What would you replace the "pledge of allegiance" with?

Free breakfast.

can it be nothing. why not nothing

A pledge enumerating the basic human rights of all people.

No flags, no governments, no religion needs a pledge. We need to pledge to be honorable human beings above all else.

Nothing. Just let the kids do their morning uninterrupted.

It's state law where I live. Fucking crazy.

Nothing, propaganda pledges don't have a place in institutions of learning.

Nothing.

If you want your citizens to be loyal, give them a good life, not a brainwashing.

I am a Swede, my life has been good, I may not be physically fit for fighting, but I absolutely would join the military and do support for the fighting for Sweden if needed.

This one sounds kinda good:

• One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.
• The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
• One's body is inviolable, subject to one's own will alone.
• The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the another is to forgo your own.
• Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.
• People are fallible. If we make a mistake, we should do our best to rectify it and resolve any harm that may have been caused.
• Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion , wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

Delete the middle.

“I pledge allegiance to liberty and justice for all”

I would replace it with education. Which is the purpose of schools.

How about nothing? Why do we need to indoctrinate children with any kind of this bullshit?

I just never did it, why even replace it. just remove it entirely.

No pledge. And "God bless America" should be dropped in favor of "Yippie-Ki-Yay, motherfucker".

The 7 sacred tenants of the Satanic Temple

Ironically, I think the Satanic Temple would oppose such a policy.

By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged.

daily affirmations would be nice for the kiddos

The Team Rocket motto

Nothing. Maybe a “good morning, do your best, and remember to be kind today”

Gee, I dunno...How about learning something?

2 minutes of deep breathing to relax and concentrate, repeated through the day.

That's it, just give everyone a chance to relax and center before getting back to the crazy.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Silent meditation.

"we love our bread, we love our butter, but most of all we love each other" 🥰

Nothing. There would be no replacement and the pledge would fade from memory.

The navy seal copypasta

I pledge allegiance to the drag of the United Queens of America.

Back when I was an extremely earnest 14-year-old I wanted to replace it with Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot speech, but honestly that's probably too long and I don't think forcing 5-year-olds to recite something they won't even understand is a good way to instill anything worth instilling.

The I Love Egg song. No shortcuts.

Could even make an entire assembly about it. Every morning, spend five minutes dancing and showing allegiance to the vitamins and minerals in you, and oodles of the proteins too (oodle doodle)!

I vow to live my life in a way that supports the thriving of all life in perpetuity.

I drink it from a cup.

I drink it from a bottle.

I drink it from the belly button

Of a super model!

Apple juice and vodka!

Apple juice and vodka!

Why you drinking water?

Apple juice and vodka!

mushrooms and puppies

A pledge to democracy and democratic values

Probably just the New Colossus poem enscribed beneath Lady Liberty.

I actually feel a sense of patriotic pride when I read that.

Just let them visit amongst themselves for like two minutes and get ready to tackle the day.

Can we make a pledge to be a good and productive person?

If anything, get them to find/research their own that they identify with and explain what makes it personal to them.

hmmm, the tao of bill & ted kinda works for me.

Teacher: "What is best in life?"

Students (In Unison): "To crush your enemies. See them driven before you. And hear the lamentations of their women."

I really can't remember the last time I said it in school, would have been super early on, 1st or 2nd grade back in the 70s. Definitely not after that.

I pledge to be fair, stay curious and stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. To never forget we are a people dedicated to a just and free society for all. To be welcoming and inclusive of all peoples, rich or poor and the regardless if the color of their skin or their faith or gender or sexual orientation. Except Donald Trump. That guy is a jerk.

Something based on the scout oath. "a scout is trustworthy, loyal, honest..." Except based on what an American should be. "An American values the opinions of others, is a safe shot with a gun, does not live with someone without their consent, keeps their property secure, demands due process of the law, uses a lawyer, believes in the jury trail, does not apply cruel punishment, believes there are rights we don't know reserved to us, and believes in limited government" (you should find each article in the bill of rights above) Of course better wordsmiths than I should rewrite that, and we probably need a lot of debate.

Note that I never pledge allegiance. As a christian my allegiance is to God and so it would be a lie to pledge allegiance to anything else. Thus making me recite the common pledge is a violation of the first amendment. (this is much clearer if you read the 12 amendments as originally proposed - for better or worse what actually passed isn't as clear)

Give them 5 minutes with fidget spinners or other fidget toys.

Only half joking, stimming be good for you.

give them shovels, and the person who digs the deepest hole gets given a non monetary prize

A conga line.

"most students"? "every morning"?

My class only did it until we had it memorized, and then never again.

Pledges reek of authoritarianism to me, so maybe replace it with a common saying like "Be excellent to each other because we have no more or less entitlement to this world than any other being and our individual perspective is at best a tiny viewport not to be confused with reality"

An elevator music rendition of the national anthem, if anything is needed at all (or maybe use this opportunity to remind students that individual towns/cities have flags, anthems, and pledges too).

Shower thought: What do deaf kids do for the pledge?

The Pledge of Ethics?

The Pledge of Allegiance... To Science!

It's about having pride in your community. Nothing wrong with an anthem. But this one does not reflect the values or even represent most of the community it's meant to hype.

Not my type of music, but Kendrick Lamar seem to have hit the right note this summer.

Keep the same wording but replace with operative terms such as flag with Israel!

Just a couple of judicious edits...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men persons are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.

I have never seen the pledge of allegiance recited in a classroom, not met a person who did this.

As far as I can tell, it’s a myth.