Lissa-"Freedom of speech or just a case of Senioritis?"

Lissa, your post really reminds me when I was in high school and how people always got in trouble for wearing clothes they were not suppose to wear. Whenever people would wear inappropriate clothes or colored their hair in a "disruption manner of classroom etiquette" they were either sent home or made them call their parents to bring them something to wear. In these two aspects I agree with the school administration because honestly I didn't want to see a girl's body hanging out everywhere or a boy's boxers showing every time he walked.

As to your article on Hays High School I have to say I disagree with the administration and yourself. Why you may ask? If we have freedom of speech...why are we not allowed to use it? The student didn't have profanity on his t-shirt so I think he should have been allowed to wear it. Also I don't know about everybody else but I have even had teachers in my school career say "sucks" and even profanity words.

One limitation of freedom of speech at least for school and learning purposes in my opinion is students shouldn't be allowed to have profanity words on their shirts. In a way I may be contradicting myself with saying that we should be able to have our freedom of speech but I don't agree with being able to have profanity written all over shirts. We all know that most of us know and say profanity words at least once in our lifetime but we shouldn't encourage it either.

So my standpoint is we should be able to have freedom of speech while at school but to a certain extent!

Will your job be stable forever???

Graduating from college worries me. Why you may ask? Today's slow economy. It is a scary thought to think about it because it may be really hard to find your ideal job once you have received your diploma. My major is business management and it is scary when people say "well good luck to ya, maybe when you graduate there will be more businesses to run than close!"

Many families all over the U.S. and Texas suffered when the economy faced devastion, and some still suffer today. Millions of jobs were lost leaving families with no homes and with nothing to do. Luckily, my family was not faced and still has not experienced this tragedy. When people first become laid off by their jobs they receive an unemployment check, but when this unemployment is done at times people still have not been able to find another job. Today's daily life is very costly from the cost of homes to living expenses. It is a frightening thought to lose your job. Is your job secure now?

So as I was thinking about my future and what I would do with it, I thought it might be a good idea to see what our Texas economy is looking like now. After reading Texas Ahead's article on Comptroller's Economic Outlook, I wasn't happy but I was a little relieved. Texas is in better shape than the nation but still struggling. Here recently Texas gained jobs for many people. If you compare the statistics of tax sales, unemployment rate, and trade it is looking better but not good overall.

In the end I sure hope our economy gets better for individuals now and in the future.