In elementary school (ages 5-12) we said the pledge every morning. After that, we basically never said the pledge and only stood for the anthem at sporting events (usually a soloist is chosen to sing).
National anthem no, the one exception being high school graduation.
Pledge of Allegiance yes, sometimes. Many schools do it in NYC but by no means all of them. Students and teachers are constitutionally entitled to stand or sit as they so choose. When I was a teacher I never stood for it.
National Anthem, no, besides maybe the odd special sports event or if the music teacher wants to fuck with you because it’s a hard ass song to sing
As for the Pledge of Allegiance, yes we did but like once you pass elementary school people don’t really care or take it seriously anymore, and by high school many kids will give the barest minimum effort or straight up ignore it with absolutely 0 repercussions or anyone caring (and the few exceptions to that were less about any nationalistic feelings and more just “yall kids gotta listen to what ya are told”, which just happened to be with the pledge in that case). Honestly people tend to make a bigger deal out of it then you’re average student does, like past 6th grade it’s just noise and going through the motions for most kids and for most teachers it’s really just a way to act as a cutoff for what kids are and aren’t going to be counted as late.
when I went to elementary school during 72 to 78, we would recite the pledge every day. until one day in 75 when for some reason the school district stopped the practice. I guess the state government ordered it stopped.
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Pledge of Allegiance, yes. The National Anthem, no.
I went to high school in the US. Class of 2020.
I was required to stand for the pledge of allegiance every day. The national anthem was performed at pep rallies which were only a few times a year.
In elementary school (ages 5-12) we said the pledge every morning. After that, we basically never said the pledge and only stood for the anthem at sporting events (usually a soloist is chosen to sing).
National anthem, no.
Pledge of Allegiance, we weren’t forced to recite it, but we did stand for it.
National anthem no, the one exception being high school graduation.
Pledge of Allegiance yes, sometimes. Many schools do it in NYC but by no means all of them. Students and teachers are constitutionally entitled to stand or sit as they so choose. When I was a teacher I never stood for it.
National Anthem, no, besides maybe the odd special sports event or if the music teacher wants to fuck with you because it’s a hard ass song to sing
As for the Pledge of Allegiance, yes we did but like once you pass elementary school people don’t really care or take it seriously anymore, and by high school many kids will give the barest minimum effort or straight up ignore it with absolutely 0 repercussions or anyone caring (and the few exceptions to that were less about any nationalistic feelings and more just “yall kids gotta listen to what ya are told”, which just happened to be with the pledge in that case). Honestly people tend to make a bigger deal out of it then you’re average student does, like past 6th grade it’s just noise and going through the motions for most kids and for most teachers it’s really just a way to act as a cutoff for what kids are and aren’t going to be counted as late.
when I went to elementary school during 72 to 78, we would recite the pledge every day. until one day in 75 when for some reason the school district stopped the practice. I guess the state government ordered it stopped.
The pledge of allegiance yes, but after Covid nobody does it anymore
Pledge yes but you don’t have to. I never stood or said it because I thought it was a creepy quasi-fascist ritual
In elementary school, we said the pledge every morning, but the National Anthem only at sporting events and starting only in high school