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i think lots of people should vote

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if the 12 states dont take any test about america government why do they take the test then?

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If they want you to pass a test to test your knowledge about this country why not just have a civics class and have a big test in there?

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Taking a citizenship test doesn't really prove your knowledge about this country

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How can you prove that you know about Americas history in only 100 questions

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why would only 12 states want their children to learn about cicvcss

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How many times can you fail before you just don't graduate?

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I think this is going to end up being a disaster.

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I also think that it's interesting that there are 100 questions on this test. You must pass it to earn a high school or GED diplom

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I think it's interesting that only 12 states make students take tests about American government to finish high school.

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I don't understaned

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It would be better if it was on a different topic, like maybe one huge test of what they all learned throughout the year. not something they dont even know! Its not right if they wouldn't graduate from this test.

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The test will also be really nice to high schooler's to take to prepare them for college. When the article says,''A handful of other schools are expected to adopt a similar law this year,'' I was wondering how much is a handful? Tons of people have different size hands that can hold a lot or a little. So how much is enough? The citizenship test might not be the way to the future and in a way it also could be... Some people learn faster, better, and some learn at a different pace.

Is this test the right path to take

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I think it could both help them and then also they might not graduate if they don't pass it. Not everyone is good at memorizing things or maybe even good at taking test, now that doesn't mean they're bad in school or get bad grades.

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why are most of the kids doing terrilbe on the test

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this test wrong i find it because of what they are saying is if you are not born there you are not a student.

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If this test is really that hard why make them do it. I wonder why they want all the states to do this because it sound like it is pretty hard to do this test.

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Why are they kids doing bad on the test.

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Why do they have to take the test.

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High school students in Arizona should have nothing to worry about with the new law that requires them to take a U.S. Citizenship test in order to pass high school. I think that, yeah this might be easy for some, but for others who don't understand the topic that they are being tested on, that's a BIG PROBLEM! In the article it states, " The Joe Foss Institute in Arizona has set a goal of having all 50 states adopt the U.S. Citizenship test for high school students by 2017." If you ask me, I want that law to not pass, well, at least until I graduate. I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THAT TEST!!!!

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I think that so many of thease people dont pass it why do they even have this hard almost impossiable test.

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I do see where the officials are worrying, what if we waste important learning time on subjects they may not even learn or continue on in life? A better question, why not? Why not teach us something we will ever learn about later in life, you may never know, what if someone becomes a history major because once upon a time one of their teachers got them interested in civics? What if someone wants to become a history major but doesn't know a lot about the topic due to the fact that they were never taught properly in high school? These are all some things to think about but I know that in the end they will pick what they think is best for the next generation.

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I agree with Stephanie, I think the test is a great idea, but yet, I do tend to forget a lot of what I learn unless I study on it a lot, or it becomes a concept, or a learning tool for me. I have a solution for the problem though, what if teachers teach us civics from early on like math and reading, none of us have forgotten how to add or how to read, no matter how hard some of us may try. So my theory is, teaching us civics from early on will help us learn and grow on the topic.

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This test will further our country's education of young adults in the future

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I think that it is a great thing that we should have the test

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I think this is a good idea because the students should know about the history of their country, and also there may be students going to college for things like history of our country.

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Does anyone think that Wisconsin might start doing this?

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As a senior you are becoming an adult and a voting adult and you need to know how a government works and when you are still in school you only get the basic ideas about the government.

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I think this is a good idea because we are all United States citizens and we should know a lot about the U.S by the time we are in high school.

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I think that if students were to take this test they would just memorize these things and then forget all about them in the future. If they really want us to take this test then they should do something different something that would actually help us memorize these things permanently! Plus once you are a senior you have lots of things in your mind and having another thing in your mind just makes things harder for the seniors.

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I really think this isn't fair for the students in Arizona I don't understand why Arizona high schools are making these students pass the U.S. citizenship test! They have to take this test in order to graduate! This article was very interesting and I am glad to know what is going on in my country!

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I don't think that this new law will pass.If it does it might be in the next 3 to 5 years

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Mariah, I think they cut back on history classes and such so they have more time for math and reading classes, seeing as the common core standers focus on these things, but yes it is very wrong to cut back on history for these reasons.

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Why would schools cut social studies classes? I think we should make the classes longer, because the students need to learn more about the United States.

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I belive that yes it is important for students to know basic history, however it should NOT be required to graduate high school

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I think to be a citizen you shouldn't be required to graduate. If there are people in school they are not citizens, but they still live there.

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I think that the reason that Arizona wants students to pass the U.S. Citizenship Test is because many immigrants pass the border illegally into Arizona without getting caught.So there are many foreign people in Arizona.If they all graduate without having to do anything extra,it would be unfair to other people.Not to mention that they're illegal immigrants!

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i found it interesting that they said it is a pretty easy test to pass

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I think the citizenship should not be required to graduate. what if somebody does really well in school, but aren't US citizens they would be doing well in school for nothing. They would probably just drop out of school and not get a diploma to get a decent job or go to college. They'd be retained in school just because they're an immigrant. I don't see how that is fair to them. I know people think that citizenship should be required to graduate, because they're already US citizens, so it doesn't matter to them.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=udBOJUJ2kLA

here's a video of a representative from Arizona about the subject.

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this is a picter of the inside of this school it big and tall.

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this one school in phoenix arizona. its a high school too.

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I think it would be good that people are required to know fact that you should know in middle school let alone in senior year. I think it is important for us to know our history. If we better understood the past, the problems and solutions, we may not make as many mistakes in the future. On the news some people found a very old book and it helped cure a disease that has be puzzling modern doctors. I think that this shows how much we repeat from the past and how we can use the past to help us today.

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i dont understand why arizona has to have the test i mean the test.

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In some of the schools they say that you have to take the test, but they say that you don't have to pass it. Why do they have the law about taking the test when you don't even need to pass it?

Some new words that I found:

breadth- wide range or extent

competencies- is a set of defined behaviors

rote- mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned

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I don't think Arizona will be able to have all 50 states in with this law.

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Why do students have to take the test? Why can't we just have longer class time? Besides only 13% of seniors scored proficient or higher. I don't think that is very good. The test seems really hard, I wonder why they are requiring this. Is it because they don't think a lot of students are ready to make good choices and that they shouldn't just vote for any one they feel like?

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Why are they making teens take this test why not 6th or 7th take it? Whats the purpose? I think adults/parents should vote on what they think is best. Or even the kid too.If the whole united states ends up creating the law at least the last question should be **What do you think this test is trying to improve for you/what is its purpose?** For my last question, is Wisconsin doing this law?

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Why are you forcing this test on people you even think that the entire country with go for this by 2017 are you serious how could you try and force this on the rest of the country

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how could Arizona's state even considered passing this the same a a U.S. Citizenship test that is insane just give more time to us history like everyone else is doing.

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I do not think that the US should do this

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I think that I could pass the test

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Does it study every government?

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I really don't think that their goal will happen by 2017 maybe 2022

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Why do all the states have different tests?

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If they make all the states do the test will they also make all the states high schools also have to the high school version?

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Why was the voting of places that are not taking this tests not voting high?

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Will this act pass onto other high schools in other states?

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Wow, Arizona has a goal to get all fifty states to do the same as they are by 2017. I hope it doesn't happen.

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Wow,only 13% of high school kids score proficent or higher on american history.

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everyone should get to graduate just from one test you have to get 60 or more to pass the test they shouldnt do that

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I was reading through some of the other responses and saw Mrs.Blanchard has a state test on this page.

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I fully agree why people are making this rule in Arizona. I don't know why only certain states are making this rule. It should be all or none. I hope I don't have to take it!

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i realy dont like the sound of the test

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How come they just are starting this law now? How hard are the tests? I think that after awhile the whole U. S. will have that law for every high school.

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The state of Arizona is on to what will soon be in every school some day, i think that to pass the test is good,for all schools.

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Like it says in the article most states revolve around taking one-semester of U.S history courses. Is that what we do in are school?

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i think that the test is good for the state so they have to pass the test to graduate,.

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By the time we graduate this test is supposed to be in place. That is what scares me. I don't think that I will be able to answer 60 of the 100 questions right.

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After reading the paper about the test it sounds like we have learned most of the stuff that is on there so it might not be as hard as it sounds

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It scares me when they say a handful of states are adopting the idea of taking the U.S citizenship test, because we have now idea what they mean by a handful.

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I hope that it dosen't come into effect by the time that i graduate HS so that i dont have to take it.

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Is this coming to our school too? I remember that Mr. Long said that they are going to be taking time away from science and social studies to add time to math and English. Does that mean that this test is going to be harder to pass here because we won't focus on history anymore

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the reason i think they are doing this is because there are more imigrants in the southern states and they need to prove there citizenship

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I never knew that only 13 percent of high school seniors received a passing score in American histort

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All these people want is to push something only a few people care about. How do you think other teachers feel? This idea is only a moral and opinion, of the people who think classes like History are the most important. If all schools in the US only teach whats important we will all balance out.

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1. The Joe Foss Institute is a nonprofit organization in the United States that aims to promote an appreciation among students for the American tradition of liberty, the country's military history, and patriotic values.

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What if your someone who knows they won't past the test? There is a chance more people will drop out of school just to avoid having to take the test.

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I dont think that they should have it because the education in arizona in civics or history might not be even good enough for true u.s. citizens

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What is the No child Left Behind Act?

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What is The Foss Institute?

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If you only get a 59 out of 100 on the test would they make you repeat senior year or would you have to try it until you pass?

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If your born there aren't you already a citizen? So I think this is a terrible idea.

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I think this is a terrible idea. They are complaining about how they cut out history and social studies, well that's because education boards are focusing on reading and math now especially for younger grades. Maybe not for all schools, but why dont they let the kids who want to go into politics and US government things, wait till college to take a huge American history test.

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A decade is ten years.

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I think you would have to retake it until you pass.

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What will happen if you do not pass the citizenship test?

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I wonder if this will catch on to other states?

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I think the test is petty hard because its debating if you become a citizen or not I bet we would epectly fail Tyler.

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I wonder if the citizenship is hard to do. I wonder if I could pass it. I think Arizona is smart for making their students take the citizenship test. It will help them be good citizens.

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I wonder how a lot of kids fail the test i think i would beable to pass it. But i dont know how hard it would be.

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I think the citizens test is for the right to vote like if you are Mexican and you come into the united states.

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I wonder why they are requred to take a citizents test.

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I can't believe that 15 states are going to go to the citizenship test to graduate. I hope Wisconsin doesn't go to that.

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Will Wisconsin accept and pass the law by 2017 as projected? Or will Wisconsin not require it at all until we graduate or later?

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This test will probably require schools to take more time to teach civics. I don't believe that would be a necessarily thing because I love history. Also having more time in a civics class will ease the pressure being set on students to learn math and reading.

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I am so glad to hear you brought this topic up in your history class. Mr. Long has so much knowledge to share in this area!!

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MADDI, my thinking on the phrase you quoted "are pushing for a much more well-rounded approach" is that the information taught to students is not enough and the test is not touching upon what really needs to be known by graduating seniors. It is a little vague.

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Here is a link to a US Citizenship Test. Try it out!! There are only 25 multiple choice questions.

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Here are 25 sample questions provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which requires immigrants to pass a 100-question test to obtain their citizenship.

You must score a 60% or higher to pass. Good luck!

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Quiz: Can you pass the U.S. citizenship test?

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We discussed this in our History class today. Our teacher says that we, eighth graders (and eventually sixth and seventh), could probably take that test right now and score a 60 percent or higher. We learn about U.S history in eighth grade and we usually learn the same thing in Civics, just more in detail. We were all fired up about it, hoping that it wouldn't end up in Wisconsin, but in reality, we would really do quite well on the test.