Tinker vs. Des Moines

I was surprised at how much attention the actions of two high school students and a middle schooler got in this case. I believe that what was said in the reading is true, that if someone wants to "fight" for a case without disrupting or causing to much of a sense then they have all the right to do what they want. An example would be wearing black armbands like the students did back in the early 70's. This act wasn't a violent demonstration or even a disruptive one but the school felt the need to punish these kids for doing what they saw as a freedom of there beliefs. An example we do at CA is the day of silence that is simliar to the black armbands. the day of silence is when a group of kids elects not to speak all day in an effort to bring forward the rights of Gay people in america. to show respect to the ones that were bullied to the point of taking their own life's. In some ways this is even more disruptive then the armbands themselves.