Should the Pledge of Allegiance be said daily in public schools? (US)

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Hello, The pledge of allegiance was created for the purpose of unifying citizens under one flag and nation. This creed states in short words what we as a nation strive to defend and preserve. For this reason this or the national anthem are recited/played at gatherings. Now I will delve into the reasons that I, personally believe strongly. I am a high school student here in the United States. I agree with your statements about the lack of patriotism and regard for our pledge of allegiance. This is a huge shame. For me, as I recite this pledge I reflect on those words, they put me in my mindset for the day. This mindset I speak of is a mindset that I will put forth my best effort and do everything I do for two main reasons. One reason is that I believe that I am fortunate to be in this country receiving an education so I should make the most of it, and the second I love my country. I am proud of this nation and believe in every word of that pledge. It propels me forward to my dream of being an air force pilot. Now, this is obviously my personal testimony of why I want the pledge to be recited every day. This is coming from a high school student, but admittedly a biased one for I have a great commitment to this nation. All this being said, your statement about the apparent lack of meaning the pledge has for students is still sadly true for the majority of students. However, where you are wrong is saying that what makes my generation lack the patriotism and overall regard for the pledge is that we say the pledge so often. I believe the actual reason is exactly the opposite. The real problem is what we have here, The United States of America, is being taken for granted. It DISGUSTS me when people are too busy talking about that hot girl or that meaningless relationship between the high school hotties during our pledge. Our people care more about social media than they do about the world around them. People are making the world revolve around them more and more and this is a societal problem. There was a time when people said this pledge every day with emphasis and meaning, but those days are behind us. In the past patriotism was essential. In the days after the revolutionary war, it was the daily struggle of the average citizen to help propel his nation onto the world stage. During the civil war citizens persevered to work harder to provide the arms for their soldiers, In the world wars we fought against the axis of evil in a war that we only won based on our populous producing enough to overpower the axis powers. Finally, in the cold war our very ideology was put to the test and it was the daily battle to prove that our way was the best way. Today we fight a war, but the war we fight in Iraq and Afghanistan is not the patriotic war it began as. At first it was to punish those who struck our nation on 9/11. Now our government, just as they did in Vietnam believes they know more about military strategy than the military and is cowardly pulling out of the war leaving the land to ISIS. Now you ask why I took you through all of this? I want to prove a point. Our country is lacking patriotism, not solely, but majorly because of our new status in the world. We won, we are number 1 in the world. Our ancestors patriotism put us here and now my generation takes it for granted. This is the real reason for our lack of wanting to recite the pledge. This is obviously my opinion, but I do not see any other reason. The pledge lost meaning not because it is imposed upon students who are bored of it, but because they don"t care about their country or the world outside of their small bubble. We won the war of ideologies and now lead the free world, but now have sunk into a hibernation where a select few stand to fight for their nation. An era where a select few want to propel us further. I will tell you this, our nation is the best in the world, the last great superpower. However, if that pledge does not have meaning to our population the solution is not to get rid of it but to wake up the people. We need real patriots in our politics. We need a Lincoln, a Reagan, or a Jefferson to lead us further into the future and make sure we stay on top. If not other countries who have patriotism will force us to fight again. I do not believe it takes a crisis to bring our patriotism back, but it might take that. God bless America and those who died for this great nation. Let their great battles for freedom never be in vain. http://www.ushistory.org...