Isn't this sad?

[Thedayrecker]

I kicked ass when we took that test. Don't remember my score, but I had the highest in the class.

 

[C95J]

Today in History class, all the eighth graders took an INS test(Citizenship test). Out of 120 or so kids, only two passed. Me and my friend Peter were the only two to pass, and Peter was born in Thailand! It's an 80% to pass, and Peter got an 81%, while I got 85%. Isn't it sad that 0.05% of all of us could actually be citizens had we been born outside of the country? Also, have you ever had to take an INS test? In school, or did you want to be a citizen?

I am from England, and know next to nothing about English history, in fact, I probably know more about American history!

In my opinion these citizenship tests are a pile of... damn, I forgot, I promised not to hate on anything.

Maybe you get the idea

 

[P-mac]

That's pathetic, that 118 out of 120 US eighth graders don't even know their country's history. Then again, if the school systems are too broken to teach them anything, it's not necessarily their fault.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

See, this would be why you have so many illegal immigrants, you make it too fucking hard to become citizens legally. I'm Canadian, but I took a US citizenship test online for the hell of it (not actually applying for citizenship). I failed. There's no reason to know half the shit on there, and it's unlikely that most people would...

 

[runnerbelow]

That is sad. Well, just goes to show how the kids don't care for their history, its a shame. really. Though it's not really a test of real importance for those already in the country.

 

[vento 231]

Everyone says the requirements should go down, but I beleive we should rise to standards.

 

[Good morning blues]

That test is designed to substantially reduce the number of people that qualify for immigration, not to gauge knowledge of the States.

 

[Aerodyamic]

I don't think that's really all that surprising. It's kinda like a foreign person studying English having a better knowledge of the language than a native speaker. Sure, the native speaker has it as the first language, but the other guy actually studied the damn thing so worked harder and had more interest compared to something that was just an everyday use.

You mean like a significant number of foreign call-centre techs, particularly the ones in India? When you examine their grammatical grasp and level of fluency in the English language, they actually speak much better English than many North Americans.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I took that test in sixth grade and passed. Lucky me.

 

[wasalp]

edit: hmm, yeah I think Canada dosent have one of those...since our immigration laws are pretty lax...I think all you need is to have enough points(which are aquired threw different criteriat ex: family in the country).