1st Amendment Rights

So the first amendment gives us the rights to freedom of religion, speech, press, assemble peaceably, and the right to petition the government. This amendment is limited in schools. I agree that it should be limited to schools. I agree because if you voice your religious opinion in school and others don't agree with you then there would be a big argument which would harm the school environment as well as your ability to learn. I do think that school newspapers should be able to report on any issues they want to, just as long as the article is unbiased and doesn't offend anybody. I think this because if the newspaper wishes to report on real news then they should have the right to do so. This is a right whether it is in school or in the media. Although I don't believe that people should voice personal opinions in school I think they should have the right to have those rights. For example if a kid practices Islam then he shouldn't have to dissect a cow heart if he doesn't want to. This doesn't bring unnecessary conflict to the school area, but the kid still has the right to practice his religion. So in conclusion people should have the ability to practice their ideas so long as it does not offend or hurt other students ability to learn.

War Propaganda Remix

When we analyzed war propaganda I analyzed the one with a navy man riding a torpedo. In this poster it is appealing because it looks exciting and fun. The slogan; "The service for fighting men", makes it seem like only tough guys would join the Navy. If I was changing the message of this poster I would first change the color scheme of the poster. I would change it from a light, fun blue to a grey or black dark color scheme. This would make it look like war is not a fun, exciting thing, but a dark, scary one. i would also change the color of the torpedo from gold to black and make it look more menacing looking. The next thing I would change would be that I wouldn't have the guy riding a torpedo, but a torpedo chasing him. Then I would change his facial expression from a laughing, happy expression to a scared, yelling one. These changes would all show that war is not something to be taken lightly. Finally I would change the slogan from "The service for fighting men" to "The Service for No Man." This would represent that no man should have to go to war because there should not be any war. I feel like this poster could really be switched around to support anti-war as well as it did support war.