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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 04:55 PM Original message |
My kid doesn't want to say the pledge of allegiance--Year Two |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. your daughter is learning at an early age |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Thanks |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. When my daughter was 10 |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Good for your daughter! |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Far out. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No she wasn't. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was in elementary school in the midwest in the 70s... |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yeah, it's tacked on and unneccessary. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's EXACTLY how my daugher feels |
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Blue Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. What a great kid! |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. thanks! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Suggested text for your note |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Oooo |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. No, but I work in a law office |
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Blue Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
77. Nosy Busybody |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. After you right the letter...remember to keep a copy for next year & |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Thanks |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. wow, good for her |
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greekspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. I applaud you on raising a child to think |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 08:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Keen intellect, LOL, thanks |
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Sloppyfourths (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't like to see a child that young dragged into this stuff |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. a child that young can actually think and make her own decisions |
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Sloppyfourths (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Sorry, she is way too young for that kind of stuff IMO |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
72. Well |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. She wasn't dragged into anything. |
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Sloppyfourths (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. I think you are wrong, here's why... |
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prodigal_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. I stopped saying the pledge when I was about that age |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You might want to reconsider your wording |
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Sloppyfourths (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. You might want to reconsider your parenting |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. As a good friend of Moonbeam... |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Thank you for that post |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Thanks sweetie. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Count on it!!! |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. Again |
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Barret (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I agree |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Great points. |
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Sloppyfourths (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. You do not understand the pledge |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Apparently neither do you. |
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Sloppyfourths (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 12:23 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Wrong |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 12:36 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. liberty and justice for all... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. tell your daughter she's one brave girl |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 08:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thank you very much for that. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. Just wondering: Did YOU have a discussion with her on the meaning |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Well you seem to be sweating some small stuff here |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Your Kid is Going to Be A Leader |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Wow thanks |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 12:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
64. I read the daughters questions to the teacher |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. I agree |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Insightful daughter |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Well |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sounds like you got yourself a bright one there. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Neither was I. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. Her teacher should have explained why you say that pledge. |
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Barret (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. You know |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That was exactly my daughter's point |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. This has absolutely nothing to do with our current |
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Darth_Ole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I'm a junior in high school. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Here in TX |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. what a bright and aware young lady! |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. high five back atcha! |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. Your daughter is a smart cookie |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. wow. when i was in the fourth grade, i didnt even have the attention span |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
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T Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. I pledge allegiance to the CONSTITUTION |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Hey I like that version! |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
49. Nevermind! |
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LiberalPersona (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-13-04 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. That's great |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. No other way to do it, in my mind! |
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Egalitarian (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. It is vital that we all think for ourselves. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Great words |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
57. I would call the teacher |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. You would think |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. I understand why that district has put you on guard |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. The Pledge: How it's parroted by syllables... vs... the ACTUAL SENTENCES. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Oh I totally agree |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-15-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #65 |
82. This is how I learned it |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
76. Your kid rocks...good job Mommy Moonbeam. n/t |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Aw |
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SuffragetteSal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
80. I didn't want to either when I was a kid |
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WLKjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-14-04 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
81. You know I felt that way too when I was that age |
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