, adults) I think we should just live with the fact that if a teacher tells you that you can't wear a mini skirt, (which is just as expressive as a band shirt would be) then spare us all the drama and wear pants, honestly it's not a big deal. I think the only thing that's worth debating, is the punishment the student recieved. Personally, I thought expulsion was going a little overboard, but that's just me.