Education in the U.S.
susanmcgee48176
Schlobin at aol.com
Thu Jan 31 08:47:09 UTC 2008
>
> 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.
>
Yeah, well, my children had to sit through a long, long dissertation
about the three branches of government, and how a law gets made, and
how the U.S. government structure differs from the state structure..the
poor little kids -- one of them asked why I was complaining about
a "veto" and what that was....
They haven't learned diddly squat about the U.S. system of government
by 5th grade -- at least not in California.
Susan
P.S. Humblest apologies to Lee for not reading all the posts through; I
would have known that the issue of the finger lakes and great lakes had
been thoroughly hashed over!
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