You don't have to say the words.' So my class decided to stand but not say the words. 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. In the video, Pitzen begins: 'OK, so during third period, we do announcements and they do the Pledge of Allegiance. Pitzen, a teacher at the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, posted the video on her own TikTok account, It has since been deleted. Watch Video: Teacher removed after her students pledge allegiance to the Pride flagĮnglish teacher Kristin Pitzen is being investigated by her California school district after a TikTok video went viral of her joking with a student about pledging allegiance to the Pride flag rather than to the American flag.
