http://libertarianrock.com Teenagers live in a totalitarian state. Mandatory schooling. Curfews. Prohibition. Libertarian Rockstars are fighting back. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:24:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A government school in Pennsylvania used cameras and microphones on laptops issued to students to locate missing laptops and, oh by the way, to also monitor students. Yes, the "telescreen" devices from the book 1984 have arrived in 2010. Parents of a monitored student have sued the school after receiving ... http://libertarianrock.com/2010/02/school-spies-on-students-with-laptop-cams/ A federal judge ruled a former high school student suspended for creating a Facebook page that criticized her English teacher can sue the high school principal who suspended her. The page entitled “Ms. Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I’ve ever had” attracted current and former students, some of whom ... http://libertarianrock.com/2010/02/student-suspended-for-facebook-comments-can-sue/ For all we write about persecution in the United States, when it comes to home schooling, German citizens flee their country for the freedom to teach their children. A US judge recently granted asylum to a German family with five children. The article in the French paper, Le Monde, used ... http://libertarianrock.com/2010/01/germans-flee-to-home-school-in-us/ A New York City mom who allows her nine-year-old son to ride the subway wrote an article about her mothering ways and became an overnight news story, cast as the "Worst Mom in America." Many hate e-mails later, the mom wrote a book called "Free Range Kids" and now maintains ... http://libertarianrock.com/2010/01/free-range-kids/ Totalitarian, egalitarian, envious school bureaucrats love uniforms. They force everyone to be equal and suppress free expression. Two students, in the fifth and seventh grades, at schools in Bayonne, New Jersey, protested their schools' new uniform policies by wearing buttons stating "no school uniforms" with a slash through them along ... http://libertarianrock.com/2010/01/court-approves-uniform-protest-with-hitler-youth-buttons/ Did you know that if the police ask you to step out of your car, you should close and lock the door after you exit? Same goes for your home, step outside and speak to the police outside your home. A video from Flex Your Rights illustrates this advice and ... http://libertarianrock.com/2010/01/10-rules-for-dealing-with-the-police/ Residents of the warm, year-round climate of Palm Beach, Florida, regularly stay outside during the late evening, unless they happen to be under the age 18. A local curfew law bars those under 18 from being outside past 10 pm weeknights and 11 pm weekends, unless, one is exercising first ... http://libertarianrock.com/2010/01/youth-rights-group-sues-to-repeal-curfew-in-palm-beach/ At a Maryland government school, lunch time now provides a healthy break during the day. Administrators turned lunchtime into free time. All students have the same lunch hour, and students can do just about anything they please during the hour. Some just eat and relax, while others also play sports, ... http://libertarianrock.com/2009/12/freedom-at-lunchtime-students-can-do-what-they-want/ An ultra-conservative, Texas government "school" does not allow the latest denim craze: skinny jeans. Administrators at a Kimbrough Middle School in Mesquite gave Seth Chamlee a choice: change into some pants provided by the school or go home. He went home and he's going to stay there. His mom said, ... http://libertarianrock.com/2009/12/home-schools-allow-skinny-jeans/ The National Youth Rights Association won $25,000 in a Facebook community giving contest! The organization received enough votes to place them in the top 100 organizations. The 100 finalists now compete for a grand prize of $1 million. The voting begins January 15. Help them out by visiting their Facebook ... http://libertarianrock.com/2009/12/youth-rights-org-wins-25000/