Quote: Darknight613 said: I think mandating a single day would be an easier sell than mandating a few weeks. Plus, it would be less intrusive into whatever else teachers need to cover in class.
As for the issue itself, I'm kinda torn about this one.
On one hand, students need to be taught the basic law of the land and what exactly those laws mean and how they affect our lives and the way our government works. This is something they ought to know as citizens.
On the other hand, I don't know if I like the idea of the government saying "this has to be taught in schools." In this particular case, I don't have a problem. But I'm wondering about the precedent it could set for other topics that could be declared mandatory to be taught at schools.
