[Comrade]

I live in Texas.
I attend a high school.
Thanks to wonderful legislation by the concerned representatives of the people, the government has decided that I am not patriotic enough. And that therefore, I need to recite the Pledge of Alliegance, the Texas Pledge, and hold a minute of silence (at school) to fix my wickedly apathetic ways.

This is incredibly superficial, and also a misplacement and misunderstanding of what patriotism is. F
I would rather our
representatives work toward some goal than create cheap theatrics to appear as honest, concerned American citizens working hard to bring morals back to society.

This is another example of the government trying to legislate what's in my head. Not really the government, but the pompous men whom an apathetic public elects mostly either because his TV commercials were more memorable or because he's the incumbent and they've heard his name before.

And, living in the Bible Belt, the moment of silence is remarkably transparent...

You can't force people to have morals. Shoving an archaic pledge down my throat does not make me any more patriotic than I was before (which was not inconsiderable).