The Pledge in Spanish?

@laglen (19759)
United States
June 11, 2010 8:38am CST
An elementary school in Wisconsin is having students recite the pledge in Spanish to learn the real meaning of it. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4235564/pledge-of-allegiance-en-espanol Do you find this offensive? no big deal? comments?
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@max1950 (2306)
• United States
11 Jun 10
very good Wisconsin, BRAVO !
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
11 Jun 10
wow your in support of it?
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
11 Jun 10
wait im not done slapping myself yet, ok im done, i read that wrong. i got ahead of myself and thought they're finally having them read english, my bad. wap wap wap.
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
11 Jun 10
I think that Charla Adrian is going too far. My kids had to learn Spanish way back in the eighties. Most kids have to take a foreign language in order to graduate. I really don't understand her objection. What better way for the kids to learn both the Pledge and English and Spanish. Yes I know that the official language is English and I think that Any one living here should speak English, but it takes time too. I really think this is a tempest in a tea pot.
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
11 Jun 10
These are just kindergarten kids so they will learn it faster by reciting it both ways.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
11 Jun 10
Thank you for that view, I saw it as just another press 2 for english
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@EvanHunter (4026)
• United States
12 Jun 10
Mixed emotions on this one. If it would have been high school students I would say no way. I would say its a start but I don't like the idea that English speaking students should be forced to learn it in Spanish and I also think that they need to be learning it in English also.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
12 Jun 10
They are reciting it in both languages
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
11 Jun 10
I would be ripping my kids out of school if they did that! This is America.. not Mexico or any other spanish speaking country. You want to speak Spanish, then go to the countries that speak it and get the heck out of here. We speak English... learn it or go home!
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
12 Jun 10
lol alrighty then.... I agree and if the kids cant understand what they are saying, then that school is failing.
• United States
11 Jun 10
We are in the US still right? Our language is English right? The pledge was written in english right? The pledge was written in the US right? So why the heck would you teach it to them in Spanish? This makes no sense to me. I mean really. Shouldn't they worried about teaching them how to read, write, math, science...you know the IMPORTANT stuff. Don't get me wrong. I do think the pledge is important and should to taught to every American child...but in OUR language..not a foreign language.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
11 Jun 10
That is how I took it as well. They stated that they are doing this so that ALL the children can understand what they are saying. If that is the case, they should be learning that meaning in English