Should high schools require more education in civics or government?
921269
Yes, especially as HS Seniors as they get ready to vote! This has become less common, I've been told by teachers, because the last 2 years of HS is saved for pre-college classes. So Civics is taught in Middle school instead?   I had American Government as  a Senior many years ago and believe that was more valuable than any other class...
282165
Are you making a corelation between students that skip school and the number of traffic accidents/injuries there are? Are you otherwise suggesting that students who choose to skip school make bad citizens and are no longer contribute to the overall good will of the citizenship?
765002
Yes, junior high school as an optional class and high school mandatory.  I also believe that people should be licensed to be parents.  There are too many rules in America, but I could live with adding this one.  If someone can't pass a parenting class, why should they be allowed to have children?  I know, it's too much trouble, but what an idea!  Only qualified parents!  Maybe there were be less neglected and abused kids.
452936
Thers this thing called democracy. Theres another great thing called education.\nOne must be given to the public, before the other.
182475
No, it is providing knowledge needed to become a functional citizen.
671338
all we need is education. school would be important in this but i mean more the common knowledge type things. we are quick to take up information that appeals to us even if its wrong. our assupmtion that government should solve problems & provide. it shouldnt & cant. theres nothing free market cant do better & more efficiently than government. used to be space travel was the only thing but thats now out too. a business must perform at the lowest cost or its dead. government & businesses on government contracts dont, the taxes will never run out as long as we're willing to pay them. the manpower will never run out as long as there is a higher ratio of impoverished than finacially secure.
1086246
NO!!! It is very important to make sure our voters (and future voters) are educated in the subject!!!!! I cannot emphasize this enough!!!
831155
I agree.  We do not need people voting who just "doing their civic duty".  It is more important to be an informed voter and know who you are helping put into office.
1126676
THERE SHOULD BE SOME SEX EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS OF SCHOOL\n\nkids are having sex way before high school and don't understand the risks\nkids need to be educated about their bodies and their parents are not doing a good job (many don't even know all the facts themselves)
385704
No Child Left Behind requires that a lot of ridiculous standardized testing is done for every student every year.  The tests mean nothing to the students and they often just fill in the ovals and don't even read the questions, but then the government decides which schools are bad and which are good based on these tests.  Not everyone has to take the ASVAB's and ACT's, so they have to have some tests that ALL students are required to take.  You can thank our politicians for this.
297527
I'd love to say that the Parents and not the schools should be teaching ethics and morals, but alas, that's not a very dependable approach.  Children of all ages should be taught about tolerance for others, acceptance, kindness, duty and service (to anything: be it class, school, city, state, or country, they should be taught to contirbute to something other than themselves), intergrity and honesty (reardless of faith or lack of faith, all religions agree on this), and the legal rights and wrongs (regardless of whatever moral objections or not one may have- the law is the law).  Ethics and morals are best taught in the context of history and current afairs and should be an open dialouge, not a moral lesson to be preached from teh teacher's desk.  That's what religious services are for if one cooses to attend.
116932
No. I think that the education system in the US is terrible. The schools here don't get students ready for college. When I made the transition from high school to college it was very difficult. I was not ready and I think that the schools need to do more to get high school grads ready for life outside of school.
83341
Without a High School diploma, your opportunties with certainly be limited.  Most employers won't even consider someone without a HS diploma.  If you don't have a diploma, a GED would at least get you in the door.
529061
We need to get good grades so that we can become productive members of society. You need to be educated so that you can vote for a president who will be able to govern this country better than the one we have now! Maybe YOU will be our president someday, so please, stay in school, work real hard, be the best you can be. Be the best you can be at whatever you do. The more education you get now the more money you will make later.
161354
Education should provide a broad base of cultural knowledge (math, politics, psychology, geography, etc.) as well as easy-to-use and easy-to-remember tools for rational analysis.\n\nThe purpose should be to produce sharp, critical and mentally flexible citizens who are capable of adapting to new situations in a global economy that changes fast.
731339
I'd like to say some people are just born leaders, but environment can't be denied.  You wonder why there are so many children of politicians/leaders who become leaders also.  Or why children of successful people, e.g. doctors, lawyers, etc., are also successful.  I believe people should be taught, or need to learn, the importance of education, of service, of law.   It's not necessarily the subject they learn, but the process of learning.  If you learn the skills of learning, or the skills and importance of service, you will generally seek greater/more learning and will seek to make a different in your community.
893945
It depends on the quality of the high school.  There are bad public schools and bad private schools, and the opposite is true.  They universities understand there are different high school qualities.