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An educator in California amassed nationwide focus after she recorded herself instructing her trainees to pledge loyalty to the LGTBQIA flag instead of the United States'.
The teacher has actually currently been gotten rid of for her actions, as well as the district has actually verified that the issue is presently under examination.
Newsweek reports how Kristen Pitzen-- that instructs at the Newport-Mesa Unified Institution district in Orange Area-- had actually originally removed the American flag from her classroom throughout the coronavirus pandemic as a result of the fact it made her \"really feel uncomfortable.\"
Pitzen then discusses in the now-viral Twitter video clip that one of her trainees-- who all have the option to represent the promise or not-- asked her what they would be swearing allegiance to otherwise the American flag.
\" I constantly tell my class, stand if you feel like it, don't stand if you do not feel like it, claim the words if you desire, you do not have to state the words,\" states Pitzen. \"So my class chose to stand, yet not claim the words. Entirely penalty.
\" But my youngster today goes, 'Hey, um, it's kinda strange that we simply stand and after that you understand, we state it to absolutely nothing. And also I resemble, 'Oh well, you recognize, I got ta discover it, like, I'm working on it, I got you.'\"
Teacher mocks the American Flag and also suggests to students they can state the Pledge of Allegiance to the pride flag: bear-magazine.com
That's where the gay satisfaction flag can be found in. Currently, because of Pitzen's widely viewed blog post that she shared on social networks, Yahoo! News mentions she has been gotten of the class.
\" We understand that a person of our educators posted a video clip on their individual social media that created alarm and also issue related to saluting the American flag,\" composes district speaker, Annette Franco, to Newsweek.
\" Lionizing for our country's flag is an essential worth that we infuse in our students and also an assumption of our workers. The instructor is no more in the class. We comply with due procedure, as well as our investigation proceeds.\"
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