While I hear a number of complaints about our failure to teach civics in our schools, I never took civics. I did learn American history, and in that course we were taught about the framing of the our constitution which included discussion of the thinking behind having three co-equal branches of government imbued with checks and balances.…
While I hear a number of complaints about our failure to teach civics in our schools, I never took civics. I did learn American history, and in that course we were taught about the framing of the our constitution which included discussion of the thinking behind having three co-equal branches of government imbued with checks and balances. I believe I have a pretty good understanding of how our government was intended to operate and much of the thinking behind the creation of our constitution, though even among the framers there were disagreements, though they democratically worked out their differences to arrive at a consensus document that we refer to as our constitution.I respect and value our constitution and fear that we have at least one political party in this country that no longer does, at least in more than a few instances.
While I hear a number of complaints about our failure to teach civics in our schools, I never took civics. I did learn American history, and in that course we were taught about the framing of the our constitution which included discussion of the thinking behind having three co-equal branches of government imbued with checks and balances. I believe I have a pretty good understanding of how our government was intended to operate and much of the thinking behind the creation of our constitution, though even among the framers there were disagreements, though they democratically worked out their differences to arrive at a consensus document that we refer to as our constitution.I respect and value our constitution and fear that we have at least one political party in this country that no longer does, at least in more than a few instances.