Drawing a Line

Through out the past week of school we have looked at cases that questioned the first ammendment, and how free our speech truely is. In cases such as Morse v. Frederick or the Bathel School Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser, the school was forced to restrict the students rights to protect both themselves and the students. In both of these cases the courts found that the School was "just" in the actions they took. Although the kids may have been expressing their ideas or opinions, the manner in which they chose to do it was very disruptive to the learning process. so where should a line be drawn? Well I obviously think that freedom of speech should be granted to students, with certain exceptions. It is easy to see why schools restrict kids from swearing, wearing gang shirts, and promoting illegal drugs. Without these restrictions schools could easily be exposed to violence and distractions from class time. Also schools put a lot of money in to teaching kids about what drugs do and discourage drug use, so why should kids be able to go against that? I do feel that students should have the rights to express how they feel, but they should do it in a civil way. It's common sense not to yell swears or to wear a shirt that promotes drugs.