Tinker was a Supreme Court case (about kids wearing black brackets to protest Vietnam or something) and getting in trouble. The court established that freedom of speech does not end at the school door.
They didn’t punish me for that because at the time I did not know that the teachers were not allowed to force me to say the pledge and I complied when they told me.
What I ended up doing was just pretending to say the pledge so that they wouldn’t notice I wasn’t actually saying it.
If they punished you, and there was a lawsuit, they would have lost. (Although who knows what would happen nowadays, the 1st current only protects freedom of speech when it’s money)
Tinker was a Supreme Court case (about kids wearing black brackets to protest Vietnam or something) and getting in trouble. The court established that freedom of speech does not end at the school door.
Funnily enough - the pledge in schools was basically a way to sell American flags to schools.
They didn’t punish me for that because at the time I did not know that the teachers were not allowed to force me to say the pledge and I complied when they told me.
What I ended up doing was just pretending to say the pledge so that they wouldn’t notice I wasn’t actually saying it.