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OTers with kids, do they still sing patriotic songs in their schools?

Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:07 pm
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23912 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:07 pm
I see so many parts of americas cultural history sort of under fire for one reason or another and obviously academia is one of the primary places pushing this.

When I was in elementary school in the early 2000s we sang plenty of patriotic songs such as America, God Bless America, America The Beatiful, etc...

As a young kid obviously at the time chorus was not one of my favorite classes but as I've gotten older I have some great memories of the entire school and parents singing these songs together.

One especially is a concert that happened to happen right after 9/11 (my school was less than a mile or two from the pentagon and many students had parents who worked there) the choir director with something like a day or twos notice added a bunch more patriotic songs for the kids to sing and taught it to our school choir on short notice. As a kid I didn't really understand the importance of all that but I'm sure the adults were probably very emotional given that they grasped sort of what was happening in the world more than we kids.

The kicker is that choir teacher was a very proud African American woman who also taught us songs that slaves would sing while working and educated us on aspects of African culture through their music. But she also really seemed to love the traditional American patriotic and folk songs that today seem to be part of our culture that is totally under fire.

I want that level of unity back where we aren't so totally divided. It stresses me out that one day my kids won't really have that level of patriotism in their schools and I may have to actively be fighting their indoctrination that may try and make them disgusted with America.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
49509 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:08 pm to
My kid's school sings the black national anthem every morning.
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
71383 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:08 pm to
Yes.

In preschool they also dressed like pilgrims and Indians on thanksgiving as well. Private school is great.
Posted by LSUengr
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
2563 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:10 pm to
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In preschool they also dressed like pilgrims and Indians on thanksgiving as well. Private school is great.


This, same for my kids back when they were in lower school.
Posted by 101011110
Member since Mar 2021
24 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:11 pm to
Gonna be honest here: I don't give a shite whether they sing anthems or not. Our country - it's people - don't deserve patriotism right now.
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13557 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:13 pm to
My kid at Southeastern says no. The one at LaTech hasn't replied yet.
Posted by PrimetimeDaBoss
Swag City, USA
Member since Oct 2008
7144 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:13 pm to
My kid’s school makes them sing the national anthem in Chinese every morning.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
49509 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:17 pm to
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Our country - it's people - don't deserve patriotism right now.

I'm gonna be honest here, too. Your comment makes you look just as special as those who you are disappointed in right now.

Stand up, be patriotic, and be an example of what it means to be American. Good times or bad.
Posted by windshieldman
Member since Nov 2012
12818 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:20 pm to
Yes, they sing patriotic songs and even last week were reading Dr Seuss books, Louisiana public school.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
30048 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 1:23 pm to
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When I was in elementary school in the early 2000s we sang plenty of patriotic songs such as America, God Bless America, America The Beatiful, etc...


It is interesting how overt patriotism has ebbed and flowed in my lifetime. I was in elementary school in the 70's and outside of pledge in the morning in 1st and 2nd grade I don't ever remember singing patriotic songs as a class, maybe on July 4th.

It may have been the patriotic hangover from Vietnam. Despite that we were very much in the cold war with a very real monolithic enemy that was pretty universally hated. The largest uptick in overt patriotism I have seen in my life was certainly late 2001 for obvious reasons.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7636 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 2:18 pm to
Private school where ours are does the pledge and anthem.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 2:22 pm to
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I was in elementary school in the 70's and outside of pledge in the morning in 1st and 2nd grade I don't ever remember singing patriotic songs


Same, though late 70's into early 80's. One year in elementary school there was an assembly celebrating America and every class sang a patriotic song, but it certainly wasn't a regular thing.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
69205 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 2:24 pm to
Hell if I know. I don't go to class with the little turds.

Ours are in private school, so probably? Maybe?
Posted by andwesway
Zachary, LA
Member since Jun 2016
2861 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 2:51 pm to
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In preschool they also dressed like pilgrims and Indians on thanksgiving as well. Private school is great.


Did they "cross cross applesauce" or were they allowed to sit Indian style?
This post was edited on 3/10/21 at 2:54 pm
Posted by jimmy the leg
Member since Aug 2007
42707 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 2:54 pm to
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Stand up, be patriotic, and be an example of what it means to be American. Good times or bad.


No offense, but this sounds like a Biden tweet.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
28243 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:40 pm to
quote:

I don't give a shite whether they sing anthems or not. Our country - it's people - don't deserve patriotism right now.





and that's how you teach your kids to be commies
Posted by bakersman
Shreveport
Member since Apr 2011
5996 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:59 pm to
I have elementary aged kids and they say the pledge everyday. They also learned patriotic songs for Veterans Day. We live in very rural Louisiana.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85487 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:02 pm to
Yes.

My kids say the Pledge, sing God Bless America, have a moment of silence, last week was Dr. Seuss week where the kids and teachers dressed up Dr. Seuss characters.

This is a LA public school in a heavily Democratic city.

Twitter isn't real life.
Posted by touchdownjeebus
Member since Sep 2010
26179 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:29 pm to
Mine does because I write a check to the archdiocese and if they do dumb shite, I will just stop sending my kid there.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
59236 posts
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:35 pm to
When my older kids were still in private school, they learned patriotic songs in music class.
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