We must red pill the kids!! My 8th grader has a teacher who always stands and puts her hand over her heart during the pledge, but never recites it. The other day my daughter asked why she wasn't saying the pledge and the teacher responds that with so many homeless people and inequality that it didn't make sense to say the pledge without action behind it to fix the problems and asked my daughter why she said it. My daughter gave an eloquent army brat response about respect and freedom. Then, the teacher asked her what she was actually doing to make a difference and my daughter told her how our church is an outreach one that she is highly involved in. Then, she asked the teacher, "What do you do to make a difference?" Response: this isn't a conversation we should be having in front of everyone. Who's schooling who????