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    The following will be regarding the work of Gwen Wilde, and moreover, it's shortcomings. They were attempting to debate the topic of removing the words "under god" in the Pledge of Allegiance. All in all, It's rather poorly built to convince anyone of anything. The essay's structure is informal and worse, confused. It wanders from topic to topic without a sense of direction. the reader could easily find themselves lost in the lack of flow. While true the previous paragraph carried meaning, did…

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    I Pledge Allegiance Book Reduction I Pledge Allegiance by Chris Lynch is a phenomenal book. The book is about four friends, Ivan, Morris, Beck and Rudi.ow they pledge to another to do certain things and it helps them look out for one another. Rudi gets a draft letter from the army and the rest of them sign up with him in the four different branches to go to Vietnam. The story follows Morris and the struggles he had during the war and how he didn’t want to shoot the guns from the vessel. Morris…

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    King. The Pledge of Allegiance states that our kingdom, or nation, under God is indivisible, much like how the light touches almost everything in The Lion King. After a court case about the Pledge in 2014, many people have been wondering whether or not it is worth it to say the Pledge every morning at school. Due to the use of “under God”, freedom of speech, and the forced patriotism onto citizens, the pledge is unethical. Schools should not be able to force students to say the Pledge of…

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    pledged Alpha Lambda and served as the Plexcomm Historian. During Alpha Mu, she was a PAC Leader. All of these things were working up towards being Alpha Nu Pledge Parent, which was always one of her dreams. Everything that Kara does in her life is towards building a community and a more accepting place, which is what drove her to run for Pledge Parent. Kara currently serves as a Resident Assistant in Hedrick Summit. Because being an RA is a very time-consuming role, she is an Associate this…

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    passion for Art and contested to win a scholarship, which she thought would be her way out to a better life. Nancy Lee’s displeasure to not winning the Artist Club Scholarship due to her being a “Negro” made her to rethink the true meaning to the Pledge of Allegiance that she said every week at the assembly’s. Nancy Lee was a proud “Negro American” even though she knew that “A Negro in America was often hurt, discriminated against, sometimes lynched…” she still believed in her American dream.…

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    Should kids say the pledge in school everyday? My research paper is over the argument that seems to be happening a lot at schools, the fact that we still do the Pledge of Allegiance. Some parents don’t like to have their kids doing the pledge every day at school, it’s against their religion and what they believe in. But just because there your children doesn’t mean you should make them believe in what they do. They have their own mindset, it’s not fair if the parents make them follow and do…

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    In “Why the Pledge of Allegiance Should Be Revised”, Gwen Wilde argues that the pledge of allegiance is being more religious than patriotic. She claims that saying the words, “under God” is inappropriate, because it’s stating that everyone believes in the same god and it is ironically dividing our “indivisible” nation along religious lines. However, I disagree with her claim, because the phrase “under God is just a Phrase. Of course the pledge has been changed over time, but it was for good…

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    and a privilege to be part of Psi U’s second coeducational pledge class. I think the reasons why both the men and women in my pledge class joined are extraordinary and contribute to the incredible ethos of the PSI U community. The men in the pledge class have been strong and supportive, and the women are pioneers. Together, we have all created a supportive, loving family. Some of my favorite moments of freshman year were spent with my pledge class and Psi U brothers. I came into Psi U not…

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    The giving pledge is a project led by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warrant Buffet, whose purpose is to give out of their money and help organizations and people, by donation half of their wealth to charities. These two billionaires asked other billionaires in the United States to do the same thing and donate half of their fortune to a charity of their interest. They are doing this project mainly to help other people and studies about vaccines, but also to show that they do not need all of their…

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    that standing is what is mandatory to do during the pledge. As the pledge comes on, everyone begins standing and faces the flag. All around the United States people stand during events such as: football games, in the mornings students stand at school, and at patriotic events. Why should this be mandatory? The pledge should not be mandatory because people may not believe everything in the pledge, some people may not know what the pledge is, and it takes away rights. First of all, it…

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