Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2008-04-29 17:14.
1. The Constitution of the United States is written in English.
2. Pledging allegiance to a flag, particularly a flag you are not born under, lol, is a serious matter, if you are to take the PLEDGE seriously.
3. Understanding what the Constitution, its related documents, and the Pledge in particular, in English, is essential to the understanding of the WORDS, their CONTEXT, and the MINDSET of our Founding Fathers.
Learning the Pledge in spanish for class is one thing. To recite at a serious moment when UNITY IS THE THEME, one universal language should be used. Since english is the language of our constitution, and consequently the Pledge was written in english, so should it be recited.
Surely, the teacher/admins/etc knew this would incite an incident........
Spanish controversy........
1. The Constitution of the United States is written in English.
2. Pledging allegiance to a flag, particularly a flag you are not born under, lol, is a serious matter, if you are to take the PLEDGE seriously.
3. Understanding what the Constitution, its related documents, and the Pledge in particular, in English, is essential to the understanding of the WORDS, their CONTEXT, and the MINDSET of our Founding Fathers.
Learning the Pledge in spanish for class is one thing. To recite at a serious moment when UNITY IS THE THEME, one universal language should be used. Since english is the language of our constitution, and consequently the Pledge was written in english, so should it be recited.
Surely, the teacher/admins/etc knew this would incite an incident........