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CMV: The Pledge of Allegiance to the US flag as said in public schools is meaningless and a waste of time

Let me first say that I myself am a conservative-libertarian person who really appreciates it when elected officials, military members, judges and law enforcement officers swear to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. I like listening to the national anthem and other patriotic songs at sports games and so on. I understand why military members might want to say the pledge of allegiance as a group.

However, I see no purpose in having elementary, middle and high school students being obligated to say the pledge of allegiance. What benefit does it have to them?  What's the benefit of pledging allegiance to a piece of cloth rather than a set of ideals, goals and laws as written in the Declaration of Independence? It just becomes a going through the motions thing. How many students ACTUALLY believe that the US is a republic that is indivisible and perscribes liberty and justice for all? Probably very few if at all. 

Now, I can see pledging allegiance to the republic of the United States and its values, goals and laws to be good IF it is more than just a checklist of things for the teacher to have the students do like turning in their homework and such. It has to be discussed and debated and such. As a student teacher, I am strongly considering having my students make their own choice in not saying the pledge or saying the pledge if they want to.
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I always felt like requiring students to do this five days a week every single week for the majority of their adolescence was a little cultish. 

I think it’s even weirder that when you mention how it’s creepy some Americans talk about how you’re like anti-nationalist or something lol.

There’s nothing wrong with knowing the national anthem or even saying it, but every day? Does the average American adult even say the national anthem every day?