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ProfessorGAC

(64,955 posts)

2. Blech!!!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2019, 07:22 AM

Jun 2019

When I sub junior high, the kids still do the pledge. I do paperwork at that time.
As much as I care about the kids, I refuse to worry about the role model thing during that 45 seconds.
The whole thing is ridiculous.

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65 Years Ago Today; Eisenhower signs bill placing "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance [View all] Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 OP

Reporting from "the Field". no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #1

It's a silly ritual... Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #4

When 9/11 happened, I stood outside and looked into my old Kindergarten classroom and wept. no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #5

Blech!!! ProfessorGAC Jun 2019 #2

I remember when Sarah Palin, a stable genius in her own right, weighed in on this: Tanuki Jun 2019 #3

Inserting "under god" into a pointless pledge is insulting to all of us. BSdetect Jun 2019 #6

It should have never been allowed. spanone Jun 2019 #7

My mom was a Jehovah's Witness when I started school. hunter Jun 2019 #8

The pledge is jingoistic, nationalistic, rusty fender Jun 2019 #9

President Eisenhower, the man who forcibly integrated Southern public schools with troops ... Hekate Jun 2019 #10

I was in elementary school in the early 50's... llmart Jun 2019 #11

I remember that. kskiska Jun 2019 #12