Do you want your child to learn God Save the Queen at School?

[Liketochat1]

Is it important for all children at school in Britain to learn the National Anthem no matter their country of origin? Would it help integration at all? Or simply be a good way of increasing a sense of patriotism? Is it important even though so many people don't believe in God and don't support a monarchy?
Are you happy for your child to learn it? Would you like a different National Anthem?

[Trills]

Are you being unreasonable what?

[Petsinmyputridpudenda]

Id prefer them to learn the sex pistols version

[TheSkiingGardener]

Why, which paper wants to know?

[FlaminNoraImPregnantPanda]

If my husband has his way our baby will be born singing it and waving a Union Jack.

[GoSakuramachi]

Which paper is the article for?

And what is your aibu?

[zippey]

YABU, I think...

[Binkyridesagain]

How many words do you need for your article?

[DuelingFanjo]

no, no, no, no, no, no.

does that cover it?

[exoticfruits]

I can't see why they need it in school. Teach them yourself if you want them to know it.

[pigletmania]

Yes because we live in The Uk of course, same if dc were going to school in anther country

[pigletmania]

Oh it's her again, liketochat s a journo

[ImAlpharius]

I like the Eddie Izzard version. That's what I'm teaching mine!

[tittytittyhanghang]

no, if my dc have to learn anything then as a Scot, I rather they learnt Flower of Scotland.

[theroseofwait]

Yes. I am British and proud of our Queen and heritage. As a family, we are also Christians, although I take the use of God to include gods of all faiths.

Some of us do exist and would like our children educated accordingly. I would be more appalled if they weren't taught it somewhere along the line, along with the really important bits of British history such as Kings and Queens and about the two world wars.

[OwedToAutumn]

Ooh , what's the Eddie Izzard version?

(Do you have a flag? [hgrin])

[anklebitersmum]

Absolutely should be taught in all British schools. Absolutely.



[hgrin]

[bachsingingmum]

Yes! It's our national anthem. I was [sorry don't know how to put emoticons in] when one of our olympic gold medalists said that he hadn't wanted to learn it before his event in case that spiked his chances. I thought "surely everyone learns it at school". Apparently not. The lovely Gareth's next project?

[bachsingingmum]

Oh - now I know. It does it for you when you type the words in the square brackets!

[ClippedPhoenix]

As a royalist, yes of course.

[ReallyTired]

I hope they teach the children to sing. Nothing's worse than Gawd Save our Queen hideously out of tune.

[YouOldSlag]

I don't think learning a song is powerful enough to poison your mind, turn you into a Monarchist or turn you Christian, so, no, I don't mind them learning a National anthem.

I know my Welsh national anthem word for word, but I don't speak Welsh. Still learnt it and it hasn't harmed me or turned me into a Welsh Nationalist.

It's a song. It's not contagious.

[Ephiny]

[WearingGreen]

My DH doesn't know Abide with me. He is 42. I hang my head in shame every cup final day .

[OwedToAutumn]

Ooh, bachsingingmum. What a great name! What Bach do you sing?

(Got to be better than GSTQ, in any case. [hwink]

[Shallishanti]

what IS the eddie izzard version, please??