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Eyeball_Kid

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1. Mandatory civics classes in high school should be in place.

Reply to allgood33 (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2018, 11:01 AM

Nov 2018

People don't know how their own government functions. Civics classes have disappeared from high school curricula for decades, so we get indifference from millions when people like Trumpy abuse the system.

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Isn't obvious now that we need to do a much better job of educating our citizens and their children [View all] allgood33 Nov 2018 OP

Mandatory civics classes in high school should be in place. Eyeball_Kid Nov 2018 #1

Civics/Government was a required class credit for graduation, when I was in high school Siwsan Nov 2018 #2

Looking back at the kidlet's curricula, Civics/Government was taught as part of Social Sciences. haele Nov 2018 #4

My class hit during an election cycle Siwsan Nov 2018 #6

It takes more than that. Since I'm a geezer, I come from MineralMan Nov 2018 #8

The parochial school I attended didn't bother with things like social studies classes Siwsan Nov 2018 #10

Same here PatSeg Nov 2018 #9

Absolutely. Civics should be restored in our schools. Golden Raisin Nov 2018 #5

I went to a Meet the Teachers Night nykym Nov 2018 #3

Republican voters I know can't answer simple questions such as...... Elwood P Dowd Nov 2018 #7

Neither can most Democratic voters, frankly. MineralMan Nov 2018 #11

+1 MichMary Nov 2018 #12

Too many Americans use education to give their kids an edge in the job market instead of seeing it Yavin4 Nov 2018 #13

Absolutely. Dr. Strange Nov 2018 #14