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rulebreaking (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[+] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My son is in second grade and ha, chosen to not to say the pledge of allegiance (his own decision because we talk about how the country won't take care of its people). He says he teachers never force him, but subs always do claiming we're the greatest country in the world.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I stopped in third grade. I walked to school so had to hang out till the busses were gone and I asked my teacher after school one day why I had to say it. She said I didn't have to if I didn't want too but that I should stand. It made sense to me . Never said it again.

    I asked the same teacher why she said Columbus "discovered Smerica" when there were already people here. She could not answer that one and I don't think the thought ever crossed her mind. I knew school was all bullshit after that and didn't really participate much after that

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I don't think kids should even stand for it. Our loyalty should be to the people, to our communities, to the scientific pursuit of truth, to the health of the planet, and to defending the unalienable god given right of dignity for all people.

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