Maybe it's a side effect of the nationalism that the US tries so hard to instill in their populace from a young age. Results, probably quite intentionally, in any slight to the country being perceived as a slight to them personally. Which isn't the case at all, I don't necessarily discount all USians due to where they are born until they give me reason to, which most do.
On that note, do US children still do that weird daily flag pledge thing? Always seemed particularly dystopian to me.
Yes we still do loyalty oaths every morning before class starts and oftentimes kids have to say it even when they're doing school remotely. Like, they recite the prayer with their classmates on a zoom call lol.
Even though it's technically illegal to force anyone to say it, it's rare that the option is seriously presented to kids and respected by teachers.
Yeah, it takes until middle and high school for students to realize and stop saying it, even though they still have you stand for it if you don’t say it
Maybe it's a side effect of the nationalism that the US tries so hard to instill in their populace from a young age. Results, probably quite intentionally, in any slight to the country being perceived as a slight to them personally. Which isn't the case at all, I don't necessarily discount all USians due to where they are born until they give me reason to, which most do.
On that note, do US children still do that weird daily flag pledge thing? Always seemed particularly dystopian to me.
Yes we still do loyalty oaths every morning before class starts and oftentimes kids have to say it even when they're doing school remotely. Like, they recite the prayer with their classmates on a zoom call lol.
Even though it's technically illegal to force anyone to say it, it's rare that the option is seriously presented to kids and respected by teachers.
Yeah, it takes until middle and high school for students to realize and stop saying it, even though they still have you stand for it if you don’t say it