Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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The new Kerry, all over again.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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FlyinFinn >>>> what a shame this country has come too. No respect is taught or shown for the country we live in because we might hurt someone feeling and their beliefs.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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I hear this all the time, you have to be politically correct, BS, I do not want any politician setting any standard of speech for me. I have lost a lot of respect for our politician but not for our system. I am for the Pledge and Pray in our class rooms. If a person does not like it then do not participate, if it hurts your feeling, to bad you made the choice. JMO
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Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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^ outstanding! In grade school we did the pledge and prayed in morning and at noon.
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Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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When I was in grade one and two (public school) in British Columbia we said the Lords Prayer every morning and the teacher read a Psalm. Can you imagine that happening now.
I think things like the Pledge, the Lord's Prayer, etc., are good, if for nothing else it should teach kids that there is something bigger, greater, or more important than themselves. We have created a couple of generations of narcissistic, selfish wimps.
"My life is better than your vacation"
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Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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Personally, I am ambivalent about the issue. I don't care too much if they do or don't. ...the word you're looking for is "apathetic." "ambivalent" means you have feelings in conflicting directions. carry on.
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Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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Donnersurvivor, perhaps children can become apathetic to the pledge, but we as adults should remind them of their error and influence correction. This should be required viewing for all Americans. https://youtu.be/TZBTyTWOZCMA few years ago, I too was reminded of the value of our Pledge of Allegiance, as I watched a disabled veteran who can not walk without the assistance of two canes, and often uses a wheelchair, come to his feet to recite the pledge. An elderly man, seated in the disabled section of a school auditorium for an assembly, he struggled and fell back in his seat once, and then slowly gained his feet. I was too far away to help, but knowing him I doubt he would of accepted it. But I watched that man come to his feet and finish strong on the pledge, worn and tired, he sat down again with a flop. I had tears in my eyes, though truthfully, it is a rare occurrence when my emotions don't stir at reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or hear the National Anthem, or watch the presentation of Old Glory. If children become apathetic and we as adults don't remind them of the honor it is to represent the finest nation on earth, the fault is ours. Someday, when my children ask about the tears in my eyes, I will recount memories of many veterans I have known who pledged their lives on exchange for service to country, some made it home. Others did not. I'll remind them of the value of the lives of men and women, who served in many ways, that this country may exist. And I'll remind them of the blessings and provision God has poured out on our nation, that this grand experiment has lasted for over two centuries. And then, I will remind them that this country may only represent the best humanity has to offer it's citizens, only if the citizens are willing to make the sacrifices to serve where and when needed, because we are the capital that backs the concepts this nation stands for and represents. No entity on earth can have a goal or mission statement that is effective, real, or truthful, without a human to back it up and give it hands and feet. That is the value of patriotism to our republic. The Pledge of Allegiance is merely one of several opportunities in which we are privileged to have the opportunity to exercise this patriotism.
"My feeling is this, give him plenty of time, plenty of birds, and a little direction, and he'll hunt his heart out for me. That's all I ask."
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Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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. . . An E-7 once told me he felt sorry for the draft dodgers because they have nothing larger to believe in than themselves. well stated
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Re: High school kids saying the Pledge
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No respect in this country anymore starting in the school system! How does the school system get blamed for this lack of respect??
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