Pledge Of Allegiance Speech

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The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 and “by the time of the Second World War, many states had made the daily recitation of the pledge mandatory for teachers and students” (“The Pledge of Allegiance,” par. 2). In 1954 congress passed a law inserting the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. Students in schools started to refuse to stand and recite the pledge along with their teacher and classmates and as a result they would be punished for not doing so. This was seen as a big controversy. Eventually the mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance was seen as a violation of constitutional rights. Despite this opinion by some, a lot can be learned from having students recite the Pledge in school. It is a way for students
Many states have it as a mandatory tradition for the teacher to lead the class in the Pledge of Allegiance in the morning. The reason for this is because the Pledge of Allegiance can have a strong education value to it. In one case, a high school in St. Paul Minnesota learned a few new things about rights when one individual named Ebony Jaja remained seated one day for the Pledge of Allegiance (Galley par. 1). Upon refusing to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance Ebony was asked to exit the room by her teacher. Unsure if to reprimand or to punish kids who don’t stand for the Pledge the teacher had a meeting with the principal who informed the school that students are allowed to remain seated during the pledge because it is their right to do so (Galley par. 3). Students have always had the option to opt out of the Pledge of Allegiance in the morning, but students and teachers didn’t quite understand the how their rights were affected. As a result, everyone now understands how their rights allow them to be in control. This was a big lesson for this school, one that is important for students to understand at a young

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