This is just too wierd to be made up.

According to an AP report, due to lack of funds, students must pledge to
televised flag.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Unable to buy enough real flags for the new school
year, Central High has taken to showing an image of the American flag on
classroom TVs while students make the pledge.

A new state law requires school children to say the pledge at least once
a week, and the school simply doesn't have enough flags for that.
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Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care