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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:03 AM Original message |
Do our schools even teach civics classes anymore? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Awful recognition, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. had kids in both private and public. pulled out of private cause public |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. seabe, |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. There is so much that they aren't being taught anymore |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Good to hear |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. I work at a local |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. Those classes used to be required for graduation |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Both those courses are |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. My generation is also ignorant, and we had those classes |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I am an 80s grad. I took Civics but I can barely remember much it, even with the |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Yup. Sometimes, I wonder why we bother having schools at all! |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's taught. That doesn't mean the kids assimilate the info. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. us memorize all of the amendments and most of the Constitution |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Give me a bit, and I probably could get a lot of them. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. The entire time I was in school, |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. Depends on the teacher how much emphasis is but on government |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. It isn't just kids that know nothing of government or how it functions. |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Sad Fact, but for kids to learn, you have to make it relate to them |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. My ten year old granddaughter just did a report on Amelia Earhart |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. Well, it was required that I knew all the amenments and the basic structure |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. This is the most important question we can be asking ourselves |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. schools are teaching it. up to student to learn . schools are teaching kids so much |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. The high schools here only do one semester of gov't and one of econ |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. Senior Government/Econ Here |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. my son is in 7th taking his soc studies course and will talk current events often |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. You Are Right |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. never thought the schools were completely responsible ... education |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
24. I don't think they teach civics anymore. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. It's required by most states. |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I am certain my son didn't have a civics class the same as mine. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. "our schools," "the schools" and what we teach: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. elementary son loses science and social studies classes during spring |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Sounds familiar. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. it isnt like their is going to be utopia found and ALL kids will do well in school |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. That's true, and that's reality, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. not something that we are allowed to say out loud |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Me, too. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. excellent post |
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ReformedChris (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. Teachers in FL are too busy Zombifying kids into passing the F-CRAP test to teach such things.. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
30. They used to teach it first year of high school in Denver Public Schools... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Did more students get it a year later than did earlier? |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. My daughter is a high school freshman. She's been in |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. It goes farther than that... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. Well, a lot of teachers don't believe we should teach facts. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
44. I know they do teach it freshman year in HS here |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. I dunno about the rest of the country.. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. At least in the state of Illinois, a test on the Constitution is required for graudation |
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