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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is the pledge done on school? I find it odd and don’t care if anyone doesn’t participate. I am sure North Korea requires their pledge to be enforced[/quote]

Because public schools were created, in part, to assimilate immigrants. [/quote]

Public schools were created, in the early 1600s in Massachusetts, for reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with immigrants. The history of public education in America is fascinating, I encourage folks to explore it because it really is one of the finest achievements of this nation.

The pledge of allegiance was written in the late 1800s and over time it became the norm to say it in schools. At one point American schoolchildren did the Nazi salute - arm raised, hand flat - to Old Glory during the pledge, but when the Nazis came along and started doing that we stopped doing it here lol. There is no question there is a fascistic element to requiring schoolchildren to pledge to a flag every day, it's creepy.[/quote]

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