Regarding freedom of speech and the creative writing class, I certainly wouldn’t want to “trample” my students’ creativity, but at the same time I recognize that a college/university class is not a democracy. I determine the content, I assign the grades, and, for a variety of reasons, I give students a short (very short) list of things they’re not allowed to write about. If a student were to suggest that he or she can ONLY write, for example, hate literature or pornography, then I’d probably argue that a creative writing class isn’t the best place for that student.