Talk about common sense legislation!
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To: Red in Blue PA
Couldn’t have said it better myself, glad to see this happening. The pinheads in college these days mostly can’t identify 90% of the people in our government by pictures.
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05/03/2016 6:28:17 PM PDT by
Paleo Pete
(I'm with the bomb squad. If you see me running, CATCH UP!)
To: Red in Blue PA
To heck with the “students”. They’re too busy being programmed by the DNC. VOTERS should be required to know American history and civics.
To: Red in Blue PA
bill requires PA residents to breathe
4 posted on
05/03/2016 6:29:09 PM PDT by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Red in Blue PA
5 posted on
05/03/2016 6:29:30 PM PDT by
falcon99
To: Red in Blue PA
I expect to see liberals fight this for a number of reasons.
When I went through the public school system in California the big step required for moving on from 8th grade to high school was passing the Constitution test. It's been a long time but I recall it being akin to a 12 year old's bar exam. I was talked about all year.
6 posted on
05/03/2016 6:29:49 PM PDT by
Baynative
(The people promising to raise taxes and support abortion are already rich and already born.)
To: Red in Blue PA
It’s been a long, long time, but I remember two requirements for high school graduation - American history followed by civics.
7 posted on
05/03/2016 6:29:50 PM PDT by
ArmyTeach
( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
To: Red in Blue PA
8 posted on
05/03/2016 6:34:49 PM PDT by
CriticalJ
(Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
To: Red in Blue PA
Forget it!..... that would be like education or something..... /sarc
9 posted on
05/03/2016 6:38:31 PM PDT by
high info voter
(Liberal leftists would have "un-friended" Paul Revere!)
To: Red in Blue PA
10 posted on
05/03/2016 6:39:07 PM PDT by
Buttons12
( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Our current governor would veto it if it passes.
To: Red in Blue PA
Back in 1961 we had to take PA history in eighth grade.Kingston High School,Kingston, Pennsylvania
12 posted on
05/03/2016 6:41:33 PM PDT by
Renegade
To: Red in Blue PA
Based on saying of George Santayana, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.', in a few short decades, Dhimmicrats will ensure that the periods 1992-2000 and 2008 - 2016 will NOT be included in history texts!
To: Red in Blue PA
I LOVE IT. Back to basics.
14 posted on
05/03/2016 6:43:01 PM PDT by
SueRae
(An election like no other..)
To: Red in Blue PA
I believe Arizona already does this.
15 posted on
05/03/2016 6:50:57 PM PDT by
henkster
To: Red in Blue PA
Not only will this incentivize students to learn about our history, it will also increase the value of a high school degree from Pennsylvania. The only “people” who lose out with this bill are the liberals, who desperately need to keep our youth ignorant if their decrepit ideology is to survive.
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05/03/2016 6:53:54 PM PDT by
Objective Scrutator
(All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
To: Red in Blue PA
“Pa. bill would require students to know American history, civics”
Whose version?
17 posted on
05/03/2016 7:04:08 PM PDT by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Red in Blue PA
To: Red in Blue PA; All
Thank you for referencing that article Red in Blue PA. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the test and not at you.
The civics test is at least a step in the right direction.
However
If the test is based on the one referenced below, then it may be a weak test imo.
Civics (History and Government) Questions for the Naturalization Test
High school students should be held accountable for knowing Congresss constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers. They should also be aware of the clarification by state sovereignty-respecting justices that Congress is prohibited from appropriating taxes in the name of state power issues, essentially any issue that Congress cannot justify under its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers.
Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States. Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
To: Red in Blue PA
21 posted on
05/03/2016 8:49:46 PM PDT by
Slainte
To: Red in Blue PA
I graduated from high school in Pennsylvania and we were required to have American History/Pennsylvania History as requirements for graduation. We also had 4 years of Phys Ed, 4 years of Health Ed, 4 years of English ... all necessary for graduation.
We learned PA history and US History. Gosh, we even had to know the names of all the guys in Kennedy's cabinet.
And, yes, we learned what a Natural Born Citizen was as an eligibility requirement for President.
Not sure when the dumbing down took place but this was PA in the early 60s.
23 posted on
05/03/2016 9:33:33 PM PDT by
Abby4116
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