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tblue37

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Sun Nov-30-08 07:12 PM
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8. I could do without this part:

Edited on Sun Nov-30-08 07:12 PM by tblue37

I make my students stand, placing their hand over their heart to say the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, One Nation Under God, because we live in the United States of America.

I especially could do without the "under God" part, since I am an agnostic, and so are my own kids. But my sister is a Jehovah's Witness, and her kids had to leave the classroom (and suffer mockery for it) when the Pledge was recited, because they are not allowed to swear secular oaths. The required Pledge is definitely something I would prefer teachers not make students do, especially the "under God" part.

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