Does forcing students to do the pledge of aligence count as abuse?

There’s this girl in my class who doesn’t do the pledge of aligence and my teachers yell at her! She gets detention and stuff for it! Does that count as abuse?

Abuse or not, it’s illegal (if it’s a public school).

Correct. It is illegal in a public school. She should absolutely report this to the principal.

Nothing more to say, so closing thread. Additionally, since this question is about someone other than the OP, it’s not allowed anyway. If there is more to the story, the OP’s friend can create an account to discuss.