Essays on DES Moines

Role of Cyber Speech and First Amendment

The Internet has transformed communication throughout the world, allowing people to share information instantaneously at relatively low cost. The Internet is regarded as the most participatory form of mass speech ever developed in the world and it is the main channel of communication that is behind the development of cyber communication. Students in schools and colleges communicate amongst themselves through social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. They can receive first-hand information that has not even reach their school administration. More often, students use these sites to express their feelings about politics, school administration, and relationships. Most of them ...

Wallace Carothers

life and Education of Wallace Carothers Wallace Hume Carothers was born on April 27, 1896. He was born in Burlington, Iowa. He was the son of Ira and Mary Carothers, and was the oldest children in the family. When he was five years old, his family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. There he studied in high school. He started showing interest in science during high school years and started reading the scientific literature. During his studies, he liked to play with different tools, instruments, and other mechanical items, and liked to spend time in experimenting. He used to have ...

Under the existing Tinker (“Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District”) standards, should the online speech, created by Ms. Erikson on her private laptop, outside the schools premises and without intentionally targeting the students at school be considered on-campus? Should the actions of Ms. Erikson, which neither reached sufficient magnitude in the classroom, nor made the students unable to participate in the classroom discussions, nor required the school administration to pull down their ordinary duties, as well as did not create a hostile environment to the defendant, so that he could not attend classes, be considered substantially disruptive?

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