Reply #82: There Was A Good Question Posed On C-Span Yesterday... It Was

[ChiciB1]

about how the younger generation has so little interest in politics, and that far too many of them are NOT informed on so many many issues. We need CIVICS back in school or at the very least some sort of REQUIRED Government class before they graduate. While talking with my grandson and a friend of his recently, his friend asked me if there really was a REVOLUTIONARY War in America!! He knew about the Civil War, but was unsure about the other! He also asked if Julius Caesar was a real "character" or not!!

These kids are seniors in high school! Thankfully I have tried to keep "my" 2 grandkids informed and have taken them to D.C. to see for themselves, but I know that too little is being taught in our schools about this country. I had to take Civics AND American History in "my day" and I know as a Boomer when we found out that the GOVERNMENT lied to us, we got mad and we REVOLTED!

Way too much APATHY these days, and I can hardly get ANYONE interested in the process anymore! Mostly, I sit and wait for the other shoe to drop!