Should we get rid of the Pledge of Allegiance?

The only time I said the pledge was at the beginning of the school day in grammar and high school. I always felt it was used as a way to make students who were just a few seconds late feel awkward because they would get stuck in the hallway while the pledge was being said. Since I was often a few seconds late, it did nothing to increase my patriotism and I have aways wanted it abolished , or at least not said in schools, which would almost amount to abolition.