Feeling Red, White, and Blue
By Jonathon C. Fairchild
Posted March 29, 2016
Aitkin High School mornings fall silent every week to immediate study after the bell rings while we save precious minutes to mindless banter of the classroom. We all forget to show gratitude to the reason we are able to stand strong, safe and educated.
All of the students of Aitkin High School rarely, if not ever, pledge allegiance to our symbol of liberty. The American flags collect dust swaying in ignorance as we all take what we have for granted.
Only once in a blue moon do we ever pay respect to our emblem of freedom, and even then it's only rushed to completion with little to no patriotism involved with our anthem.
Paul Karelis, principal of Aitkin High School, says it should be different. “Most schools do the anthem every Monday," he said. "It's a problem that we don't do the pledge of allegiance on a regular basis.”
When asked if in coming years there will be a change, he replied with a very stoic expression, “There will be a change, in fact it could be next quarter that we make the proper changes.”
So in fact the school is aware of the lack of patriotism toward our nation’s freedom, but it won't last because our school does have some pride to dedicate the time to fix this simple problem.
Posted March 29, 2016
Aitkin High School mornings fall silent every week to immediate study after the bell rings while we save precious minutes to mindless banter of the classroom. We all forget to show gratitude to the reason we are able to stand strong, safe and educated.
All of the students of Aitkin High School rarely, if not ever, pledge allegiance to our symbol of liberty. The American flags collect dust swaying in ignorance as we all take what we have for granted.
Only once in a blue moon do we ever pay respect to our emblem of freedom, and even then it's only rushed to completion with little to no patriotism involved with our anthem.
Paul Karelis, principal of Aitkin High School, says it should be different. “Most schools do the anthem every Monday," he said. "It's a problem that we don't do the pledge of allegiance on a regular basis.”
When asked if in coming years there will be a change, he replied with a very stoic expression, “There will be a change, in fact it could be next quarter that we make the proper changes.”
So in fact the school is aware of the lack of patriotism toward our nation’s freedom, but it won't last because our school does have some pride to dedicate the time to fix this simple problem.