Today, I was selected to give my speech to the entire school. I was later told it had to be censored because it was inappropriate, even though I was just trying to make a point. My speech was on political correctness. My speech on political correctness was censored for political reasons. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to give a speech as part of my campaign for school captain. I was rather happy with it and so I told another candidate my speech. Apparently it was a good idea as minutes later that same candidate stole my entire speech, leaving me looking like a complete idiot. FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
Today, I was met with a flurry of complaints after my “disgusting” speech during my child’s career day at school. I’m a labor and delivery nurse, and my use of words like “fetus, breast, cesarean, etc.” was too much for the kids. I never even mentioned sex or genitals, and they’re in the 6th grade. FML
Today, while giving speech in class, I choked on my own spit and had a coughing fit while everyone stared at me intently. When I finally regained my composure, my teacher told me my time was up and to sit down. I hadn't even got finished the first paragraph. FML
Today, I gave a presentation about how teachers don't intervene enough when students are being bullied. Afterwards, I was practically bullied by my teacher for "not choosing a serious topic." FML
Today, my teacher assigned us teams in a class debate. I landed on the team that had to argue the obviously wrong point of view. When I finished, my teacher told me and the entire class how much I disturbed her, and how I reminded her of Hitler and Napoleon. FML
Today, I was no longer being considered for the counselor position at a prestigious university because of a social media check. It wasn’t anything on my profile, it was comments I'd made on public posts, laced with profanity and insults towards other commenters. There goes my Christmas. FML
Today, I was once again berated by an idiotic parent. I’ve been called a filthy liberal, a groomer, and had my job threatened several times. All of this because I was teaching second graders about pronouns. You know, the part of English grammar that replaces a noun. Nothing political at all. FML
Today, we were having a school prize giving. I heard my name called and I walked up to the stage waving and smiling, feeling rather proud of myself. I stood by the microphone and started my acceptance speech, only to be tapped on the shoulder by the girl they'd actually called up. FML
Today, one of my classmates got bullied and the whole class got to wrote 2000 words about that. FML
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sickofnames 0
That's what school is like. Everything has to be the status quo, bland and acceptable. I know your pain as I was almost suspended for a film project I did.
Nakedsquirrel 5
Political correctness is a crock of shit in the first place, necessitated only by the fact that we allow a bunch of annoying crybabies to make a scene every time someone says something they don't like. It's one thing to be offended by blatant racism. It's another thing to throw a fit because someone isn't conforming to the hypersensitivity USA has gotten up its own ass with. Only the most pathetic individual could be offended by "Merry Christmas."
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o76923 8
Welcome to America, its nice to meet you? Seriously, if you want free speech, go to some horribly destitute corner of the world with all that American money. Then, you can just pay a local warlord to protect you no matter what you say. Speech is most free when delivered from the barrel of a gun.
demons0108 0
"I'd like the preface this speech on political correctness by stating that the school board and administration made me censor this speech. This act of censorship will show just how far our society will go to maintain a level of political correctness."
SiLveRStaRLIGHT 0
No offense, but what did you expect? High school is basically a dictatorship. If you don't follow the rules of the school, you get punished. Although I don't understand why they feel the need to suppress the outspoken opinion you wanted to express, aside from the fact that it was, "Inappropriate." (I'm in high school too, just for the record)
abu3mair 0
you mean F The System!
Ohnoitslindsay 0
I went to a public arts high school. Nothing was censored at all. Students displayed nude, sexually and politically challenging works in the hallways. Maybe I'm just spoiled. Or maybe you are a terrible speech writer who didn't consider the nature of their audience. #21, it sounds as if you are condoning such conditions, and if you are, you are the personification of everything that is wrong with this country.
jasey_rae 0
well that sucks. people are such little babies now a days. make sure you comment about how the school forced you to censor the speech. itll piss them off enough =]
I2OI3 0
What happened to the first amendment? In school they always try to make you think those rules only apply to adults or in certain situations, they do not - they apply to every US citizen all the time - you should have said what you wanted to say anyways and if they gave you grief get the ACL on their asses
jayfx 0
rofl
Ohnoitslindsay 0
#27 - The rights granted in the constitution do not apply to you as an individual until you turn 18. Up until that point they only apply to you as a dependent of your parents. And as your parents choose to send you to a particular school, they relinquish you into the school's partial custody, giving the school the right to delegate those rights to you as they see fit. Until the school clearly breaks a written law, they may censor as they see fit.
what_the_hell123 0
what the hell.ur skool is ****** up