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DesideriScuri -> RE: Give It a Try! (2/15/2013 9:49:13 AM)
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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess
Scored 88. Am actually embarrassed about some of the ones I answered incorrectly as I feel that I should have known the answers!
And the cynical side of me did have to laugh at some of the questions and answers. Yes, all fine in theory, but then there is the way things really work. And something tells me most immigrants are actually painfully aware of how things actually work, both here, and in the world generally.
I'm curious, though, as to the real purpose of this test. Do we actually think that knowing the answers to this particular set of questions makes someone a better citizen? Or is it just the notion that a citizen should just have a certain basic understanding of the U.S. history and politics - even if it bears no relation to their participation as a citizen?
Quite frankly, I could care less if a new citizen can answer these questions. I am more interested in their active participation in their communities - through work, voting, paying taxes, abiding by the law (but also being able to stand up to the law when necessary), etc. And I am not convinced that this quiz enhances anyone's ability to do this. I mean, I get why the quiz exists, but really, isn't it a bit trite?
We have natural-born citizens that have no capacity or desire for active participation in their communities. Many of the questions, do require a basic understanding of how our Government was set up, and there are a few regarding rights of Citizens vs. rights of non-citizen residents. I don't know that the test, in and of itself, is supposed to teach anything other than a general understanding. The classes, imo, should expound on the various ways a person can participate.
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