Education in the U.S.

[dumbledore11214]

> [Lee]:
> Knowing (as far as the US is concerned) how many presidents have
> come and gone, the structure of our government, and the names of
> the government officials for their state (at least) are, what I
> call, essential educational *Musts*.

Mike:
I'm not sure about state governments, I'd like to think that High
Schoolers could tell us who their governor is. It would be nice if
they knew who the President and V.P. were. As far as government
structure, most of the US House and Senate, as well as almost every
member of the media don't seem to know that we have a constitutional
republic. They think it's a democracy, just listen to their speeches.
It's downright depressing that they can't be bothered to correctly
name our form of government.



Alla:

Well, how about three branches of government? Do you think it should 
be amoung the basical knowledge? Oh, and forget highschoolers, how 
about graduate students who are studying to get a degree in human 
services administration?

Yeah, no, they did not. That's my other sad story from another 
friend of mine - first day of class and professor decided to warm 
them up or something. He asked question and there was a long, long 
silence till my friend raised her hand. Sigh.