If someone from another country heard American students saying the pledge every morning, they'd think we were being brainwashed, amirite?

Yep, we do. :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People from other countries have similar rituals.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I always took saying the pledge in class as an opportunity to mumble through the words and each day I would get just a little louder to see how long it took anyone to notice.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I like the pledge. It reminds us that we're part of something bigger than a school, or a city, or even a state.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I stopped actually reciting the pledge some time around middle school. Now I just stand while the kid on the loudspeaker says it. I don't think anyone says it, really, except my homeroom teacher. Personally, I think saying the pledge every morning is really weird.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think the pledge is a lovely idea. There is nothing wrong with a little patriotism to start your morning. I think us English kids should have to sing the national anthem once a day.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You are being brainwashed

by Anonymous 13 years ago

In its original form it read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." In 1923, the words, "the Flag of the United States of America" were added. At this time it read: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the 31-word pledge we say today. Bellamy's daughter objected to this alteration. Today it reads: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Just some fun facts for you gaiz.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Bellamy was the man who wrote it, by the way...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

EVERY single day? woah?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've stopped saying it as well. I still know it, of course, but I also know exactly what I respect about my country and don't feel the need to mumble about it every morning. Honestly, I think saying it every day makes it become meaningless. Also, I dislike the wording of it and find it to be almost hypocritical in some cases.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

We used to pledge the flag, our state, and the Bible when I was a kid. Now we just say the pledge on Friday's and on holidays.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I only said it in elementary school. In middle school and high school we never said it. We just spend our time learning... I never really cared if I said it or not. According to some people it was the only time they would ever hear me speak in a day.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just ask the foreign exchange kids.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I say it because, I mean, it's the least you can do for your country. It's kinda funny though cuz sometimes we don't hear it over the intercom cuz we're being loud, but if we do we all stand up and start saying it even if it's in the middle :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

As a New Zealander I like how our National Anthem fits into society. It's not a pledge or anything, and we only sing it on special occasions and before sports games. I don't think that one who is born in a country needs to make a pledge to serve that county, however, I believe that is against the principles of freedom for which the United States stand.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I wasn't aware people had to keep saying it after elementary school. We also used to have to sing the national anthem and My Country 'Tis of Thee at every assembly, and I think it was just so we could learn the songs. I never minded the pledge because I liked memorizing things as a kid, and I was always fascinated in first grade that I had this thing with BIG words memorized.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

holy shit, I'm from Canada and I had no idea you guys had to say this thing every single day. ...and yes, it does extremely sound like you're being brainwashed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No, It dosent sound like we're being brainwashed. We already are brainwashed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'll start saying the pledge when everyone in the US has "liberty and justice".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

We don't say that pledge at my school, which is weird because I've said it at every other school I've gone to.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh wow, i had no idea americans have to say a pledge every day! They never show it on tv..

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Every morning. It really is creepy. Everyone is in a robotic state. It's mindless repetition, like you'd see in a movie where the people are being brainwashed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thats scary, what happens if you refuse to do it?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh, nothing. I don't say it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Whoa, whoa, what schools are you going to? I go to school in America and we never say the pledge.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I go to a public high school in Cincinnati, Ohio. We say the pledge of allegiance every morning during homeroom. And we've done that here since kindergarten.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do you go to a private school? We said it in my school in NY.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I go to a public high school.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes that was clear from your comment :P I was asking R_Knight.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh...I didn't see that your comment was in reply to someone else's. Awkward ono

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, I do go to private school. Sorry, I should have thought about that. Wow, saying it every day must be weird...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It really does creep me out. :| Every morning from kindergarten to senior year.

by Anonymous 12 years ago