Texas Students Rise For Pledge to Mexican Flag

Via Dread Pundit Bluto:
Students at a Texas elementary school assembly rose while “parent volunteers” recited a pledge of allegiance to the flag of…Mexico:

During a short school assembly Friday, several parent volunteers read a pledge of allegiance to the Mexican flag. Since a parent complained on the Chris Baker show on NewsRadio 740 KTRH that afternoon, the issue has become a focal point of some Houston talk radio shows.

At about 10 a.m. Friday, students and parents gathered in the gym for an assembly commemorating Diez y Seis de Septiembre, Sept. 16, when Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain. The school’s bilingual classes from different grade levels performed songs, Williams said.Everyone was given a small Mexican flag and a group of six or seven parents recited the pledge from a script, Williams said. The students did not recite it, he said.

The principal of the school is backtracking, characterizing the incident as some sort of historical teaching method.

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Posted by Jay on September 20, 2006 3:20 pm

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One Response to “Texas Students Rise For Pledge to Mexican Flag”

  1. kerwin_brown on September 21st, 2006 6:05 am

    In Texas and other border states some bilingual schools use Telesecundaria invented by Mexico that is a type of distant learning. I would not be surprised if this school practices it. It can serve to make sure that children continue to be taught by the Mexican Public school system.

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