God, how I yearn for the good ol' days when people were instructed on the basic tenets of our American rights...
“i” should be “I”
When I was in High School you had to take a government/civics/constitution class (call it what you will) in order to graduate — if you failed — tough rocks, you had to take it over again.
When my kids were in High School that government class had disappeared into the dust bin of history.
When I was in school we took the test in the 8th grade in order to move on to HS. We then had to take a similar, but tougher, test when we were seniors in order to graduate. No pass on either test you failed that grade, whether it was 8th grade or 12th. Back in the good old days when you actually had to learn what was taught and you never learned how to use a condom in school!
How terrible . It must have hurt a lot of peoples feelings. </Sarcasm>
Today they all pass even if they cannot read after the 12th grade. Some FB and BB players are millionaires and cannot find their name in the phone book.