Two teachers at Norview High School in Norfolk, VA were recently
put on administrative leave by the school after a parent
complained about a video that she saw in Government class. The
video informed its audience on how to assert their
constitutional rights during various encounters with police,
such as during a car or house search. It was accompanied by a
one page handout about a person’s rights when stopped and
arrested by the police. When the girl came home after school
that day, she told her mother “You won’t believe what we are
learning in Government. They are teaching us how to hide our
drugs.” The woman promptly called the school to complain about
what was taught to her daughter, and the teachers were
subsequently suspended. There are two things that are rather
irksome about these series of events. First, why are parents are
so ready to jump to conclusions and act on those assumptions?
It’s a little hard to believe that teachers would be lecturing
their students on the best way to hide drugs from the p