Posted on Nov 2, 2014
Should there be a citizenship test administered to everybody at age 18? to include persons born in the United States?
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In another conversation about language requirements, a point was brought up many times about our own people who cannot speak, read, or write in English. Aside from that, our own populace cannot tell you anything about our history, government, or anything else pertinent to the citizenship test given for naturalization? Why do we hold immigrants to a higher standard of education than our own?
Please leave your thoughts, I feel like this will be a great discussion.
Please leave your thoughts, I feel like this will be a great discussion.
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Yup!!!! I think that there absolutely should be a a test that holds citizens to the same standards as those immigrating and applying for citizenship!
North Dakota seems to like the idea!
North Dakota seems to like the idea!
North Dakota unveils proposal requiring high school students to pass U.S. citizenship test to...
A bill before North Dakota state legislators looks to requires high school students to take the same test that immigrants must pass to become a U.S. citizen.
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Well, I had to, but I'm an immigrant. It often seems I understand the Constitution better than native born Americans, who think it's an inconvenience that gets in the way of their ideals.
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SSG Jason Cherry
The only thing anyone in America knows consistently about the constitution is #1 freedom of speech, and #2 YA CANT TAKE MUH GUNZ FRUM MEH
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I volunteer locally at the Literacy Council of Alaska which assists illiterate Natives and also provides tutoring to immigrants who want to improve their reading and writing. Every Wed evening is a Citizenship class to prep immigrants for their naturalization exam. I LOVE going over US History and the timelines from first exploration to gaining independence and signing our constitution, from colonization to becoming our own sovereign nation. We also go through all the painful events and sacrifices made to ensure liberty, equality and freedom and the many mistakes we made along the journey. Any American who took US history in 10th grade will know the events and timelines, so I don't see making this exam a requirement to graduate high school. If you don't know what the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, and US Constitution is, shame on you.
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