• HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Do American kids actually recite an oath to their country EVERY DAY? I keep hearing about that everywhere but it kinds of blows my mind to much for me to accept it as fact.

    For context, I went to elementary school in China before I came to Canada, and in both countries the most we’ve done is sing the national anthem during assemblies.

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      2 months ago

      Yes, I grew up doing “The Pledge of Allegiance” daily. Through some court cases students won the right to abstain, but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it. You would make yourself into an outsider immediately