[uppercuts21]

Originally Posted by whiskeyyy

State worshiping authoritarians do.

HAHA ya.

Man some people are wackjobs. Mainly republicans.

[muerteverde]

I do not require my students to say anything and will not compel them to stand. I ask the class as a whole to stand and face the flag, but if a student chooses not to quietly, that is fine with me. I am a supporter of personal freedom. I just don't want them chatting or doing other activities while everyone else is solemnly facing the flag with hands over our hearts. That is rude.

[DaRuckus337]

Standing is in the rules, not reciting, and I don't think that's unreasonable. Standing is a sign of respect, not allegiance (that's what pledging would be). Disrespectful conduct of many kinds are against the rules in schools that would fall under the umbrella of 'protected free speech' for adults in life outside of the school. You don't have to listen to people in the real world when they lecture you, but ignoring the teacher in class is both disrespectful and against the rules. That's the way it is. School is about teaching professional conduct, and part of professional conduct is respecting other people and beliefs and following the rules. These kids failed on both counts, and were rightfully punished. Cry me a river for the school not respecting - on it's own grounds - the free speech of some punk kids who think they can act snotty and disrespectfully whenever and wherever they please. Consider this an important educational experience for the students, because such behavior WILL cost them in the real world.

[FoxTrot9R]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN42YWiTP-A

[KönigTiger]

How lazy do you have to be to not jsut stand for soemthing that takes less than a minuete? Atleast have an ounce of respect and pride of it all.

[Jimmy Key v.1.4]

i blame brutal parenting.

it's kinda funny too, if you want to break the rules in order to send some political message, you have to at least accept the punishment, otherwise what's the point? it becomes an empty gesture.

[GOD_OF_MUAYTHAI]

they should take out the part of "one nation under god" which was not part of the original pledge and was a recent addition

[MrJayDub]

Originally Posted by DrSatanDracula

They should have been expelled.

Those with no love for their country have no right to remain here. Least of all to get free schooling.

LOL, God you're a fuckin moron...it's funny as fuck though...

[stylesbjj]

If the schools has rules like this, the school can't be too great to begin with.

My school some how got out of making kids say the allegiance by telling something about American History over the intercom every morning. I heard that for some reason, our school has to do the pledge or cite history.

[JSN]

Originally Posted by David Koresh

Those little maggots need to understand that freedom ain't free.

they need to be shown how free they are by not having the freedom to remain seated?