Colorado middle school geography teacher Eric Hamlin was escorted from his classroom and placed on administrative leave for refusing to remove flags of foreign countries that were hanging in his classroom. It seems that Colorado state law forbids the display of flags that are not relevant to the curriculum. Hamlin’s principal determined that he had no lessons planned in the near future for the flags that were displayed—China, Mexico, and United Nations. He was, therefore, found in violation of state law. District officials later offered a compromise. Hamlin could display the flags for six weeks then rotate them with flags of other countries.