"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> I've arrived at my Current Events questions for The Big Kids who show up
> with their grubby hands out, too. They have to answer some questions
> before they get the goods from me. My questions came from a local TV
> news anchor and he said they had just completed a series of history
> tests for high school seniors. The same test given to immigrants who
> wish to become citizens. The high school kids failed miserably. He
> thinks I should start easier and get more difficult, parcelling out the
> candy in larger amounts to those who get the harder questions. His
> questions, BTW, ask who MN's Governor and Lt. Governor are, who the US
> Sec. of State is, and the name of the terrorist organization based in
> Syria and funded by Iran. I'm guessing the kids will know the
> Governor's name and maybe the Secretary of State question. I'm doubtful
> of the rest. I gotta go look up my Lt. Governor's name. . . .
>
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> -Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab,
too.)


Barb,
I do Citizenship in the Nation as a merit badge for Boy Scouts.....I have an
eight page questionnaire I have for them (if they can answer my questions
they earn the badge) on the Declaration and Constitution. Wanna
copy........

Questions such as: Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, why can't any other
sitting president pardon Bill Clinton?

What is the succession to the Presidency if both the President and the VP
are out of commission?

Might prove things interesting.
-Ginny