civics
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Feb 25
Back in 1971 an old friend and I went to visit a favorite junior high teacher. (It had been about 15 years since we were in school.) We were both pregnant at the same time. This teacher's name was Mr. Haneur and he had been our...
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J.P. Randolph
@jprtist (656)
• Pueblo, Colorado
18 Mar 20
Many times over the years, I've heard people talk about Lawyers, and how they screwed everything up. I can't deny that we have a system of justice, and compensation that favors lawyers. I can't deny either, that there are many...
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mommaj
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
16 Nov 15
My daughter did a civic's exam and I was surprised at remembering some of those things. One thing that I think is important to remember especially around election time is who declares wars. So, my question to all of you, out of...
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mommaj
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
15 Nov 15
My daughter is in the seventh grade this year. She was doing her exams this past week. I started thinking about when I was in school. I may be wrong, but I thought civics was taught in the sixth grade. We do live in a different...
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PageTurner
@PageTurner (2825)
• United States
28 Jun 12
Hello
Earlier this month in the State of Georgia (USA), The International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan applied to adopt a one mile stretch of highway 515 about a mile from the Georgia-North Carolina border, in Union...
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laglen
@laglen (19759)
• United States
1 Feb 11
It turns out, public schools have done me wrong. I think it was around 5th or 6th grade that I was taught that the three branches of Government were, Executive, Legislative and Judicial.
According to Senator Chuck Schumer (New...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
21 Apr 09
Ok, let's get this out once and for all. I don't care what your civics or history teacher taught you; I don't care what words the rhetoric of the politicians cause them to use to get votes; I don't care what anyone else you look...
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CarlKnittel
@CarlKnittel (692)
• United States
10 Nov 08
It is most distressing to see the number of people who do not know what Our Founding Documents say let alone why or what it means. I've started a new series of Articles to try and correct that. The first is on the preamble to our...
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