In my college classes from 2009 to 2012 at CSN in Vegas, only about one in 300 students knew what a grassroot is or where a US citizen exercises the greatest power (hint: jury duty, because the jury's decision can CHANGE the law, based on what the jurors consider fair and just; lawyers hate a "runaway jury" because of that).
In my college classes from 2009 to 2012 at CSN in Vegas, only about one in 300 students knew what a grassroot is or where a US citizen exercises the greatest power (hint: jury duty, because the jury's decision can CHANGE the law, based on what the jurors consider fair and just; lawyers hate a "runaway jury" because of that).
By the, of course, Civics had been out of high school curricula for decades...
In my college classes from 2009 to 2012 at CSN in Vegas, only about one in 300 students knew what a grassroot is or where a US citizen exercises the greatest power (hint: jury duty, because the jury's decision can CHANGE the law, based on what the jurors consider fair and just; lawyers hate a "runaway jury" because of that).
By the, of course, Civics had been out of high school curricula for decades...