10-yr old kid refuses to say Pledge - Page 2

bluestarultor · 11-22-2009, 10:36 PM

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Unfortunately, this is true. I knew about his wrestling days and that he voiced The Boulder on Avatar, but I did not realize how much work he does for charities, that he supports Obama, and that he appears on Rachel Maddow's show.

Mick Foley was awesome after just 1 and 2. I didn't even WATCH wrestling and I knew Mankind was a crazy mofo. Also, it takes a special kind of awesome to enter a free-for-all match FOUR TIMES. He didn't win, but the winners of that particular match type are pretty much always one of the last ones in the ring, and IIRC, there's 20 entries per match, so he comprised a total of 1/5 of the entries on his own. That's sheer badassery.

Funka Genocide · 11-23-2009, 10:14 AM

That's a very heartening story. It's great to know that some young people aren't talking out of their ass.

I remember having a similar issue in kindergarten, but my teacher didn't make a fuss about me not saying the pledge. That was back when they still had the whole "God" blurb in the pledge and I was a very young atheist.

Professor Smarmiarty · 11-23-2009, 10:21 AM

Now we just need to stop the French singing "La Marsielle" and the world will be peace and love!

TheWolf13 · 11-23-2009, 11:35 AM

The teacher should have just tased the kid.

In all seriousness I love how he proves that for all his logic and reasoning he is still ten years old by telling his teacher to jump off a bridge. Not really sure what the big story is here though other than a feel good story. Seems like the school district is pretty okay with him not standing.

Meister · 11-23-2009, 12:27 PM

Will Phillips, you rule. Keep it up.

Will Phillips' parents, you've got your shit together too.

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 11-23-2009, 12:39 PM

Goddammit, I refused to say the pledge back in Elementary school too! Where was my national coverage and shit?!

Admittedly my refusal was more because I considered myself British and didn't fucking feel like it at the time. So maybe that was it.

Magus · 11-23-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Funka Genocide

That's a very heartening story. It's great to know that some young people aren't talking out of their ass.

I remember having a similar issue in kindergarten, but my teacher didn't make a fuss about me not saying the pledge. That was back when they still had the whole "God" blurb in the pledge and I was a very young atheist.

"under God" is still in there, from what I can tell. Unless certain schools are opting it out of the pledge or something.

Legally they can't make a fuss about you not saying it so it's not surprising you were left alone. In this case the student just should've explained why they weren't saying it rather than telling the teacher to "jump off a bridge", which was amusing but basically undermining the teacher's authority. Not really defending the teacher though since she was probably making more of a deal out of it than she should, as I as a teacher would be quite more willing to just go "fine, sit quietly, we'll talk about it later" rather than disrupting class.

EDIT: Yeah, I went back and re-read that part, apparently she never discussed with him why he wasn't saying the pledge so I'd say that the fault is entirely her own.

Magus · 11-23-2009, 02:20 PM

Obviously this 10 year old was trying to start a violent insurrection against school authorities, most probably to be followed by several school shootings and gang wars. Thus, the teacher's use of a taser was entirely called for.

Marc v4.0 · 11-23-2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Magus

Obviously this 10 year old was trying to start a violent insurrection against school authorities, most probably to be followed by several school shootings and gang wars. Thus, the teacher's use of a taser was entirely called for.

He also refused to take a bath.

Archbio · 11-23-2009, 03:15 PM

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Now we just need to stop the French singing "La Marsielle" and the world will be peace and love!

La Marseillaise.

11-23-2009, 02:20 PM	#18
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Obviously this 10 year old was trying to start a violent insurrection against school authorities, most probably to be followed by several school shootings and gang wars. Thus, the teacher's use of a taser was entirely called for. __________________ The Valiant Review

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Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	That's a very heartening story. It's great to know that some young people aren't talking out of their ass. I remember having a similar issue in kindergarten, but my teacher didn't make a fuss about me not saying the pledge. That was back when they still had the whole "God" blurb in the pledge and I was a very young atheist.

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Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Now we just need to stop the French singing "La Marsielle" and the world will be peace and love!

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TheWolf13 Howdy Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Saint Louis, Missouri; Gateway to the west or something like that Posts: 179	The teacher should have just tased the kid. In all seriousness I love how he proves that for all his logic and reasoning he is still ten years old by telling his teacher to jump off a bridge. Not really sure what the big story is here though other than a feel good story. Seems like the school district is pretty okay with him not standing.

11-23-2009, 12:27 PM	#15
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Will Phillips, you rule. Keep it up. Will Phillips' parents, you've got your shit together too.