In high school I took a U.S. government class. I learned more in this class than I have in any other class in my life. I remember there was a student in that class from Lebanon. It was so interesting to me the first day of class when this new student from another country new more about our country than most of us did. It seems as though the rest of world actually learns about their government and knows everything that is going on in their country. It seems that the majority of American students know very little about what is going on in our political system. Maybe it's because we take advantage of how good we have it in this country, or maybe our schools should address political issues more. I think it's a little bit of both. I think that even at the elementy and junior high levels, students should be more aware of the political issues going on around us. However, there are activists saying the exact opposite. David Horowitz for example is a professor and author who is working to keep politics out of schools because he believes teachers become "political partisans". But I disagree. Even if teachers are presenting a biased opinion, at least children are learning about the different aspects and the discussions are thought provoking. Children should be aware of political issues and learn different opinions and positions so that they can come to their own conclusions about various matters.
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