A Student 's Freedom Of Speech

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Introduction
This essay is about the stance I take on grading a student’s essay about their hero Jesus and displaying their pictorial portrayal of him in the Last Supper in the classroom while taking into consideration the legal ramifications that could arise from this situation in the classroom from the other students that may find the picture to be offensive. I will take into consideration the information that I find about the First Amendment in the U.S. Constitution that explains the student’s right to religious freedom of expression in school. There will be three legal cases that explain how the student’s work is protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution, while they demonstrate how they did or did not meet the academic standards that are set by the teacher for the assignment and how it caused an issue with the student. In addition, the legal cases will help to explain the stance that has been taken in this essay on the student’s religious freedom of speech on this assignment.
Students Religious Writing and Art Work
In this situation, the student fulfilled the requirements for the assignment by choosing a hero and showing in pictorial form why they consider this person to be hero. This student is not breaking any rules by showing their religious beliefs in their classwork because it is in correlation with the assignment’s requirements while they are also being protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution. “The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference” (Cornell University Law School, 2012). The student’s artwork of their hero is just further explaining how Jesus is a hero through the selfless role...

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...or other students in the classroom to accept their religious faith through their artwork of Jesus the student is giving an example in their artwork of why they see him as a hero. Part of this decision was based on the student’s freedom of religious expression under the U.S. Constitution that protects them from being reprimanded from expressing their religious views in the classroom as long as they are not seen as being profane to others in the school community. The other part of this decision came from the three court cases that showed how the students were being offensive to others in the school community through their work without fully considering the views of others in the school community. The student in this scenario was considerate of the others students because they created their artwork to display a positive message that teaches a universal message of peace.

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