The Pledge of Allegiance has been a very controversial issue concerning schools. In Cumberland County, New Jersey, an issue related to the Pledge of Allegiance occurred at a school called Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School. A teacher, not identified, took a kneel while the Pledge of Allegiance was being recited. This was brought up in a school board meeting where some community members decided to express their feelings about the issue. Janelle Griffith, a breaking news reporter for NBC News, reported that one of the parents said "the teacher's action was 'reprehensible'." The district's executive director of personnel, Joseph Rossi, "said the principal 'reassigned homeroom oversight so the teacher would have alternate duties during opening annoucements." No one knows the reasons behind the teacher's actions, but the problem, as of now, has been resolved.
Understanding the freedom of speech, this may have been a way of representing that in the teacher's way. We all have a specific way of expressing ourselves or issues that we want to address. They may be under the same category, but the way of expression will never be the same. It describes who we are as people and how we are all unique. Despite the action, we have to look at what the meaning is, though in this case we don't. However, we just have to hope it was for a reason that represents something good.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/n-j-teacher-who-kneeled-during-pledge-allegiance-reassigned-n1064661
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