Essay On Tinker Vs. Des Moines Independent Community School

“In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School (1969), the court said that a student's freedom of expression in school must be protected unless it would seriously interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline.”(Oyez) In 1965 a couple of kids that attended Des Moines Community School wanted to “show their support for a truce in the Vietnam War.” The students would wear black armbands during the holiday and they would “fast on December 16 and New Year's Eve.”(Oyez) Because the students had uniforms, they wernt allowed to have anything else on their uniforms. “The principle learned about the students plans to wear the armbands and he had announced that students wearing the armbands would be asked to take it off and if they refused then they would be suspended. The kids tried to sue the school and the district court dismissed the case. The U.S. Court of Appeals took the case and favored 7-2 in favor of Tinker, one of the students. Their reasoning behind the court’s decision is that the kids never lost their first amendment rights when they stepped on to school grounds.”(Oyez) School uniforms do not improve grades of students …show more content…
“A survey of 1000 parents carried out for the report found an overwhelming 95% of parents believe the amount they are expected to pay is 'unreasonable'.” (The Children’s Society) This is terrible for the parents, students, and the school because the school is getting results back from parents saying that they can’t afford the school uniforms because they cost too much and if the parents have to buy knock-off clothes to match the uniforms some of the kids will notice and the student with the knock-off clothes might be bullied for his appearance. Parents would complain less if uniforms cost less or if there were no uniforms at