In the Fall of 1984, Susan Shapiro, a high school student, caused a controversy when she refused to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Later, she received a public apology from her school's teacher association. Miss Shapiro's family agreed to drop a lawsuit they had filed against the town and Randolph High School in exchange for the apology. The Massachusetts Teachers Association, representing Miss Shapiro's homeroom teacher, Jean Noblin, issued a statement apologizing for the way ''Susan and the Shapiro family had been treated.'' The dispute began when Mrs. Noblin questioned Miss Shapiro's refusal to stand for the salute. Miss Shapiro missed more than a month of school because of threats to her safety. Her family received numerous harassing phone calls and mail.
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Reciting pledge in schools is mindless practice By THOMAS ZACHEK
"Every day in schools across Wisconsin, students are asked to rise and
recite the Pledge of Allegiance. At my daughter's school, some students stand
and recite. Many stand but remain silent. Some remain seated. Sometimes entire
rooms remain silent while the pledge is read over the PA. When it finishes,
classes resume until the next day, when the ritual is repeated.
Expect me to condemn the shameful lack of patriotism of today's youth?
... This mindless practice should be abandoned." from the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel
on Jan. 10, 2008 at http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=705763 excerpt
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Abolish The Pledge Of Allegiance, Ban
the Pledge Of Allegiance, Stop the Pledge Of Allegiance
A SOCIALIST WROTE THE
PLEDGE - for allegiance to socialism in government schools.