I will say that I’m pretty sure I remember learning about things like the founding fathers owning slaves, slavery being the biggest single factor behind the civil war, Jim Crow, Japanese internment, and Watergate, among other things, in AP US history in high school. My class also definitely learned about the Trail Of Tears.
That being said, 1. elementary school was still much more about saying the pledge before class and it wasn’t until high school until we started to get into the good stuff, and 2. this was in the infamous anti-American commie hellscape that is the state of California, so take that as you will.
Kids don’t have to say the pledge and they should be informed of that. They aren’t.
My daughter has refused to say the pledge since fifth grade, as is her legal right to do so according to SCOTUS (West Virginia v. Barnette 1943). She came to this idea totally on her own, I didn’t prompt her at all. She just said to me, “I think it’s stupid to say a pledge to a flag.” I was proud of her and supported her. I had to get involved with her teacher because she got in trouble over it.
She’s in seventh grade now and still refuses to say it. Kids give her a hard time about it constantly, but she is adamant that she is not going to say a pledge to a flag.
She’s also old enough now to know what that flag stands for and is even less inclined.
I will say that I’m pretty sure I remember learning about things like the founding fathers owning slaves, slavery being the biggest single factor behind the civil war, Jim Crow, Japanese internment, and Watergate, among other things, in AP US history in high school. My class also definitely learned about the Trail Of Tears.
That being said, 1. elementary school was still much more about saying the pledge before class and it wasn’t until high school until we started to get into the good stuff, and 2. this was in the infamous anti-American commie hellscape that is the state of California, so take that as you will.
Kids don’t have to say the pledge and they should be informed of that. They aren’t.
My daughter has refused to say the pledge since fifth grade, as is her legal right to do so according to SCOTUS (West Virginia v. Barnette 1943). She came to this idea totally on her own, I didn’t prompt her at all. She just said to me, “I think it’s stupid to say a pledge to a flag.” I was proud of her and supported her. I had to get involved with her teacher because she got in trouble over it.
She’s in seventh grade now and still refuses to say it. Kids give her a hard time about it constantly, but she is adamant that she is not going to say a pledge to a flag.
She’s also old enough now to know what that flag stands for and is even less inclined.
Go, your daughter. I wish someone had told me that was an option when I was her age.