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stillspkg

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10. Priorities

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Jan 3, 2022, 08:54 AM

Jan 2022

We had Civics in Junior High in Wisconsin. Great teacher. I learned not only the process, but how long it takes for a bill to become law, if ever. Thanks for the reminder. I wish we could get behind making Civics a priority- maybe not Junior Hi, but certainly High School.
Other countries, especially Europeans know more about our government than most Americans. (USA).

Making Civics a requirement was a great move. Then again, all girls were required to take “Senior Survey” our Senior year to learn how to cook and sew.
Did other schools have that policy??

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"For the Jan. 6 anniversary, I kept thinking about schools - how we spent 50 years killing civics [View all] elleng Jan 2022 OP

I don't think we ever really "taught" kids pfitz59 Jan 2022 #1

I was taught 'civics' in public schools, elleng Jan 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #4

I had a "civics" workbook in 7th grade. It was full of basic... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #3

We weren't tracked; elleng Jan 2022 #5

I was taught a shell of civics in 7th grade, no_hypocrisy Jan 2022 #6

Those applying to a lot of medical, dental, and veterinary schools used to have this as requirement. hlthe2b Jan 2022 #7

sputnik rampartc Jan 2022 #8

Public school systems abandoned the ideal of social mobility in favor of a permanent caste system sop Jan 2022 #9

You may well have something there. My mother taught elementary school. jaxexpat Jan 2022 #11

Priorities stillspkg Jan 2022 #10

We're asking too much of America's underfunded educational system and not enough of our sop Jan 2022 #12