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Students Rightsby Q.T.M. McConnell     Are you in the mood for some close reading? The other day I was in theGuidance region looking for guidance when I saw an unassuming three rogue packet.Having nothing else to do, I picked one up and began reading. I learned thatthe key of this little manual is the Students Rights and Responsibilities Bill.I thought to myself, "my, what a great stern is La Follette, that I can simplywalk into my guidance social function and learn my refines as a student. But wait, whymust I pursue this information on my own? Why isnt this information in myhandy handbook issued to me at the beginning of the school year? I ought toread this" So I read. Soon I realized why our School Board may not wantstudents realizing what we are real entitled to. Right away in the Preamble,it states "students have the responsibility to attentiveness rights of all personsinvolved in the educational process and exercise the highest mark of self-discipline in observing and adhering to legitimate rules." The first thing Ithought was "WOW That sounds great The School Board really trusts me as afree-thinking individual to respect people and be respected. I love thisschool" But wait. Before we all stage an "I love Cheryl Wilhoyte" love-fest,lets take a look at what these "legitimate rules" are, particularly as theyapply to freedom of speech, expression, and something they like to call"material break of the educational environment."     The first item on the list is books, specifically a students rightto post it. It reads "Students shall have the right to post any literature of anon-commercial nature without prior censorship or approval by the Administrationor School Board in any designated pecker area, provided, however, thedesignated representative shall be accorded the right to remove posted materials/he considers obscene, libelous or will cause material pe rturbation to theeducational environment." Lets stop and think a bit. I have the right to postwhatever I want so long as my Administrators agree with it? Whose rights are wereally talking about here? Well, I began to think and it occurred to me thatmaybe my Administrators and School Board representatives arent so concernedthat I express myself however I like. But, I can see their establish after all, Iprobably wouldnt want fifteen hundred students carte du jour whatever they wanted toeither. They might start to see the world after-school(prenominal) these walls.     I proceeded reading. The next civil liberties violation I came acrossis state as such "Students shall have the right to wear buttons.