The Poster Child For Civics Education

With Donald J Trump's indictment yesterday, US society's bifurcation was magnified by the reaction to such throughout our country. Why? What accounts for so many people not understanding the horror of Trump and the Republican Party? 

Growing up, we had mandatory civics education in high school and were encouraged to read newspapers regularly. In fact, we were tested on the news of the day. Because of such, we were aware of a young, wealthy NY real estate developer scamming the city and its residents. That was beginning about 50 years ago!! Thus, there was a general awareness from then on that Trump was a moral low-life.

This blog has a Page dedicated to my vision for tomorrow: 

Civics Education: A Necessity For A Great America

"I think about those 19 children who were murdered in their classroom on Tuesday, and feel the need to go back to basics — to the common good. Given the difficulty of enacting sensible laws to reduce gun violence — which reflects in part the deepening split between Americans who believe in democracy and those who are throwing in their lot with Trump authoritarians — the question I keep coming back to is: what can we do to rekindle a sense of common good?

"One of the most important initiatives would be to restart civics education in our schools."

Click on the link below for an in-depth presentation of the need for it:

Educating for the common good

One Essential For A Free, Democratic Society Is Neglected

THIS is a major reason why we have the politicians and politics we have. Sadly, there is no chance for change until the Republicans get out of power.

http://progressive.org/op-eds/we-urgently-need-civics-education-171219/
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