im 20 for reference. ever since i was a kid, up until hs, we were forced every morning to stand, look at the flag and hold our hearts and say:
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”
i didnt stand a single time because i disagreed with being forced, and i was berated by the teacher in front of everyone, and he threatened to kick me out of class if i ever did it again. i was about 11-12 then, it was 2015.
We did that in class, but only when I was a very little kid, like in elementary school in the 70s.
In retrospect, it’s creepy, but by the time I was old enough that I might have questioned it, we weren’t doing it anymore.
This Whitest Kids You Know video about it sums it up pretty well. (Although the dig at Ritalin at the end is kinda weird)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCaqA0ngRc