I point out that most you Americans not know so much about country. Take citizenship test here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/ Here my result: 90% - 85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.) Watch out we take over
85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.) I missed 1 Which of the following amendments to the Constitution does NOT address or guarantee voting rights? though truth be told...anyone taking this test online can find the answers with a search. I didnt as most of the questions were simple.
Oops I got the wrong form for applying for Naturalization LOL also got the wrong person for the cheif justice job
I got two wrong the one about voting rights and the one about the naturalization form. Since I have never had to apply to be a citizen, I was just guessing, seems like a gimme anyway for the applicants. The voting rights question hasn't been much of an issue in my lifetime but I should have known it just the same. With a score of 90%, I guess I get to stay. Sorry folk! But my Russian was a little rusty anyway.
I missed the same two as Moen. Guess I get to hang around for a bit too. Good thing, since I can only read about a hundred Hanzi these days.
I can't help feeling that this is more of a trivia quiz than a test to determine if a person really knows what it means to be an American. Now, it's important to know this kind of stuff, and hopefully a whole lot more. But is isn't offered up in any context that would be meaningful as a test of understanding. I guess this is like passing the written exam for a drivers license without any time on the road and still claiming to be qualified to drive.
i agree. it reminds me of old history/social studies/u.s. gov't tests back in high school. instead of being tested on how well people can memorize answers, i think people should be tested on how well they can adapt to our ideals and being an american. i think the netherlands is doing something along on those lines with their own system.
My earliest memory of what an American is came when I was in the second grade in a country school house. The flag that was flown over the school had become tattered and a new flag was raised. It caught me by surprize that the old flag had to be burned! I was aghast and dumbounded more than usual. They brought Junior High School Boy Scouts from Hilliard (the nearest town) and burned the flag in a oil drum, with some ceremony. That hurt my soul at the time but later learned what it symbolized.
