Required Singing of National Anthem

hopefully the anthem will stir Patriotism and hopefully instill a love of country.

the anthem was sung ALWAYS first thing in the morning when i was a young pup....

It would be sung outside in the courtyard and the whole school would assemble and sing at the same time.

Funny how Marxists de-emphasized nationalism and instead supplanted it with "internationalism". Today we have the same thing, but it is called "globalization".

For example, in the name of globalization and the new politically correct international man you cant find the following:

1)No more pork soup in Paris, it has been deemed to be anti-islamic.

2) No beef served in any british airways flight for fear of offending hindus.

3) No roast dog in China (at least during the olympics) because PETA would have a fit. The same PETA that likened chickens raised for KFC the equivalent of a nazi death camp!.

4) for a while, no foie gras in Chicago, until Dictator Dailey could not handle quitting cold turkey.

I am always wary of those who would try to homogenize us into a bland blob of sameness.

go here for a brief commentary

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/1/13152/11620

Will be sung Mondays and Fridays, twice per week, not every day.

La Prensa: "Entonar las sagradas notas del Himno Nacional los dias Lunes y Viernes"

Al

I would be curious to see their take on this...

In comic strips, the person on the right always speaks first.

George Carlin

I'm not one that generally is in favor of overly patriotic gesture. I do find it incredible that anyone living in the US would have any objection to someone knowing, singing or reciting the national anthem of any country.

I remember singing the national anthem every morning in school. While it did not make me more patriotic it did provide a small sense of belonging.

I hear often how bad the Nicaraguan school system is. Singing the anthem every morning will not make it any better, but it may just inspire some young Nicaraguan to work on making the country a better place for them and their children.

If it does nothing else than inspire ONE person to strive for higher goals it is, in my opinion, well worth the effort.

I am a Nicaraguan, and would say that there's not much to be proud about Nicaragua as a political entity.

I already forgot the words of the national anthem because everything it said, had a shocking contrast with reality. It is like shallow advertising with no substance to back it up. If we could build a semi-decent country, respect for it would fall into place naturally, there would not be a need to force it on the poor kids.

there is no structure in schools nowadays and hopefully this would bring some discipline. Chaq

When I was a kid we had to sing the national anthem and salute Her Majesty the Queen every morning. Any kid who didn't belt out the lines in a loud voice got an hour of detention at the end of the school day.

I'm not sure why anyone would object to Nicaraguan kids sing the national anthem.

Wikipedia offers some information about the anthem and includes a link to an MP3 of it.

When I saw this article yesterday it made me think of The Pledge that one had to do in schools in the U.S. What particularly irritated me was that over one summer the pledge changed. Somehow, ", under god," got added. That change was what made me first think about the concept of separation of church and state. All of a sudden, it seemed that the government required you to have a god to participate in the U.S. life.