On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, William H. Geiger III wrote:
This is quite understandable.
There is very little teaching of the Constitution or of Government in public schools. Many years ago when I was in HS Civics entailed a 1 semester course 1/2hr a day in your senior year. While American history may still be taught in the public schools it is done so by socialist who have no interests of enlightening their students of the reasons this country was founded or the philosophies that it is founded on.
Personally I had one semester of American Gov't, we had to memorize the preamble (I know longer remember all of it, but I know the general ideas), we studied the Bill of Rights (and the 14th Amendment), and the general ideas of the constitution. While I don't think I got all the questions correct on the quiz (some of the specific details, etc.), I know the general ideas.
We are paying today for allowing the socialist/statist taking control of the education of our children 30 yrs ago.
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