Pledge Of Allegiance In Schools Essay

I really believe it should be up to the students to choose if they would like to stand or not during the pledge of allegiance in schools. America is filled with all different people meaning all sorts of different types of people contribute to making up this country. By forcing kids to recite the words of the pledge, including “under God,” if they do not believe in god then they are being forced to say what they don’t believe in. Our great nation is very orientated with all our freedoms, and by forcing students to stand for and recite the pledge it is taking away their freedom to express whatever religion they choose. Schools are trying way too hard to force kids to stand and recite something they don’t believe in and then punish them for it, they are trying to dictate how religious students are and they’re bringing out the worst in the students by trying to make them participate in the pledge when they have the option not to.

Students shouldn't need to explain themselves as to why they choose not to participate in the pledge or not. A teacher doesn't have the power to make a student stand or have the power to penalize them for …show more content…
The school is not possibly allowed to dictate how religious one student is compared to how religious another student is, and because of that they can not make you stand because you don't practice your religion strong enough. Finally to reduce further conflict in schools the school has to accept the right of people to not stand instead of fighting the students and causing the students to fight back the problem. No student should get greater treatment for standing for the pledge and no student should be singled out for not doing the pledge either it should be fair both ways. By leaving this debate up to the higher government it will eliminate problems in schools with the controversy of the pledge in