Children do have Civil Rights

The last three days have not been pleasant. I discovered the possiblity that my daughters 1st Amendment Rights were violated. Last night Fred and I searched the internet, studying case law involving children and their rights. Beth's civil rights were not only violated but trampled on.
We actually considered calling the ACLU. It was a brief thought but it was there. We decided that Fred would go to the school today and talk to the principal and see if we could work this out. Beth was refusing to do her speech over again and Mrs C would not leave her name on the ballet if she continued to refuse. We were at an impasse.

Fred had to wait until this afternoon to speak to Mrs. C, she had a family emergency this morning. They were finally able to sit down and talk, and they were able to work out an agreement we all could live with. Mrs. C apoligized to Beth for interupting her speech and embarrassing her in front of the entire school. Mrs. C agreed to go in front of the school on Monday to explain what had happened and then allow all three canidates for President to reread their speeches. However she still insisted that Beth's opening sentence was inappropriate, we will let her have that one. Beth is not allowed to every say the word "sucks" on T.V. again. Both Beth and Fred were satisfied with the out come, disaster avoided, we can all breathe easy again.

Thought for the day. Why isnt "respeech" a word.

Finished Chapter 6 today at work, infact I am writing from work.... another 16 hour day.