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Classes / Activities / Community participation / College plans / Tolerance and Knowledge of First Amendment / Student - Teacher - Principal - Adult differences / Freedom of speech / Freedom of press / First Amendment education /
Understanding of the Law / Trust in journalists / Sources of news

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A Profile of Student Attitudes

Differences among students, teachers, principals, and adults 

Students differ significantly from faculty and principals as to whether or not the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees. Less than half (43 percent) of the students asked disagree that the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees. However, the majority of both teachers (66 percent) and principals (72 percent) disagree that the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees. Based on the 2004 State of the First Amendment survey, the national adult population lines up much closer to the teachers and faculty, with 65 percent disagreeing that the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees.

Agree or disagree: "The First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees"

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