Current Events > Americans, did you really have to say a pledge every day in school?

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That's creepy yo >->

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we didnt have to but it was encouraged

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This still baffles me. Americans are something else.

At least we didn't clap afterwards

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Through elementary school we did. I dont really remember doing it after that.

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PerseusRad posted...

we didnt have to but it was encouraged

Is this one of these things where you had a legal option to refuse but you would also be signing away your entire life to being the most bullied kid in school if you did?

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We had to until High school where you could stay seated if you wanted to. Before, they would usually have the pledge done over the morning announcements on the school intercom and you could get in trouble if you didn't stand and do it.

Really stupid crap.

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Every. Fucking. Day.

In NYC. I remember one girl had to get a full letter from her parents in elementary excusing her to not having to stand.

In later years, I just stopped giving a fuck and would just do it sitting most times.

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archedsoul posted...

Every. Fucking. Day.

In NYC. I remember one girl had to get a full letter from her parents in elementary excusing her to not having to stand.

In later years, I just stopped giving a fuck and would just do it sitting most times.

Every single day through middle school. No longer did it in high school.

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Yep every day. In the fifth grade there was one kid that was exempt because he was Jehovah's Witness and everyone thought he was the weird one while we were droning off some script lmao
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Through Elementary school we did. Thinking back, it was like weird cult chanting. We had to place a hand over our heart and all stare at the flag

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Serious Cat posted...

Through elementary school we did. I dont really remember doing it after that.

This pretty much. I'm not even sure if we did it the last few grades of elementary school but I definitely remember doing it in the earlier grades (K-3rd).

No wonder we got so many bootlickers in the U.S. they start the brainwashing shit early

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yup, and if you sit down youre going to get in trouble.

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Two, American pledge and Texas pledge

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All through Elementary School. Didn't have to do it but most everyone except for like 1 weirdo at least stood.

It's weird af but I didn't feel like, indoctrinated by it. More feels like some old relic we haven't gotten rid of yet.

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yeah. lol

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My elementary school did. I always stayed silent though. Even at six years old, I knew it was inappropriate. It's not far off from asking kids to pray.

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Lol, y'all serious? We actually had to do it into high school, though lots wouldn't stand anymore. It was just the pledge in high school. But in elementary and middle school, we also had to sing America The Beautiful. Every. Fucking. Day.

I always wondered why it wasn't the Star Spangled Banner. We rarely did that anywhere.

Also, I'm surprised that NYC of all places did that shit into high school.

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Yup, stand up, right hand on heart, face the flag (there was one in every classroom), and pledge, good times.

And I bet most Americans would still mock when cults do similar behaviour, despite the pledge being no different.

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I went to Catholic school until 10th grade so we would also say prayers to start the day such as "our father."

So the pledge didn't seem all that different from saying a religious prayer.

I absolutely hate the pledge and religious prayers now though. I even hate the national anthem too.

I'm a part of a teamsters union and we started doing the pledge of allegiance before every meeting. This is all full grown adults. I mean, most who attend these meetings are retirees. There's a lot of pressure to go along with it so I will stand, but I put my hands in my pockets and I don't even move my lips.


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Yup, and being a 6yr old immigrant, I found it incredibly strange and uncomfortable.

I also remember being a rebellious little 8yr old two years later who began to omit "God" during the allegiance because my family wasn't religious.
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They also keep their bathtub filled at all times, in case of an imminent nuclear attack.


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yes

please rescue me from this hellscape, pinky

It was generally optional though you were still low key expected to stand at least (no punishment if you didn't) .

By high school it was like once a week and there were a couple of years they didn't do it at all.

That was the west coast. I'm sure in the South they do it before every class or something.

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TwoBit_Samurai posted...

Through Elementary school we did. Thinking back, it was like weird cult chanting. We had to place a hand over our heart and all stare at the flag

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You're supposed to say it five times a day.
Once when waking up
Once before grace
Once after grace
Once before bed
Once while asleep

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Every day.
I remember a huge rukus when a native American girl refused to stand/say the pledge.
And no one ever told us it wasn't manditory.
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Ermac posted...

Two, American pledge and Texas pledge

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It was played daily over the intercom, and while I did stand for it, well...

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Serious Cat posted...

Through elementary school we did. I dont really remember doing it after that.

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Despite going to school in south carolina (a place where you would think it would be mandatory), I don't recall ever getting called out if I felt like sitting down during the pledge. In middle and high school it was whatever.

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TwoBit_Samurai posted...

Through Elementary school we did. Thinking back, it was like weird cult chanting. We had to place a hand over our heart and all stare at the flag

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Serious Cat posted...

Through elementary school we did. I dont really remember doing it after that.

This. Then you get that edgy 7th grade history teacher that tells you the school can't force you to do it. From there it's a clear path to becoming a radical communist and joining antifa.

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Yeah, that as an elementary only thing for me too. When we were older we just listened to the national anthem each day which was still a waste of time, but whatever.

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justaguy3492 posted...

This. Then you get that edgy 7th grade history teacher that tells you the school can't force you to do it. From there it's a clear path to becoming a radical communist and joining antifa.

Sad thing is some people actually think like this.

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There would be a daily pledge every morning, but everyone has a right to abstain.

The response to abstaining could vary from school to school or class to class. When I was an edgy teen, I did have one teacher who wanted to admonish students who didn't want to do the pledge by making them stand outside of class in the hall during. After a couple days, one of the school administration happened to walk by and asked why we were standing outside. She then went into the class to give the teacher a talking to, because she wasn't actually allowed to do that.

Me and my friends made a point of saying it out loud in high school, as a weird dweeby ironic thing.
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Every day even through high school. We had to stop in the hallways too if the pledge was being recited or else we would get in trouble/detention.

I notice my Canadian brethren are being quiet about reciting the national anthem every morning though. That song is ingrained into my head having to sing that every morning for 3 years.

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pinky0926 posted...

That's creepy yo >->

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Yep. We were expected to do it all throughout grade school, and in some states, theyd try to have us sing The Star Spangled Banner as well. I stopped participating outright in like 6th grade.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCaqA0ngRc&feature=youtu.be

lol

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yep. first class of the day we stood up when it came over on the PA system

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Yes I did

"UNDER GOD"

ugh

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lNDIVISIBLE

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Definitely in elementary school. I don't remember if middle or high school which either means we didn't or it became such a routine that I don't remember.

It was very dumb.

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it works. Americans are obsessive about the flag and think the US is the greatest country to ever exist and they're so lucky they weren't born elsewhere

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Compsognathus posted...

Definitely in elementary school. I don't remember if middle or high school which either means we didn't or it became such a routine that I don't remember.

It was very dumb.

Just asked a friend from high school, we absolutely did it in middle and high school and I really don't remember it.

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