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Unread 10-31-2007, 10:17 PM
 
Location: LA LA land
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Default Pledge of Allegiance at LAUSD?

Just curious---does anyone know if they still say it in schools here? We used to, back in the 70s and at least one HS class of mine did in the mid-80s.
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Unread 10-31-2007, 11:44 PM
 
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Yeah, but they pledge allegiance to every country but the USA.
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Unread 11-01-2007, 09:56 AM
 
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bumping it up again to see if anyone knows...thanks.
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Unread 11-01-2007, 05:11 PM
 
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I believe LAUSD still uses the pledge since it is not one of the counties under the ruling that the pledge is unconstitutional.
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Unread 11-01-2007, 05:14 PM
 
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
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I know we did in 2000........8 years later...Im sure we still do.
Don't know anyone in HS to ask and I think it depends on the school. My ex graduated 5 years after I did and I know she did not say it. Actually, depends on the teacher, I had a teacher for homeroom that MADE us.
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Unread 11-01-2007, 05:51 PM
 
Location: West LA
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I'm in high school. We don't on a regular basis, but during assemblies, pep rallies, and football/baseball games we do. I'm not in LAUSD though. El Segundo High.
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Unread 11-04-2007, 09:30 PM
 
Location: Chatsworth, CA
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I know we did in 2000........8 years later...Im sure we still do.
Don't know anyone in HS to ask and I think it depends on the school. My ex graduated 5 years after I did and I know she did not say it. Actually, depends on the teacher, I had a teacher for homeroom that MADE us.
It really does depend on the teacher. I'm currently working towards my teaching credential, and only one teacher out of my many classroom observations has enforced the pledge. He is, however, a vet from the Asian Wars (Korea and Nam) and he takes patoritism a little too seriously.
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Unread 07-04-2012, 04:53 AM
 
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Yes, we stand for it and recite it on most days. Many older kids will not do it and it is illegal to force them. Frankly, I am becoming less inclined to pledge allegiance to nation as corrupt as this one,

Last edited by David Aguilar; 07-04-2012 at 07:25 AM.. Reason: edited for clarity
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Unread 07-04-2012, 08:23 AM
 
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Pledge trivia: The "under god" part was added in 1954 in response to the hysteria surrounding the McCarthy hearings and the "red menace" of Soviet Russia.
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Unread 07-04-2012, 08:56 AM
 
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Rote memorization, starting when kids are young, to lead to patriotism? Funny how many adults want the Pledge to be recited every day in schools, but don't do it themselves (they could do it at home). And many don't know the words to the "Star Spangled Banner." Heck, many who are ready to send people into combat to fight for our freedoms don't even vote. Yes, interesting about the "under God" part not being in the original pledge written in 1892 (and adopted by Congress in 1942). It was Congress that added "under God" (government control). I love the United States, but just have a different view of the Pledge.
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