Originally Posted by Botnst

If one takes a pledge seriously then it is a serious pledge.

I doubt any students in school past the 6th grade give shyte about flags and pledges and prayers. They are more interested in finding out what it means to exist and to love and to have sex. If a pledge guaranteed sex they would be the most fervent of believers.

Do we believe teachers should be surrogate propagandists -- directing the mindless bastards on the proper way to think -- or are teachers people who encourage, help, cajole, plead, pray, threaten and guide students to develop the skills necessary to think for themselves?

One choice is the rule of the Taliban, the other is the rule of reason.