Wednesday, October 24, 2007

A moment of silence please.

First they want us to take a moment out of the children's school day to say the Pledge of Allegiance, now a moment of silence too? Wait a minute - what if that's against your religion or breaking one of the Ten Commandments because your pledging to an object making it higher than God or you find out in high school, like I did, that you do not have to say the Pledge anymore because they cannot force you to say it, but you did it your whole elementary and middle school years anyway because you were forced to!?! Explain that one to everyone please! Besides, what reason is this "moment of silence" for, to make the children stay in school longer? What next teaching torture in school?

3 comments:

clownin34 said...

So much for seperating the church from the state. I remember how it used to be a big deal when it came to prayer or anything to do with prayer in public schools. At first they want it to be a horrible thing and do what ever they can to forbide it and now look we all must set for a moment of silence. So much for that rule right? It's not that I am totally against putting the two together I personally think that the government needs to make up their mind about having religious freedom. What is religious freedom? Why is it that now we must make these new laws?
Many children are religious and do what they need to do on their own and don't need the government helping them out. So why the rule? Public school kids that have absolutely no interest in religion should not be subject to having to participate in such a situation. If anyone is has that deep of a feeling for religion I'm sure they and their parents will make sure that they find a nice private school to participate in such activities. I don't feel it all that neccessary to push a law to make students participate regardless of how they feel. That should come into play somewhere to.

vy10 said...

Pledging to the flag of the United States has nothing to do with "making it higher than God." It is a symbol of respect for a nation that gives it's citizens many freedoms that most other countries cannot offer. It shows respect for the fallen soldiers who lost their lives to give all of us the freedoms that America has. Nobody was forced to say the pledge, I know that for a fact, because this is America and you cannot be forced to do anything in school. Teachers only ask that you at least stand for the pledge, in order to not completly disrespect the nation that gives you so many educational opportunities. A moment of silence is not about making students stay longer in school, because they will still leave at the same time anyway, it is about showing respect to someone who has died. Many students have problems with that now because they learn to be disrespectful from the time they are young. Our culture is changing for the worse, especially when taking ten seconds out of our day to respect our country, has turned into such an excruciating "torture." Canada is only a few hundred miles North, it is similar to the U.S. in many ways, maybe those who think the pledge is so preposterous are better suited for life there.

Unknown said...

When you say the pledge, you are not saying that the flag is higher than God. You are just saying that you will do anything that you can do to protect it. That is what our soldiers do, they pledged to protect the United States, the people and the flag. So the first remark in this blog i think is totally outrageous. You do not have the right to say that the pledge puts the flag hight than God.
The moment of silence i think is for all the soldiers who have served our country throughout the years and still are, who lost their lives in battle or are still over seas fighting to instill piece throughout the world. To say that the moment of silence is to keep kids in school longer is just plain stupid. Plus the moment of silence is only about a minute long. How can that throw off a teaching plan dramatically? If you don't believe in the moment of silence, thats fine. Just be respectful to others who do. If you decide to talk during the moment of silence that would just be disrespectful to all the men and women that have lost their lives to protect you.