Teacher Banned After Thanking Students for Standing During Pledge of Allegiance

[MPowering1]

Originally Posted by Wintergirl80

Exactly. I mean how ridiculous.

We're teaching kids to be intolerant whiners with this kind of thing.

You know what would have happened if we would have gone to someone to say a teacher's comment hurt us? The principal would have told us to grow up and the teacher would have razzed us for the rest of the year for being overly sensitive little babies.

The irony of the school's comment that the classroom didn't cultivate an atmosphere of acceptance of views of others isn't lost on most of us. It's all one-sided.

[katzpaw]

"I’m sure that all of those families who lost loved ones so that we could enjoy the freedoms we have today"

In which recent foreign wars & conflicts have we been defending our freedoms?
I'll give you the initial invasion of Afghanistan. Any more?
From Vietnam on, most American deaths were a waste.

When did saying/standing, or not, for the anthem become solely about respecting vets? There are many other reasons for standing or not for the anthem. I served and have lost friends and family to war & service. The teacher doesn't speak for me with his "all".

[Ponderosa]

The teacher should have just said the Pledge and kept his jingoistic thoughts to himself. Firing seems a bit extreme, but the teacher was wrong both in what he said and in saying it at all.

[hawaiiancoconut]

Children are the mirror image of their parents.

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by Retroit

The student who didn’t stand up should have his feelings hurt. You suffer from your improper behavior.

It's not improper to sit during the Pledge, which shouldn't be recited in the first place.

[Joe the Photog]

Wow. And I always hear how the schools never have the Pledge anymore. Who knew?

[Clarallel]

Why is my computer blanking out all the text?