tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574605296259081338.post5346483349200069644..comments2023-09-09T05:13:17.402-07:00Comments on First Time Twins: RecitationsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03834196556216136587noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574605296259081338.post-26833929533412285342012-01-25T14:48:27.307-08:002012-01-25T14:48:27.307-08:00Well, I never knew that about the Pledge of Allegi...Well, I never knew that about the Pledge of Allegiance! You learn something new every day. <br /><br />We used to have to say the Lord's Prayer every day in Assembly. I can quote it still, word for word, but I don't think I've ever analysed it. It just is.....learning things by rote is not a good thing, is it?bluetinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796706885029578938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574605296259081338.post-61828264170610688032012-01-25T06:15:17.949-08:002012-01-25T06:15:17.949-08:00"Because I said so and I'm the mommy, tha..."Because I said so and I'm the mommy, that's why!" :) I used to hate that, even as a young child. Why should I do anything just because YOU say so? I did stop and re phrase in a manner that was a little less mommified. <br /><br />I love that song, btw. Eddie Vedder does a beautiful rendition of it on his album Ukelele Songs with some female singer whose name escapes me. My mom was a music/vocal minor in college and she still sings in a concert choir. When we were kids she sang show tunes to us at night. "Fish gotta swim..birds gotta fly..I've got to love one man 'til I die...can't help lovin' that man of mine" :) I sing Eidelweiss to my kids every night, but I don't have my mother's voice or years of vocal training.Chickenpighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442755180328605920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574605296259081338.post-40573816868769393352012-01-24T18:52:29.857-08:002012-01-24T18:52:29.857-08:00Like a Virgin was my favorite song when I was 7. ...Like a Virgin was my favorite song when I was 7. Ummm.....?<br /><br />I live in NYC and work in a school. We do not say the pledge of allegiance anymore because the word god is in it. This changed about 6 years ago. Its a shame that kids don't know what it means, even if we didn't know what it meant either. They won't have the knowledge to even reflect on it in the future.<br /><br />And my rule of thumb with people, even if I disagree and I think their comments or beliefs seem ignorant, I let it be. Because if I was to turn around and bash their beliefs because I thought might were better or right...well, then I would be a hypocrite. Everyone has a right to state their opinion.Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106515721683546752noreply@blogger.com