Re: Kid misrecites the Pledge of Allegiance - can he be graded down for that?

2008-08-29 Thread Douglas Laycock
I would argue that the requirement to decorate the assignment indicates that this is celebrating or honoring the text, and thus more like an affirmation than like a mere requirement that he prove that he knows the official text. And therefore, covered by West Virginia v. Barnette, 324 U.S

Re: Kid misrecites the Pledge of Allegiance - can he be graded down for that?

2008-08-29 Thread Steven Jamar
I think he should include the correct text, then handle the revision as a decoration. But I disagree with Doug -- I think it is really just about learning the text through some creative means so students don't think the recitation is and to the republic for Richard Stans and the like. But it

JOHN LOFTON / Re: Kid misrecites the Pledge of Allegiance - can he be graded down for that?

2008-08-29 Thread JOHN LOFTON
Ahh, but was he wearing a flag pin?! That's the important question, right? No! JL John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com Recovering Republican Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond, and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to maintain the

RE: Kid misrecites the Pledge of Allegiance - can he be graded down for that?

2008-08-29 Thread James Maule
I don't think the child's age or grade is mentioned, and perhaps that makes a difference in how the facts play out. I'd assume, and perhaps in error, that the older the child, the less the child turns to the parent. I can see this fact situation being the dilemma presented to the parents of a

RE: Kid misrecites the Pledge of Allegiance - can he be graded down for that?

2008-08-29 Thread Ed Darrell
No, I don't know the child's age. I am assuming, due to the nature of the assignment, that the child is in a grade below 6th. Interesting responses on this one. A lot of light in a very dark area. Ed Darrell Dallas James Maule [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I don't think the

Re: Kid misrecites the Pledge of Allegiance - can he be graded down for that?

2008-08-28 Thread ArtSpitzer
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