Scoutfish Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Beavah asks if people even understand what socialism is. Well........ most people don't even know what our country is: It's a Republic, not a democracy like most people think!(This message has been edited by scoutfish) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 its been a few years but just a quick story A while back I was doing the Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge and I asked what form of Government the US was. The kids say Democracy and I say, well no, its a Representative Republic (redundant I know) So, about a week later, I get a phone call from one of the Dads, says his scout was in School and the Social Studies class Teacher says that the US is a democracy and his scout says, Oh no, you are wrong, we live in a Representative Republic and proceeds to explain the differences between a Democracy and a Republic. Must have done a good job, the teacher asks where did he learn all that and he says, Mr GreyEagle form my Boy Scout Troop. The teacher was a little unsettled and then said, well, that is correct, its just a bit more advanced to what is normally taught at this level. Or something close to that It was one of the kids who I would have sworn was not paying attention. There are odd days in Scouting at times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutfish Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Funny story: Back in high school, my English II teacher used to respond to our complaints of classwork or homework with: "THis is not a democracy..This is a dictatorship and I am the dictator! Failure to comply will result in death by homework!" Incidentally, that was probably the coolest teacher I ever had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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