American Student Punished for Refusing to Recite Mexican Pledge

[johnleeknoefler]

Originally Posted by thissmallfish

I see you missed my point entirely. Reading comprehension clearly isn't your strong suit.

I didn't miss your point. I simply chose to ignore it because it was not worthy of serious discussion.

[wujuan]

when i took french in hs we had to do all stuff to. big deal.

[CuriousOne]

I think it's one thing to learn and embrace the culture and to be given the option to recite pledges or sing songs.

It's wrong in my opinion to force people to pledge to something they don't necessarily agree with. There should not be forced pledge of allegiance to a country or to God or anything like that in the classroom.

Have it be an option for children, but don't punish them for not supporting something they don't like or belong to. I would feel weird saying a pledge to another country, personally.

Why is it so difficult to just make compromises and make things optional, not obligatory?

[McLovin510]

I refused to recite the words "under God" during the pledge way back in the 80's. Imagine that! :p

[johnleeknoefler]

Originally Posted by wujuan

when i took french in hs we had to do all stuff to. big deal.

And did you pledge to the French Government each and every day?