@DrPrestonGreen I think that it was my "boomer" generation ended civics education by the insistence of us students to teachers that the civics course ought to go beyond basics like the 3 parts of government and needed to cover things like what the Constitution actually ought to mean, regarding civil rights, women's rights and other issues. Schools found us disruptive, we found them to be irrelevant. Easy solution was to eliminate the class. Fast forward and the same issues in education remain. We ought to teach civics like we ought to teach history or science. But powerful forces don't actually want those subjects to be taught in a deep, meaningful and accurate way.
@Gaythia And here we are.
@Gaythia I do hope this generation of young people can push back. They seem to "get" it. Maybe they can bring about this needed change.
@DrPrestonGreen I hope so. I do think that "the arc of history bends towards justice", and that progress in my adult lifespan has been made. On the other hand, looking back at where I thought we were headed when I graduated from high school, I'm not so sure this generation won't have many of its aspirations thwarted as well. We were wrong to think back then that we shouldn't trust anyone over 30, and it would be wrong to think that the younger people now will step up and rescue use. We need to recognize the need for a multi-generational approach.
