They feed off one another...

... children actually aren't required to stand and recite the pledge. He should have researched that a bit.

I'm not particularly fond of the "school oath" idea either. I thought they were mostly used in charter schools. In a public school, he could probably have his children opt out, so long as they sit quietly and don't disrupt their classmates.


As usual, it's certainly not a "Nazi Plot", but mindless recitation is the sort of thing we should be avoiding in our schools if we want to teach children to actually think for themselves.

instead, he chose to go on a verbal attack and not only embarrass himself, but his children. I would hope he seeks out some professional help with his anger issue.

That etiquette doesn't apply to women though, and they didn't know that.

terms of our relationships to one another, in order to seek agreement and/or some degree of adaptation. Our culture has become way too devious about all of that, people avoid taking a personal stand in almost every way possible, so children KNOW very intimately just how arbitrary everything is and become more and more manipulative, just like their parents. In classrooms, clarity contributes to discussion and group processing and that's a good thing, especially as it creates opportunities for children to model for themselves how choices are made and also opportunities for teachers to avoid more punitive responses.

focus on their cognitive traits in how they are not the same as adult thinking in some very important ways, but then, perhaps McGroarty mistakes being a reactionary for thinking, so I suppose my point is moot, as McGroarty may not be capable of mature cognition himself, outside of following the rules associated with the letters after his name.

In regard to rules, it's sad and has horrendous consequences for child development that adults don't know the difference between freedom and there being no consequences for one's actions, for the latter is indeed slavery to whatever triggers the "lowest common denominator" and the former is the strength and ability to process reality and CHOOSE behaviors respective, or otherwise, as to the consequences of those actions.

It's also interesting that there is apparently no concern about "justice" in McGroarty's response to the 2nd-graders' pledge. Perhaps McGroarty assumes that justice is a given as long as there are no rules, so we should be asking ourselves who is the REAL fascist here.

this parent already devised a plan to take out the enemy? The teacher and administrators that push parent unauthorized allegiances.

This puts a new spin on the need for separation of Faith and State (Church and State).

care of HIS problem? Having guns in a classroom could mean that a trophy is available (that flag).

I hope America does not open up classrooms to a war game zone for nuts.