The Pledge of Allegiance and the implementation of the national anthem in schools has been debated and discussed from time to time within American society.
Many people believe that imposing the execution of these two elements on students allows them to become patriots, to be proud of their country and to take responsibility for taking care of it. Although this is a very beautiful justification, in the real world it does not.
It is not right to make students swear to Allegiance and sing the national anthem as a way to make them patriotic. Patriotism is not built that way. Patriotism is built on experiences in a country that is well governed, managed and that provides all the elements necessary for each and every citizen to have an excellent quality of life. This can only be accomplished when politicians are charged and government officials are forced to promote socio-economic well-being.
In other words, children will be patriots when they do not have to witness situations of injustice and low quality of life and no oath or national anthem will change that.
