Strike and Soltis Chap 2,3

Chapter 2: Punishment and Due Process
Personally I think the chemistry teacher jumped the gun with slamming everyone with detention and a 30 page paper. Not only did he definitely punish some innocent people, the punishment does not particularly match the crime. Then when he gets an annonymous tip of 'who done it' he gives the kid an F. Um, grades should not be used as a disciplinary tool. That is completely unethical and not the point of grades. He could have more made Alex do a special class presentation instead of doing labs, since obviously he could not handle the responsibility of participating in labs (assuming his guilt). That would count as his lab grade. Basically he blew the whole thing. (pun intended)
Once again there is a case of a teacher jumping to conclusions and not giving a student a chance. Aren't teachers supposed to be interested in educating the child, not punishing them. (regarding the case of the english paper) I agree that letting the kid write the essay over, this time without a tutor would be completely acceptable. Even if you dock him a letter grade, because technically it would be late.

Chapter 3: Intellectual Freedom
Mr. Lane is definitely in a hard spot here. He can't let Eddie publish the paper, even though it is very well written and has plenty of good things to be said about humanity, becuase it is slightly slanerous towards another professor and a student. This being the case, I think that Mr. Lane should look for somewhere else for Eddie to publish the essay. Or maybe really make Eddie understand that he understands what he's trying to do, and explain to him why he can't do that.

The case with the books, I'll be honest, parents are stupid. It seems a lot of parents have no idea what they are doing with their children, especially if they think reading books that happen to mention drug use or sex or other inappropriate behaviors is going to lead to children participating in these behaviors. (I know these are made up cases, but this stuff still happens) Parenting starts at home, not in the classroom. Children must be informed to make descisions. That simple.

Alternative plan, school thingy. Basically the teacher got excited and jumped the gun. It's called patience.