For what it’s worth, another student noticed I wasn’t actually saying the pledge and hassled me mildly about it. I gave in immediately and started saying the pledge—it didn’t seem worth the effort of opposition.
This didn’t increase my (very minimal) sense of patriotism. Oddly enough, I don’t think it lowered my sense of patriotism, either.
For what it’s worth, another student noticed I wasn’t actually saying the pledge and hassled me mildly about it. I gave in immediately and started saying the pledge—it didn’t seem worth the effort of opposition.
This didn’t increase my (very minimal) sense of patriotism. Oddly enough, I don’t think it lowered my sense of patriotism, either.