Quote Originally Posted by yankee doodler View Post
Can't understand it. We learn so much from our history...what to do...what not to do again...how can we fail to keep our future citizens appraised of all that we've been through as a great democracy? Just don't make sense.
Agreed. The whole area of civics and history has been de-emphasized in our schools. How can a democracy maintain itself unless civic responsibility and history are carefully and completely taught, not just as some throwaway course to fill out some coach's paycheck, so that people have the basis to make informed political decisions! Now I like sports well enough, in its place, but our schools need to be a whole lot more rounded in coursework than just whatever the local team's win/lose record is. I love a good ballgame. But more important subjects need to be addressed as well.