Wife and I have our teaching certs. When we came to town, I started the kids doing the pledge again, upset the foreigners from Germany in our community. I was told people didn't want to do the pledge in our community. I told them wait until Spring I'm marching the kids outside in front of the flag then, ha; they were stunned.
Then 911 occurred and the pledge came back into vogue.
So many left wingers as admin, teachers, aides, on and on. Boy, it's tough being a conservative teacher in our school system. Funny thing is the wife doesn't have problems with them. She avoids the fight when they spew all their leftist ideology that shouldn't be part of the school day anyway; I just can't do that, ha ha.
I take my hat off to you. Being a conservative in Massachusetts is one thing. Being a conservative in a school system is another, especially if your school’s teacher’s union is ANYTHING like the Mass Teacher’s Association.
I knew a a teacher who moved out here from Colorado, and she said the MTA was totalitarian and nazi-like (in comparison)