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Stuart G

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5. .....Got to tell this: I taught "Civics" for many years in the Chicago Public Schools

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 8, 2021, 05:30 PM

Jun 2021

......I was teaching Modern History..& in 1970...and I went over the line with my first Civics Lesson on
............HOW TO KEEP FROM BEING CHEATED....an explanation of ..."Bait and Switch"......

........I continued to teach about "Bait and Switch" until the mid 90s when I retired..................

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A Key Sentence from Interview with Barack Obama Last Night...analysis by CNN: [View all] Stuart G Jun 2021 OP

You know, that is part of our problem. We were raised, educated, and told that democracy was Biophilic Jun 2021 #1

Good post. Pepsidog Jun 2021 #10

Thanks. Hard to look back and see the trivia I was fed and believed. I was so nave. Biophilic Jun 2021 #12

I hear you loud and clear. Boomerproud Jun 2021 #13

Thanks, Boomerproud. I have to admit that I'm partially really embarrassed about what I've Biophilic Jun 2021 #23

Feel the same dianaredwing Jun 2021 #17

Yes, exactly, dianaredwing. You really are never to old to learn. Thank heavens. Biophilic Jun 2021 #24

Hello Fellow Traveler! msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #20

Could you please edit to spell Barack's name correctly? MagickMuffin Jun 2021 #2

A question that needs to be answered urgently across the planet malaise Jun 2021 #3

.....Got to tell this: I taught "Civics" for many years in the Chicago Public Schools Stuart G Jun 2021 #5

LOL malaise Jun 2021 #6

Thank You for your response......and here is mine.....: Stuart G Jun 2021 #7

Sweet malaise Jun 2021 #8

Sweet malaise Jun 2021 #9

What the right-wingers don't understand is that even if they got everything that they claim to want, Chainfire Jun 2021 #4

And they would STILL blame it on the Democrats. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #21

A perfect example of that is a thread I have been following on a gun forum Chainfire Jun 2021 #25

Hello Citizens United DallasNE Jun 2021 #11

Getting rid of the fairness doctrine Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #14

Especially when being attacked from within.... HUAJIAO Jun 2021 #15

Wow, he put it in very clear words Ohioboy Jun 2021 #16

Democracy fails when too many people don't vote... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #18

Or, when people are NOT ALLOWED to vote. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #22

This Would Not All Be So Stupifying to So Many of Us If The Roux Comes First Jun 2021 #19

National Democratic politicians will still be relying on "hope" when the GQP destroys ProfessorPlum Jun 2021 #26