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In the US most students recite "the pledge of allegiance" every morning before school, which is kind of crazy. If you were in charge, what if anything would you replace it with?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

The navy seal copypasta

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Just let them visit amongst themselves for like two minutes and get ready to tackle the day.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I pledge allegiance to the drag of the United Queens of America.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

And to the queer for who we stand fabulous?

I dunno. I'm trying too hard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

A conga line.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If anything, get them to find/research their own that they identify with and explain what makes it personal to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Lol I can't wait to hear everyone recite their respective pledges at the same time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

The Pledge of Allegiance... To Science!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Can we make a pledge to be a good and productive person?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Probably just the New Colossus poem enscribed beneath Lady Liberty.

I actually feel a sense of patriotic pride when I read that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Same vein, make "This Land" the National Anthem.

A lot more down to what music most Americans actually value in their day to day anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, we don’t need a song about war to remind us how we got here, we need a song about togetherness to remind us how we should be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

With red or white wine?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A pledge to democracy and democratic values

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Well it does pledge to the republic and to the values of the republic. Which is appropriate for a republic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

hmmm, the tao of bill & ted kinda works for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I really can't remember the last time I said it in school, would have been super early on, 1st or 2nd grade back in the 70s. Definitely not after that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Teacher: "What is best in life?"

Students (In Unison): "To crush your enemies. See them driven before you. And hear the lamentations of their women."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call a temple will wither and you’ll beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the machine is immortal. Even in death, I serve the Omnissiah.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I, [Insert full name], swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago

The Nicene Creed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Something based on the scout oath. "a scout is trustworthy, loyal, honest..." Except based on what an American should be. "An American values the opinions of others, is a safe shot with a gun, does not live with someone without their consent, keeps their property secure, demands due process of the law, uses a lawyer, believes in the jury trail, does not apply cruel punishment, believes there are rights we don't know reserved to us, and believes in limited government" (you should find each article in the bill of rights above) Of course better wordsmiths than I should rewrite that, and we probably need a lot of debate.

Note that I never pledge allegiance. As a christian my allegiance is to God and so it would be a lie to pledge allegiance to anything else. Thus making me recite the common pledge is a violation of the first amendment. (this is much clearer if you read the 12 amendments as originally proposed - for better or worse what actually passed isn't as clear)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Give them 5 minutes with fidget spinners or other fidget toys.

Only half joking, stimming be good for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

An elevator music rendition of the national anthem, if anything is needed at all (or maybe use this opportunity to remind students that individual towns/cities have flags, anthems, and pledges too).

Shower thought: What do deaf kids do for the pledge?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"most students"? "every morning"?

My class only did it until we had it memorized, and then never again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Guess you weren't "most" then. That's definitely not the norm.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It is a law in my state that all students must stand and all teachers must recite. Most of the students recite too, but no one but teachers are forced to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It is a law in my state that all students must stand and all teachers must recite.

That law has been unenforceable since 1943.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

protects students from being compelled to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools.

Students are not being compelled to salute or say the pledge, only stand and be quiet. Teachers are the ones compelled to recite the pledge every day.

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