School Drops Pledge Of Allegiance

[sid]

Asks students to recite "Wolf Pack Chant" instead. What the hell is happening in our schools? The concept of Patriotism is never mentioned.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/09/atlanta-school-drops-pledge-allegiance-asks-students-to-instead-recite-wolf-pack-chant.html

[Roadkingtrax]

I thought it was taught at home?

[Sandpebble]

Well... it's a charter school . They agree to a standard of education... not indoctrination.... on either side of the fence .

If there is something you want your kids or grandkids to learn or feel strongly about.... then you do it . Stop your whining that Libs are teaching your children.... you do it .

[Vern Humphrey]

This is why I say "Don't feed the trolls."

Charter schools or not, they are still PUBLIC schools -- funded by taxpayer dollars. Parents and taxpayers have a perfect right to insist these schools meet THEIR standards. To pretend otherwise is sheer sophistry.

[Roadkingtrax]

Freedom of Speech laws suck.

[dogtag]

How would these kids know what the word Allegiance means ?
Too many syllables.

[Sandpebble]

the difference being

This is why I say "Don't feed the trolls."

Charter schools or not, they are still PUBLIC schools -- funded by taxpayer dollars. Parents and taxpayers have a perfect right to insist these schools meet THEIR standards. To pretend otherwise is sheer sophistry.

The difference being that the parents have a choice of sending their kids their or not ... thats America

[togor]

This is why I say "Don't feed the trolls."

I think you say it because you don't like having your ideas challenged, even casually, in an internet forum for entertainment purposes only.

[Major Tom]

When i was in elementary school we said the pledge of allegiance every morning followed by a "clean hand inspection".

[Vern Humphrey]

When i was in elementary school we said the pledge of allegiance every morning followed by a "clean hand inspection".

And guess what? It didn't hurt a thing!