Do your kids say the pledge of Allegiance? (high school, cafeteria, principal)

[Finger Laker]

they play it at my daughters pre-school, which is a part of a Phoenix metro public elementary school and it's part of her classroom experience

I was honestly a little taken aback when she mentioned pieces of it ..... nothing I can't parent around though as she continues to develop

[west seattle gal]

Originally Posted by toobusytoday

Every once in a while a post goes around FB about the pledge of allegiance and insinuating that kids don't say it in school anymore. I know they do in our school district and there's never been talk of eliminating it. I'm not looking for a conversation about it, but just wondering if your kids say it in your schools.

So, Pledge of Allegiance do they recite it daily, or not?

Nope, thank goodness. I detest nationalism, and feel it doesn't belong in schools. It's what communist countries and fundamentalist regimes do.

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[Kamsack]

Our oldest in third grade now still says it I dont know about higher grades in our district.

[jtur88]

Nope.

[zthatzmanz28]

I always had some great discussions in class about the Pledge, especially around the "With Liberty and Justice FOR ALL." statement.

There are some high schools in the Detroit area that will do the pledge. Mostly charter schools.

[tgbwc]

Yes. It is said daily after we observe a "moment of silence" and both are required by state law.

A similar post shows up on Facebook about how the Bible has been banned from public schools and people are quick to believe it too.

[Stagemomma]

In the last school where I worked it was not said school-wide, but teachers could choose to do it. I don't know how many did. It was considered a waste of instructional time to do announcements of any kind on a daily basis.

In one school I worked in it was on the PA each morning with the announcements. We also had a poem of the day. I stood silently with hand over heart during the pledge. Not an issue since I rarely had kids present at that time.

I am a true blue American patriot but I will not pledge to one nation under God. THat was not in the original pledge and invalidates the whole thing.

[AGG1659]

I did it in elementary, middle school, and high school all public in NJ. We weren't forced to.

[Cheektowaga_Chester]

Sort of on topic, American kids used to do something called the Bellamy Salute during the recitation of the PofA, but it was stopped after it looked too much like the Nazi Salute.

It was officially replaced by the hand-over-heart salute when Congress amended the Flag Code on December 22, 1942.

from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute

[Kreutz]

We never did it growing up (NY public school), my oldest kid is in kindergarten so I'm not sure if they do it here or at what age.