promt twelve pledge

The pledge of allegiance says a good thing but its meaning has been lost. From kindergarden through high school we have had to say the pledge everyday. I know at my high school even they did not do it first thing in the morning so they could catch the stragglers. But the theing with the pledge is we have been doing it since we were in kindergarten. In kindergarden they didn’t tell us why we were doing it we just had to. So we’ve been doing this thing for years but have put very little meaning in it. While I have a lot of pride in being american, I feel the pledge has lost meaning and should not be forced to be said.