Texas student punished for not reciting Mexican pledge and anthem

[RstyShcklfrd]

I have a slightly different take on this, but it was in Spanish class. (Outside of actually having a mandated Spanish class) what's wrong with using a Mexican pledge in Spanish class to learn Spanish?


The real reason this gets my goat, is that they allow conscientious objectors to the US pledge or allegiance.

I told my girlfriend about this. In her Spanish class, she had to recite the US pledge in Spanish. Much more appropriate.

 

[cbigclarke]

I told my girlfriend about this. In her Spanish class, she had to recite the US pledge in Spanish. Much more appropriate.

Come on man. You don't have a girlfriend

 

[txinvestigator]

Come on man. You don't have a girlfriend

Bazinga!

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

Come on man. You don't have a girlfriend

Bazinga!

Yeah I do. See?

Sent carelessly from Joe Biden's balcony

 

[Glockster69]

Lol

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

Yeah I do. See?

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soooooooo is the other one getting mad cause you cheating on it

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

soooooooo is the other one getting mad cause you cheating on it

I'm not posting a picture of my real girlfriend. Lmao.

Sent carelessly from Joe Biden's balcony

 

[Mic]

Yeah I do. See?

Sent carelessly from Joe Biden's balcony

Hilarious. And so is your sig line.

 

[okie556]

Hope the parent's end up owning the school! I just posted the link on my Face Book Page and hoped it's Shared by all who reads it.

 

[digitaltrip]

Manti Te'o gf? It's the all the rage!

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

Manti Te'o gf? It's the all the rage!

No. Because she's not a man.

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[digitaltrip]

Yeah that turned out creepy as hell fo sho

 

[Charlie]

The school board is ultimatey responsibile for all rules and regulations. Attorneys need to start with them and work their way down through administration and into the classoom if necessary (and it looks like it is!) Regarding the assignment to recite another country's pledge and the disiplinary action that followed, it's unbelievable and totally PhoKing outreageous!

 

[stdreb27]

I told my girlfriend about this. In her Spanish class, she had to recite the US pledge in Spanish. Much more appropriate.

Yeah I do. See?

Sent carelessly from Joe Biden's balcony

What are you timing yourself?

I know in a geography slash history class, when we rounded around canada and Mexico, we at least listened to their national anthem... (private school full of crazed republicans, yes guns were in the back seat of many trucks during dove season)

 

[cbigclarke]

Yeah I do. See?

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I see you like'em stubby and curvy

 

[Anger]

School choice, and send dem unpatriotic emmer effers back across the border to that southern cesspool if they love it so much.

 

[willygene]

I'm sic to death of all this anti American stuff and lets all do the Mexican thing. Well the hell with that. Anybody who doesn't want to be American and give his or her Aligence to this country needs to go the hell home and shut up. This ain't Mexico !!!!

 

[steve-o]

If people want to pledge allegiance to Mexico, they should do so IN Mexico.

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

I have a slightly different take on this, but it was in Spanish class. (Outside of actually having a mandated Spanish class) what's wrong with using a Mexican pledge in Spanish class to learn Spanish?


The real reason this gets my goat, is that they allow conscientious objectors to the US pledge or allegiance.

Well, they could read Mexican newspapers. They could listen to Mexican language news and television shows. But punishing a student for refusing to recite the pledge to another country, even if it IS in Mexican, is bullshit to the Nth degree. If a student can "opt out" of saying the U.S. pledge, then it's only right for them to be able to "opt out"of the Mexican pledge. The actions of the teacher, Reyna Santos, are vindictive and she should be, at the least, suspended without pay, for no less than a month. If she continues to be vindictive, termination is the final option. I don't care if she's considered a good teacher. Actions like hers are NOT what we need in the classroom.

Ironically, the school district has a policy that prohibits a school from compelling students to recite the American Pledge of Allegiance.

The district also has a written policy that excuses students from reciting text from the Declaration of Independence if the student “as determined by the district, has a conscientious objection to the recitation.”

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

I had several years of formal Spanish class and never had to recite a pledge to Mexico. That's an odd assignment, clearly with an agenda.

I did, however, watch Star Wars in Spanish. It was kind of surreal, like watching the Wizard of Oz sync'ed up with The Wall.