Look, You are sitting in class Googling your own name. Would it kill you to have the slightest inkling how GREAT an opportunity you've been given in this country?

Of course you should be able to sit for the pledge. And, yes you should be able to. But for now, you can't.

My point was a civics lesson on affecting change. You will not ever, ever, ever get the rules changed in today's America by breaking them. Never. Not a chance.

What will get the rules changed is an airtight case for your point of view repeated to as many people as you can get to listen to it. Get popular opinion on your side. You won't get that by acting like a punk. Sorry. No one wants to listen to a kid complaining about the repressive land he lives in as he pontificates from his air conditioned classroom with high-speed internet and a computer while he gets his free, constitutionaly guaranteed education. Maybe you should close the web browser, open your book, pay attention and demonstrate that your opinion is worthy of attention by paying the same respect to others.

Standing for the pledge requires conformity but that is not what it is "all about". Believe it or not, most adults don't give a crap what you become. Most are not trying to make you into someone you aren't.

Believe it or not, this country is better than it ever was. Yes, some groups still have their rights restricted and that should change. I have confidence that it will. Why? Because its far better than it ever was and its changing more every day.

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