Lara
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I never went to a school that said the Lord's Prayer but always the Pledge of Allegiance
Didn't you say you're originally from NY? My elementary school let students out for religious instruction each week, too. It was also an option in 7-8th grades, but busing kids to their churches took so long that most didn't go.Grades 1-6, we recited the Pledge and the Lord's Prayer every morning.
For a couple of years, we left school once a week to march to a near-by church for Weekday Religious Education. You could opt-out of it, but, really, who wanted to miss the opportunity to get out of school for an hour?
Every Friday, it was salmon patties and creamed corn in the school cafeteria. Never varied. Never.
Nope, I grew up in Indiana.Didn't you say you're originally from NY? My elementary school let students out for religious instruction each week, too. It was also an option in 7-8th grades, but busing kids to their churches took so long that most didn't go.
And we had the fish-on-Fridays, too, except it was usually fish patties.
Oh, sorry, my mistake.Nope, I grew up in Indiana.
1957- 1962What time-frame were you in school in NY?
It wasn't recited at the schools I attended.
I started Kindergarten in 1962, so maybe that's why there was a difference.1957- 1962
Kindergarten through 4th grade.
Maybe and my school was a small rural school. I don't know if other schools in NY did it too. Then we moved to FL in 62 and they did the same.I started Kindergarten in 1962, so maybe that's why there was a difference.
All we had in Kindergarten was the teacher leading the kids in "saying grace" at lunchtime.Maybe and my school was a small rural school. I don't know if other schools in NY did it too. Then we moved to FL in 62 and they did the same.
Oh we did but I don't remember reciting that part. I remember that from church. Hmm.Don't you ?.. So you didn't get to recite the whole prayer then ?
Were there any teachers that commented on the Bible verses anyway? This whole thing sounds strange to me. It's like inviting a challenge to separation of church and state.We had to listen to 5 verses of the Bible, followed by the Lord's Prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, every day. The 5 verses had to come from Psalms or Proverbs. The teacher was not allowed to make any comments about any of it. It was just a kind of rote way to start the school d hay. I taught school in NJ and had to lead these actvities; strangely, they didn't bother me at all at the time, though they would now!
And this was public school!
Never did that one, but we did sometimes have to sing My Country Tis of Thee, which I think is to the same tune.God Save The Queen