national anthem
By BYOLA2871
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
South Africa
May 15, 2008 10:11am CST
while we were in school back in those days i remember we were taught to respect the national flag and anytime the national anthem is being recited we are told to be on our feet and stand at attention,we grew up being very patriotic to the ccause of our dear motherland.I noticed these days however that the children are not like that and in fact some of them dont even know what the national anthem or the national pledge says,Were you taught to do same when uyou were growing up?
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@rhane7315 (5649)
• Philippines
15 May 08
yes we were also taught that way when we were young and i believe that if we do what our teachers told about that, it also means that we're proud, we love and we respect our country that much
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
16 May 08
yes you are right i really enjoy those days when we stand at attention when th flag is hoisted at full mast,wow,what a time and we all have to be smartly dressed,i wonder if that is still the case now.
@kerriannc (4279)
• Jamaica
15 May 08
Yes I grow up with the above but in those days it was a must to go to general devotion. Sometimes you hide especially when it is time for the principal to talk. But nowadays indiscipline is so high and persons who are going in the teacher's professional is only doing it because they do not have anything else to do. So they are not patriotic or willing to have the strictness that use to be in school and we must remember that what is done in the schools have a effect in the wider society. I still stop when I hear the pledge and anthem and gushy all over as if I am a child again. I am proud of my country.
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
16 May 08
in fact nowadays i doubt if there is still the existence of the daily devotion in our schools,its like very foundation that made schooling what it was has been destroyed in the name of modernisation
@olivemai (4738)
• United States
15 May 08
Yes, we were taught to stand and recite the national anthem! I do know of some parents who taught their kids not to, as they were veterans of a war and not treated respectfully, therefore they know they have the right not to stand and show their respect!
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
16 May 08
well,its unfortunate that those parents have started sowing seeds of disloyalty to the naton and also that of disobedience without knowing it .It can result in civil disloyalty in future.
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