How to handle daily morning flag salutes when you disagree
Teachers who feel conflicted about the pledge experience physical sickness and discomfort during the morning routine. This forces them into compromises like standing silently while the PA system plays, preventing them from comfortably participating in a daily practice they fundamentally reject.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1standing silently without saying the words
- 2remaining seated if completely alone
- 3claiming a religious objection to sit it out
- 4using the time to take attendance
- 5refusing to participate in icebreakers
- 6banning icebreakers entirely from professional development sessions
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“The truth is I would not and do not recite the pledge if I am alone.”source ↗
duggatron57 · r/Teachers · 91 upvotes