take in order to become citizens, when they turn 18 so that they actually know something about America?
2007-02-05 03:20:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
as someone who just got out of public education, they are not teaching this stuff anymore. They completely skipped the Vietnam war... in an AP history class. Truly sad
2007-02-05 03:29:28 · update #1
The fact is that naturalized citizens generally know more about America and the American system than it's American born citizens, so you have a valid point.
It is a sad commentary on the educational system as well as the news media that Americans are so uneducated.
I am a seventh generation, American born citizen, by the way.
Since it is illegal to propose that voters be required to pass a test to enable them to vote, the next best thing is to demand those who progress through school and graduate be expected to actually learn before granting them a diploma, including passing in studies such as government, social studies (worldwide), geography and history.
2007-02-05 03:40:49 · answer #1 · answered by Phil #3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a brilliant idea! Its a sad state of affairs when recent immigrants know more about the US than many born citizens do! The educational system has failed so many, and parents aren't supplementing the learning. We are so much more concerned with the self-esteem of a child than their learning...so we won't fail them, cause we don't want them to suffer emotionally. So they are being passed through the system...without having the basic knowledge to write proper sentences, spell correctly or add two rows of numbers together without a calculator! So you can just imagine how much they actually know about the geography or history of their own country!!!!
2007-02-05 03:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had to take a large structure try on the proper of the eighth grade. in case you probably did not bypass it, you probably did not bypass on to intense college. From the countless questions I see revealed in this section, it type of feels that even as all and multiple has an opinion and likes to communicate about the country, no one needs to spend time gaining knowledge of something about it. If the fiction I see in Politics and authorities ought to drift a deliver, we may all be crusing away. the challenge with the concept of a try is that there is no different qualification for balloting than citizenship. psychological incapacity and imprisonment via criminal conviction are the merely 2 disqualifiers. I trust you. i imagine that more effective Republicans and bigger Democrats should be elected to place of work if merely the recommended ought to vote. The Founders assumed that portion of us of a's greatness should be that her voters should be knowledgeable and recommended and ought to come to their political and their non secular perspectives by reason, with assistance from questioning. i wager some issues are merely not in any respect going to be.
2016-11-02 09:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Americans take American History all the way throughout their lives. The reason we have immigrants take tests about the United States is so that they know America before they get in here. If they come in here completely ignorant of our country and our laws and things then they'll make so many mistakes that we'd have to send them back out of our country again anyways. So instead of putting ourselves through the hassle we make sure they know enough about us to stay in our country.
2007-02-05 03:24:50 · answer #4 · answered by winds_of_justice 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. It would violate the right of some, if not all. Remember, this is America. Land of the brave and the FREE. It's the obligation of schools to teach Americans about America.
2007-02-05 03:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by Ali 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It shouldn't affect their citizenship, but I certainly think that everybody should take it in school (as a social studies test), so people will actually know something about history.
I recently took the test, and the only part I had trouble with was naming all thirteen original colonies.
2007-02-05 03:24:33 · answer #6 · answered by amg503 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If students are not being taught Government classes and History anymore, then we have a problem.
2007-02-05 03:26:49 · answer #7 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It'd be nice if more Americans could point at Washington DC on a map.
2007-02-05 03:27:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the children dont know , Its the school systems short coming.
2007-02-05 03:23:28 · answer #9 · answered by tammer 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, and in case you're wondering, Priceline has great fares heading out of the country.
2007-02-05 03:24:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋