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I also live in WA state and I feel like the daily pledge of allegiance here is pretty trivial. It's just something the kids say, the school isn't building it u
by socialist_coder 7y ago
I also live in WA state and I feel like the daily pledge of allegiance here is pretty trivial.
It's just something the kids say, the school isn't building it up or making it a huge deal or forcing them to believe in it like it's the only thing that matters.
Comparing this to China's brainwashing is a huge slippery slope IMO.
I think in terms of US school problems, this one is pretty low on the list. I would be far more worried about general quality of the schools, curriculum, "active shooter drills" and other insane safety measures, and increasing lack of funding for basics like acceptable landscaping and art/music classes.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoMy point was that I moved from China back to here to avoid stuff like that for my kid, and am disappointed that things have changed for the worse since I was a kid growing up in the same area. It is a “small thing” of course compared to comprehensive political education, but it is a thing and signals the start of a trend that could turn out to be dangerous (doubly so in this age of Trump-style ultra nationalism).
- socialist_coder 7y ago> it is a thing and signals the start of a trend Saying the pledge of allegiance in school has been around since I was a kid in the 80s though, and I'm fairly certain it's been this way since basically forever. So IMO it doesn't seem like it's the "start" of anything.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoThere was no pledge said at my schools in the 90s.