[clue-talk] Would you pass the U.S. citizenship test?

[Dennis J Perkins]

On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 15:06 -0600, Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> On 09-29 15:14, Dennis J Perkins wrote:
> > Some of the questions aren't worthwhile for becoming a citizen.  Knowing
> > that the speaker of the House is third in line?  The number of
> > amendments?  There are more important things that should be asked
> > instead of trivia.
> 
> I agree trivia may not be of much use - I still think I'd like to see a
> "politician's test" when it comes to understanding the founding of this
> country - some of the civics trivia will be told to them, or they'd look it
> up when it became important. ;)
> 
> Although, I suspect it would get mired, like everything else, in
> partisanship, as to what was made most important, versus what was played
> down.
> 
> As for citizens, it's interesting that if you ended up here by an accident
> of birth, you can get away with total ignorance.
> 
Probably a good thing for most citizens. :)