No one could be more Western-Pennsylvania working class than my family. Neither could too many better demonstrate the value of education.
Don't get me wrong. Neither the Petrovskys or the Boytims have ever been among the affluent. But we've all recognized that, in order to be effective within family and community, we must be reasonably well-schooled.
How can one be an active and capable participant in our democracy if one does not understand how that democracy is structured, and how it functions? The idea of a significant portion of the electorate failing to understand First Amendment protections scares the living daylights out of me. From such situations, dictatorships can arise.
Civics classes, anyone?
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