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Texas Student Refuses Mexican Pledge of Allegiance, Anthem
Education News ^ | 11/22/11 | B. A. Birch

Posted on 11/22/2011 11:37:50 AM PST by Nachum

Students studying Spanish in a Texas public high school were asked to recite the Mexican national anthem and Mexican pledge of allegiance as part of an assignment, and when one student refused, stating that it upset her, the school district maintains there was nothing wrong with the lesson, writes Madeleine Morgenstern at the Blaze.

The incident happened last month at Achieve Early College High School in McAllen, Texas — a city located about 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

15-year-old sophomore Brenda Brinsdon refused to participate, stating that she was particularly offended because the presentations in teacher Reyna Santos’s class took place during “Freedom Week,” the week after the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and on U.S. Constitution Day — the same day as Mexico’s Independence Day, writes Morgenstern.

“I just thought it was out of hand, I didn’t think it was right,” she told The Blaze. “Reciting pledges to Mexico and being loyal to it has nothing to do with learning Spanish.”

She added:

“Why are we doing their independence when it‘s Freedom Week and it’s also Constitution Day?”

(Excerpt) Read more at educationnews.org ...


TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; arth; borderslanguage; borderwars; culture; good4him; mexican; refuses; student; texas
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1 posted on 11/22/2011 11:37:55 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

This is old news. IIRC, wasn’t this a Spanish Class? And they were supposed to be learning the culture.

It was voluntary.


2 posted on 11/22/2011 11:40:16 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: Tennessee Nana; AuntB; Condor51; South40; Clintonfatigued; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; ...

ping


3 posted on 11/22/2011 11:41:07 AM PST by Liz
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To: Responsibility2nd

It is old news and just as wrong as when it was first reported.


4 posted on 11/22/2011 11:43:51 AM PST by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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To: All

Ach, this is an old article from Oct. 18th. Sorry for the date mistake


5 posted on 11/22/2011 11:45:06 AM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Were they asked to sing the national anthems of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, etc. I bet that non-Mexican hispanics are as sick of Mexican chauvinism as I am.


6 posted on 11/22/2011 11:46:10 AM PST by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: Nachum

When one recites a Pledge of Allegience, one is, you know, pledging allegience... Unless the students were adopting Mexican citizenship and pledging to be loyal sons of Mexico, then they were being told to lie.


7 posted on 11/22/2011 11:48:49 AM PST by Haiku Guy (We don't need to Occupy Wall Street... We need to Occupy K Street!)
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To: Nachum

My authentically accented Spanish teacher, born in Puerto Rico and with family in Spain, taught us the language and that’s all. No pledges, no history, just the language and Don Quixote as an example of Spanish literature. We don’t need to know about Cinco de Mayo in order to communicate in Spanish, and we certainly don’t need to know how they pledge allegiance in any of the Spanish-speaking countries.


8 posted on 11/22/2011 11:50:11 AM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Haiku Guy

“When one recites a Pledge of Allegience, one is, you know, pledging allegience...”

...Bravo! This is the best and only argument necessary.


9 posted on 11/22/2011 11:52:29 AM PST by albie
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To: Nachum

I always love the “.. land stolen from Mexico” teachers and La Raza haters. Nope. Sorry. You got your asses kicked fair and square. Multiple times I may add.


10 posted on 11/22/2011 11:55:50 AM PST by VeniVidiVici ("Si, se gimme!")
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To: Nachum

Good for her!


11 posted on 11/22/2011 11:56:36 AM PST by Amberdawn
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To: Nachum

allons, enfants de la patrie
le jour de gloire est arrivee
contre nous de la tyranee
l’etandard sanglant est levee
l’etandard sanglant est levee

dah di dah di dah

ils viennent jusqu’a dans nos bras
elever nos fils et nos compagnes
aux armes cityoens
formez vos bataillons
qu’un sang impur abreuve nos sillons

That’s how I remember it anyway.


12 posted on 11/22/2011 12:00:29 PM PST by heartwood
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To: Responsibility2nd

it’s spanish class, not mexican culture class.

do you also think that when i took french, i should have been taught about french canadian culture?


13 posted on 11/22/2011 12:01:30 PM PST by absolootezer0 (2x divorced tattooed pierced harley hatin meghan mccain luvin' REAL beer drinkin' smoker ..what?)
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To: heartwood

Have you ever listened to the Mexican National Anthem?

It is a really annoying melody.


14 posted on 11/22/2011 12:02:17 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum
It is that way on purpose, encourages every one to run when fighting starts.
15 posted on 11/22/2011 12:07:01 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Perry and his fellow demorats.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

It is especially humorous when voiced in Spanish, a language that did not exist in the Americas pre-Columbus.


16 posted on 11/22/2011 12:08:00 PM PST by Kandy Atz ("Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want for bread.")
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To: Responsibility2nd; Nachum
if it was truly voluntary the chilluns' could have been asked to bring in and say such things as the same "oath to franco" taken by the future King of Spain in 1939.

Bet that Leftwingtard teacher would have jumped through his skin at that one eh?!

But why should this be about Mexican stuff ~ there are plenty of other Spanish speaking nations

17 posted on 11/22/2011 12:11:52 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Nachum

The teacher should be fired for cause.

10 miles from the border - is exactly what it is.

Let her move to Mexico if she wants to “recite the pledge”.

Want to teach a pledge? Teach them to say the pledge of Allegiance to the US - IN SPANISH.


18 posted on 11/22/2011 12:13:56 PM PST by Eldon Tyrell
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To: Nachum
Have you ever listened to the Mexican National Anthem? It is a really annoying melody.

And, you can't sing along with Rick's patrons and defy the Nazis, either.

19 posted on 11/22/2011 12:14:34 PM PST by heartwood
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To: heartwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3m9oN1q3iY

The Mexican National Anthem


20 posted on 11/22/2011 12:17:20 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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