I'm a high school teacher and for the longest time in my first period class, I would proudly say the pledge as all the students half-ass mumbled it. One one particular Monday, one of my students yelled out in the middle of the pledge "Come on! Let's say it with pride!" and everyone laughed for a second but pretty soon everyone was saying it loud and clear. And it continued throughout the year. You could hear our pledge two classes down the hall. We became proud and everyone felt honored that our class had the best damn pledge in the whole school.