Violating my Freedom of Speech

Recently, my morality class and I were told we were no longer aloud to swear over Twitter, because our teacher was offended.  Well, the first amendment to the Constitution gives us the right to say whatever we want, as long as, it is not slander.  The last time I checked swear words were just offensive not slander.  And we live in America, land of the FREE... not land of the "I am going to dictate what you can and cannot say" that would make the USA a totalitarian state. 

I think school is like work and teachers are like a boss which is why we should not use Twitter as a "learning tool."  Our teacher basically asked for a portal into our personal private, we complied and now said teacher is upset.  I attend a private school where we are required to wear uniforms, attend certain classes, go to the cafeteria before and after school, are not allowed to chew gum, and have to act a certain way.  Basically our lives are controlled from the moment we walk through the doors.  And if we wear apparel with the school name on it outside of school, we have to act in a responsible and respectable manner.  So the fact our lives are dictated/controlled by school for a great portion of our teen life, what we do on our own spare time on the internet should not controlled or dictated. 

I am all about stopping cyberbullying and protecting kids being bullied over the internet but swear in a post or tweet is not bullying, its just a bad choice.. That being said, I am not one to swear over Twitter, because I don’t even understand how to use it and I update my Facebook status maybe once a month.  So this new rule does not apply to me. However I have friends who do use profanity in their tweets and posts. But it is in the context of a quote or lyric... and on their own personal private time.  Honestly, I think the school should be more worried about the kids who post pictures and statuses about drinking and getting high, than about the kids who swear in posts.  Like really, let’s get our priorities straight here.  Seriously though this is the first time the school has ever tried to take any action about what goes on over the internet, but they chose to punish the kids who swear which isn’t even a crime.  However underage drinking and smoking is, but they do nothing to address those problems.  Way to be.