Kicked out of class and given 12 demerits for saying in a discussion after class that a bad grade would “f— up” his GPA, 29-year-old Isaac Rosenbloom argues Hinds Community College in Mississippi has no right to punish disrespect or cursing.
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) Vice President Robert Shibley calls the policy unconstitutional and absurd.
“College students don’t lose their free speech rights when they arrive on campus. Will Hinds be sending its students to bed without supper next?”
Rosenbloom made the remark to his speech instructor after class. She said she was giving him “detention,” he testified in a hearing. When he said that’s not a punishment at HCC, she submitted a complaint to the dean.
He was punished for ”flagrant disrespect.” HCC also bans “public profanity, cursing and vulgarity,” which carries a fine of $25 for the first offense, $50 plus ten to fifteen demerits for the second offense, and suspension for the third offense, FIRE notes.
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