The case you are hearing today is Petrakis v. Neck. A high school student, David Petrakis, is claiming his Social Studies teacher, Mr. Neck, does not have the right to silence his students from speaking their mind. The full details of this case may be found in pages 53-57 of Speak. As with all cases that make it to the Supreme Court, you and the other justices will review the facts of the case as well as the precedent set by previous First Amendment cases. You will use the rulings from (1) Burnside v. Byars, (2) Blackwell v. Issaquena Board of Education, (3) Tinker v. Des Moines, (4) Bethel School District v. Fraser, and (5) Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier to help you make a final ruling in this case. Based on the facts of the case, the precedent set by the five previous cases, and the actual protections provided by the First Amendment, does Mr. Neck have the right to silence his students from speaking their minds in his class? In the space below, write a well-written ruling statement. Your statement must: Use support from at least 2 of the real-life court cases Cite specific evidence from Speak, pages 53-57 (Do not pull from any other part of the book. You must stay true to the specifics of this particular instance.) Include clear, logical rational that thoroughly explains why you ruled the way you did

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

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to me i think class room sitting education is better. i do online school and i have not learned a think haha. when i sit in the classroom i just sit there and kind of pay attention but still i get so far ahead in the class when im doing online i have nothing else better to do but play video games and i sit in school and learn and have friends and just actually learn. when i'm doing online i sit here listing to music and get on and and look up the answers i guess that is my fault for being a cheater. but to be honest i think sitting in the classroom is better.

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