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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Fri Sep 16, 2016, 10:46 PM Sep 2016

Student's grades lowered for sitting during Pledge of Allegiance [View all]

http://www.abc10.com/news/local/california/students-grades-lowered-for-sitting-during-pledge-of-allegiance/319009465

Leilani Thomas has been sitting out the Pledge of Allegiance since way before she knew who Colin Kaepernick was. The Native American high school student has been protesting silently since she was in second grade.

“My mom and my dad brought up what it meant to us and our people,” Leilani said. “So I just started sitting down.”

But for the first time a teacher at Lower Lake High School took issue with it and docked her participation grade for not standing.

“She told me I was being disrespectful and I was pretty mad,” Leilani said. “She was being disrespectful to me also, saying I was making bad choices, and I don’t have the choice to sit during the pledge.”

Gosh, I love our Blue state!

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Student's grades lowered for sitting during Pledge of Allegiance [View all] KamaAina Sep 2016 OP

Her teacher needs to read the Constitution. madaboutharry Sep 2016 #1

1943 Gabi Hayes Sep 2016 #2

dunno how this can be, as the SCOTUS ruling above should supercede this: Gabi Hayes Sep 2016 #4

Err.. that's not what that NH law did. X_Digger Sep 2016 #6

It's not really inaccurate because it says schools. That's the way I read it anyway. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #19

Schools are required to set aside time for the pledge. No student is forced to say or participate. X_Digger Sep 2016 #23

Still didn't answer the question. But move on along... Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #35

here: Gabi Hayes Sep 2016 #20

Don't get your legal opinions from an unnamed CNN editor X_Digger Sep 2016 #24

what's with the attiude toward everybody? you a lawyer or something? Gabi Hayes Sep 2016 #32

The law in question specifically says individual participation is voluntary Major Nikon Sep 2016 #25

This is THE LAW on the matter. nt. marybourg Sep 2016 #27

I'd stand up for that bhikkhu Sep 2016 #5

I HOPE this student has someone to complain to to have this fixed. napi21 Sep 2016 #3

I hope she sues the BOE for a nice chunk of college tuition $$. lindysalsagal Sep 2016 #15

I'm glad to see LWolf Sep 2016 #7

Participation. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #14

In what subject? LWolf Sep 2016 #17

The participation component of her grade for whatever class she's in when they do the pledge. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #21

That's an easily fought grade. LWolf Sep 2016 #22

I don't believe in pledges of allegiance alarimer Sep 2016 #8

The Nazis were pretty big on pledges of allegiance Major Nikon Sep 2016 #9

It's disturbing. LWolf Sep 2016 #18

Teachers should keep their opinions to themselves and it was wrong to lower a grade Rex Sep 2016 #10

It wasn't wrong: It was illegal, and that teacher should be fired. lindysalsagal Sep 2016 #16

If that teacher is to keep their job Blue Idaho Sep 2016 #26

Yes, they do, if they use grades to punish. Not allowed. lindysalsagal Sep 2016 #29

I think I know something about teachers and grades... Blue Idaho Sep 2016 #34

Demanding that a native American grovel before the symbol of their oppression. ronnie624 Sep 2016 #11

even jesse ventura has this right dembotoz Sep 2016 #12

This is unethical. The teachers should not be allowed to mix grades with personal opinions. nolabear Sep 2016 #13

That teacher needs to be... Duval Sep 2016 #28

I've Always Had A Problem With The Pledge. Know Why? ChoppinBroccoli Sep 2016 #30

This is clear grounds for a lawsuit. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #31

I work in a grade school, refuse to acknowledge the pledge, Gabi Hayes Sep 2016 #33