She explains that she took down the American flag in her room while students were learning remotely (“because it made me uncomfortable,” she whispers as an aside) and was unable to find it for the new school year. Shameful,” another wrote.įormer acting director of national intelligence Ric Grenell was among those criticizing Pitzen for the video.In the nearly 1-minute video reportedly posted to TikTok on Friday, the woman describes how she allows her students to decide whether to participate in the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, and that her class opted to stand for the observance, but not say the pledge. “As she posts this on Friday, there are 13 grieving families of those soldiers that were killed in Afghanistan. Which is it? We will know by the actions NMUSD takes today, ??” wrote another. Kristen Pitzen either represents the ethos of NMUSD or she doesn’t. “Let me know the address of the school and I’ll send you an American flag? Maybe I’ll send one that has flown over Arlington National Cemetery,” wrote one person. The post has filled with negative comments against the teacher. “We take this matter seriously and are investigating and addressing it.” Heavy reached out to the district superintendent to see if he wanted to make additional comment. Showing respect for our nation’s flag is an important value our District instills in our students and is an expectation of our employee,” the school district posted on Facebook. “On Friday evening, one of our teachers created a personal social media post that caused alarm and concern related to saluting the American flag. The School District is investigating the video, which was created on August 27, 2021. The School District Says ‘Showing Respect for Our Nation’s Flag Is an Important Value’ Gillingsworth” posted on TikTok, read things like, “I am usually standing always in class just naturally but I put my hands clasped down and I do not say the words. “I pledge allegiance to the queers,” she said, putting her hand over her heart. She showed off pride flags throughout her classroom. The start of Pride Month,” she says in that video.
“She shows off all the pride flags in her classroom and says ‘I pledge allegiance to the queers,'” that caption reads. Libs of TikTok also posted a second video showing Pitzen wearing rainbow earrings and glasses. Pitzen giggled multiple times during the video. The video then pans to show the pride flag. He looks around and he goes, oh that one?” I’m working on it, I’ve got you.’ In the meantime, I tell this kid, I do have a flag in the class that we can pledge allegiance to.
But my kid today goes, ‘It’s kind of weird that we just stand and say it to nothing.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh well, I’ve got to find it.
And, um, I packed it away, and I don’t know where, and I haven’t found it yet. But I took it down during COVID because it made me uncomfortable. Except for the fact that my room does not have a flag. So my class decided to stand but not say the words, totally fine. “I always tell my class, 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. “Okay, so during third period, we have announcements and they do the Pledge of Allegiance,” the teacher says in the video. The Libs of TikTok twitter page shared the video and wrote, “Teacher mocks the American Flag and suggests to students they can say the Pledge of Allegiance to the pride flag.”
Teacher mocks the American Flag and suggests to students they can say the Pledge of Allegiance to the pride flag: /1QTS5xjPln