“I packed it away and I don’t know where, and I haven’t found it yet,” she whispered into the camera while giggling.
She then said that when the Pledge of Allegiance – a sign of loyalty to the country – is read in the mornings, she instructs her class to: “Stand if you feel like it, don’t stand if you feel like it, say the words if you want, you don’t have to say the words.”
“So, my class decided to stand but not say the words. Totally fine. Except for the fact that my room does not have a flag,” she said with unrestrained laughter.
After, she describes a situation when one of her students asked what he should look at while reciting the patriotic oath since there is no American flag in the classroom.
Attempting to hold back laughter, she exclaimed: “In the meantime, I tell this kid, ‘We do have a flag in the class that you can pledge your allegiance to.’ And he like, looks around and goes, ‘Oh, that one?’”
The camera then shifts to the wall where the pride flag is hanging.
Pushing pride
This wasn’t the only time she pushed her agenda on her pupils.
In another now-deleted video, Pitzen showed her decorated classroom for pride month with various flags.
“I pledge allegiance to the queers,” she said in the video.
She added: “I love you all very much – for the people who are out, who aren’t out. You’re appreciated. You’re loved. You’re enough. I support you. I got you.”
A symbol of freedom
The community, and school board, did not appreciate or love the teacher indoctrinating the pupils with her beliefs.
The video quickly gained attention and prompted backlash from people who felt that Pitzen’s actions were inappropriate and disrespectful to the American flag.
