hijab leads to suspension of Hernando student
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The girl wasn't standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Lawrence, an JROTC member who plans to enlist in the Army next summer,
says she was aghast.
"That's one of the most disrespectful things you can do," Lawrence
recalled Friday. "Even the kids who are anarchists, who hate our
government, still have respect to stand."I honestly don't know whether her punishment was justified or not. Apparently she was also suspended when she was attending school in Mexico and at that time FAILED to stand for the Mexican pledge of allegiance.
Heather Lawrence has her own unpleasant pledge memory.
She spent six months in Mexico while her father worked a
contracting job and was booted out of a private school
for not saying the pledge to the Mexican flag. But that
was in Spanish — a language she doesn't know — and so she
stopped trying to fake it. And, she says, she still stood up.Do you think she needs more punishments, or less? Should the army accept her when she plans to join after high school?
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The girl wasn't standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Lawrence, an JROTC member who plans to enlist in the Army next summer,
says she was aghast.
"That's one of the most disrespectful things you can do," Lawrence
recalled Friday. "Even the kids who are anarchists, who hate our
government, still have respect to stand."I honestly don't know whether her punishment was justified or not. Apparently she was also suspended when she was attending school in Mexico and at that time FAILED to stand for the Mexican pledge of allegiance.
Heather Lawrence has her own unpleasant pledge memory.
She spent six months in Mexico while her father worked a
contracting job and was booted out of a private school
for not saying the pledge to the Mexican flag. But that
was in Spanish — a language she doesn't know — and so she
stopped trying to fake it. And, she says, she still stood up.Do you think she needs more punishments, or less? Should the army accept her when she plans to join after high school?
I've heard far worse and seen far worse done to people without any recourse on those who perpetrated the harassment or assault. The army has no provision, that I'm aware of, to not let her in based on bigotry, if indeed she is. I doubt she will see any combat anyway. The school people are idiots, she and her family are idiots and this reporter should find some real news to report about and not waste their time with dumb stuff like this. School is for learning and not politics. If what they said is true and she did actually say all those things then sending her to a cultural diversity class or 2 or 3 might be punishment enough. The idea that kicking her out of school is punishment, I always thought, is retarded. If she is, indeed a bigot, I don't think sending someone to a theater of combat with weapons training crusading to kill the infidel is a good idea. I've heard enough of that talk from some marines and former military already. I'm sure once she's put in her time she could join a militia group here at home.
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The girl wasn't standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Lawrence, an JROTC member who plans to enlist in the Army next summer,
says she was aghast.
"That's one of the most disrespectful things you can do," Lawrence
recalled Friday. "Even the kids who are anarchists, who hate our
government, still have respect to stand."I honestly don't know whether her punishment was justified or not. Apparently she was also suspended when she was attending school in Mexico and at that time FAILED to stand for the Mexican pledge of allegiance.
Heather Lawrence has her own unpleasant pledge memory.
She spent six months in Mexico while her father worked a
contracting job and was booted out of a private school
for not saying the pledge to the Mexican flag. But that
was in Spanish — a language she doesn't know — and so she
stopped trying to fake it. And, she says, she still stood up.Do you think she needs more punishments, or less? Should the army accept her when she plans to join after high school?
kmg365 wrote:
"That's one of the most disrespectful things you can do," Lawrence recalled Friday. "Even the kids who are anarchists, who hate our government, still have respect to stand."
Who exactly is this girl kidding? I'm no anarchist, but eventually my teachers where happy when we kept our conversations quiet during the pledge. Perhaps someone didn't see the point in promising an inanimate object the same thing day in and day out for their entire lives.
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The girl wasn't standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Lawrence, an JROTC member who plans to enlist in the Army next summer,
says she was aghast.
"That's one of the most disrespectful things you can do," Lawrence
recalled Friday. "Even the kids who are anarchists, who hate our
government, still have respect to stand."I honestly don't know whether her punishment was justified or not. Apparently she was also suspended when she was attending school in Mexico and at that time FAILED to stand for the Mexican pledge of allegiance.
Heather Lawrence has her own unpleasant pledge memory.
She spent six months in Mexico while her father worked a
contracting job and was booted out of a private school
for not saying the pledge to the Mexican flag. But that
was in Spanish — a language she doesn't know — and so she
stopped trying to fake it. And, she says, she still stood up.Do you think she needs more punishments, or less? Should the army accept her when she plans to join after high school?
The punishment sounds about right. It's barely more than a slap on the wrist, which is perfectly appropriate if this is a first time offense. I find it interesting how her father calls it a violation of free speech, which apparently means she has the freedom to use harassment to take away her fellow student's first amendment rights.