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How many kids (I mean REALLY) know what the pledge is even about?
I know I didn't know. If I had actually sat down and thought about the words back then, I would have taken it much differently than I did and it might have even have meant something other than just a boring ritual. Even in my recent years, the damn thing is so ingrained into my head that it no longer has any meaning, like a word repeatedly endlessly.
Like a robot, everyday.
In hindsight, this is a really creepy aspect of it. Something you repeat everyday and as a huge weight to it but you don't understand the meaning of as a child... its a bit weird.
I really think it is more for the benefit of the parents than the kids.
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