Mandating kids to "pledge their allegiance" to the country daily at school is nothing but mindless propaganda.
They are not mandated. They need not recite the pledge.
My school Ringgold used to mandate standing for it. I recall a few students getting in trouble for not standing. I would stand simply because it was a good time to stretch out of those tiny ass desks. I never recited it because there was never a need. I don't think I should have to pledge my allegiance to this country. Why do they need a pledge to prove that I wouldn't betray the United States? A few of my peers didn't want to stand and got in trouble for it.
That practice should be abolished.
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