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3 small-town jr. high kids suspended for sitting during Pledge (of Allegiance)
Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 5/09/08 | Paul Walsh - Staff Reporter

Posted on 05/09/2008 9:11:15 AM PDT by MplsSteve

Three small-town eighth-graders were suspended for not standing at the start of the school day Thursday for the Pledge of Allegiance.

"My son wasn't being defiant against America," said Kim Dahl, mother of one of the students, Brandt, who attends Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High School in western Minnesota.

Brandt told the Fargo Forum that Thursday's one-day in-school suspension, "was kind of dumb because I didn't do anything wrong. It should be the people's choice."

Kim Dahl said the "punishment didn't fit the crime. If they wanted to know why he didn't stand, they should've made him write a paper."

She said that Brandt has not been standing all year, and "all of a sudden it became an in-school suspension."

The district today is defending the punishments. The school's handbook says all students are required to stand but are not obligated to recite the pledge.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; culturewar; dumbkids; indoctrination; minnesota; pledge; pledgeofallegiance
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1 posted on 05/09/2008 9:11:15 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve

Shut up and stand up, kid.

}:-)4


2 posted on 05/09/2008 9:12:02 AM PDT by Moose4 (http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
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To: MplsSteve

Obama influenced?


3 posted on 05/09/2008 9:12:27 AM PDT by Guenevere (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.)
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4 posted on 05/09/2008 9:13:06 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve

“I’m sorry sir. He will stand the next time...WON’T YOU SON?”


5 posted on 05/09/2008 9:14:41 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: MplsSteve

Kids being kids. Make em run laps at lunch and clean school grounds after classes for a week.


6 posted on 05/09/2008 9:15:51 AM PDT by WarToad
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To: MplsSteve
Courtesy suggests standing when the national anthem of any nation is played.
7 posted on 05/09/2008 9:16:09 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: MplsSteve

“”My son wasn’t being defiant against America,” said Kim Dahl, mother of one of the students, Brandt, who attends Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High School in western Minnesota.”

He was being defiant against the teacher and school. It’s no different than when the gym teacher tells everyone to stand up and stretch. You stand up for the pledge.

I sort of agree that suspension seems harsh, however.


9 posted on 05/09/2008 9:16:55 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: MplsSteve

It’s hip to piss on America now.


10 posted on 05/09/2008 9:18:40 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: MplsSteve

It is entirely proper for schools to teach patriotism and respect for the country and it’s symbols, and to exact a penalty for those who don’t learn.


11 posted on 05/09/2008 9:19:06 AM PDT by RonF
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To: MplsSteve

The kid is just being a brat.


12 posted on 05/09/2008 9:19:37 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: NotMeAgain

I’ve heard the “sig-heil” salute was in use here long before the Nazis came onto the stage, and that it was based on the ancient Roman salute.


13 posted on 05/09/2008 9:20:37 AM PDT by lesser_satan (Save the earth. Make biofuels out of eco-fascists.)
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To: MEGoody

AHHH, public education continues to show why homeschooling is soooo necessary. why these kids think america is the bad country, I haven’t a clue. they never leave their bedrooms and they think they know the world because of the internet.


14 posted on 05/09/2008 9:21:51 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: CindyDawg
“I’m sorry sir. He will stand the next time...WON’T YOU SON?”

You got it!

15 posted on 05/09/2008 9:22:39 AM PDT by billva
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To: RonF
Seig Heil!

The Bellamy's and all the other proto-Nazi's who developed thr Pledge agree with you.

16 posted on 05/09/2008 9:23:39 AM PDT by bvw
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To: MplsSteve

Just following Obama’s lead, that’s all.


17 posted on 05/09/2008 9:25:22 AM PDT by CedarDave (Obama says he loves America. So why does he associate with those who so obviously hate it?)
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To: MplsSteve

When I was a kid, we did what we were told to do by the people who were placed in authority over us. Nowadays it all boils down to politics. If the kid doesn’t like the teacher’s politics he can feel free to do whatever the hell he likes, and we agonize over whether he was justified.


18 posted on 05/09/2008 9:25:32 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Who's worried about the Bolsheviks? They couldn't be worse than the Tsar!)
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To: Slapshot68

1 day in school suspension is harsh...??....omg what kind of punishment is that...??....back in the day we would have been bent over a chair and swatted with a paddle....maybe thats what we need more of to teach todays kids respect...obviously what they have been trying for years now isn’t working..............


19 posted on 05/09/2008 9:26:04 AM PDT by tatsinfla
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Courtesy suggests...

Courtesy? What's 'courtesy'?

20 posted on 05/09/2008 9:29:36 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Do I really need to use the Sarcasm Tag?)
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