School district attacks student's editorial


And tries to sacrifice student rights in the process

Another case where the students are wiser than the professional educators.

This just in: Edwin Yoder, principal of Woodlan High School in Woodburn, says discussion of homosexuality is inappropriate at the high school level, and has demanded full editorial control over the school's newspaper.

The reason for his overreaction? An editorial, written by a high school sophomore, that of all things urged tolerance of homosexuals.

"I can only imagine how hard it would be to come out as homosexual in today's society," Megan Chase wrote. "I think it is so wrong to look down on those people, or to make fun of them, just because they have a different sexuality than you. There is nothing wrong with them or their brain; they're just different than you."

Woodlan's assistant superintendent, Andy Mellin, suggests the topic of the article wasn't the problem. "It's the content of the article in terms of its appropriateness and balance," he told the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.

It's an editorial, it advocates a position.

Students are within their rights to take controversial positions.

It certainly doesn't teach anything about freedom when those rights are taken away.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - February 27, 2007 at 03:06 PM  Tag


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