g.man wrote:A long time ago when G was in Primary School, we were made to recite the Lord's Prayer every morning at the start of class for the seven years we were there. This had zero effect on anyone I knew and by the time we graduated to Secondary School, a more Godless bunch of reprobates you couldn't hope to find.
tin_robot wrote:djchump wrote:Do they do it in all the schools in the morning as well? Or is that just a movie thing? Cos if they do, that comes across as very Hitler Youth to me.
I don't think they all sing the anthem, but I think I'm right in saying that the vast majority of US states require that school children regularly pledge allegiance to the flag. Brain washing is fun.
regmcfly wrote:When I was at school in America every morning at school in registration the class stood and pledged allegiance to the flag. I still know it off by heart I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD UNDIVIDED WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL Being at a Catholic school some wags would often say amen at the end I just stood and looked at the flag with my mouth shut for 20 seconds.tin_robot wrote:I don't think they all sing the anthem, but I think I'm right in saying that the vast majority of US states require that school children regularly pledge allegiance to the flag. Brain washing is fun.djchump wrote:Do they do it in all the schools in the morning as well? Or is that just a movie thing? Cos if they do, that comes across as very Hitler Youth to me.
poprock wrote:At a gig you only go to when someone you know dies.
Paul the sparky wrote:Imagine being so full of absolute shite that you feel you have to break up your own fucking speech with yelps of "So true!" otherwise people won't believe it?
Imagine thinking that works?
What even is it? Like a verbal footnote?
I steer clear of most of this Trump crap as it feels like I'm actually going insane as I watch it.
Yossarian wrote:There are tools that you can use to clean up online profiles, certainly with Twitter, there may well be a Facebook equivalent.
Paul the sparky wrote:Imagine being so full of absolute shite that you feel you have to break up your own fucking speech with yelps of "So true!" otherwise people won't believe it?
Imagine thinking that works?
What even is it? Like a verbal footnote?
I steer clear of most of this Trump crap as it feels like I'm actually going insane as I watch it.
That is amazing - you must be very proud.Stopharage wrote:I'm taking 30 students to New York in February. I'm becoming increasingly concerned that I may be blocked from entering the country after a fair few of the critical things I've posted about Trump online. There has been talk of Homeland Security scrutinising the online profiles of those who get ETSAs/VISAs. Of more immediate concern today is the group of students who've asked if they can do a dirty protest at Trump Tower. Now, whilst this might sound like youthful bravado it is, in part, influenced by the precedent set a few years back.
On the Sunday preceding the 2010 General Election, the Conservative candidate for the constituency in which I taught (Sutton) was the front page story on the Observer. Why? Well, the rather delightful Philippa Stroud was revealed to have founded a church that attempted to cure gay people of their demonic affliction. Her home address was commonly available and so on the day preceding the Election Day, two female students of mine threw their own shit at her front door and set fire to a paper bag of their own faeces on her door step. It was with a certain sense of revulsion, shock and pride that I later found this out at their Year 13 prom. My current politics lot have found out about this and feel they should be able to replicate the process at Trump Tower. I've had to inform them that it is a tad more guarded than Stroud's gaff. Plus, it's obviously very naughty behaviour.
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