Kid misrecites the Pledge of Allegiance - can he be graded down for that?

[Ed Darrell]

Here's a not hypothetical hypothetical for you.  A family calls you late on a Thursday night for advice on an odd point -- their son thinks the Pledge of Allegiance is too religious, and has arrived at an odd compromise that works for him in school.  But now he has to write out what it is he says.

How would you advise the family in this case below?

I've become aware of a family who has a child who recites the pledge
of allegiance by saying "under law" instead of "under God."
Apparently no one has ever noticed.

But tonight he has homework to write the pledge of allegiance on paper
and to decorate it.  This family is asking what legal ramifications
there might be should a teacher take issue with the child writing
"under law" instead of "under God."

The homework is due tomorrow, Friday.  Can anyone provide anything
helpful that I can convey to the family?  Thanks!


Not my case, I'm grateful to say.  Not my homework, either.  

What should the parents do?

Ed Darrell
Dallas
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