>>2213
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWac5UT80no

>>2215
This is good material.

>>2213
That's home ec.

Civics was the other class you slept through.

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>>2213
Just thought you might like this, anon.

>>2217
What was civics? I remember home ec (sorry jennifer, I used baking soda instead of baking powder in the muffins and blamed it on you even though you were nice to me), and I remember introduction to law, which included such overlooked basics as civil vs. criminal. But I don't remember there being anything called a civics class.

>>2223
Your generation may not have had one.

Mine did. We learned such things as what the constitution actually means (independent of what any particular person or political party ever wanted it to mean), how various individuals and groups have perverted it over the centuries, what our rights and responsibilities as adults will be under the current model of US citizenship, the difference between criminal and civil law, the history of the Supreme Court, and other such essential facts of your existence as an American that would be highly detrimental to politicians today for you to know and apply any critical thinking to.

>>2229
My oh my! That sounds like some kind of domestic terrorist training camp! For me, that stuff was covered in such a fractured and piecemeal way over time that even silly PSAs on the TV between my cartoons helped fill in the blanks. How ridiculous is that? At least they put a big emphasis on reading and writing so I could go back and learn myself later on when it seemed like something was much, much worse than people seemed to suspect.

>>2230
This is deliberate. Public education has been under attack since even before my time. It's hilarious that there's always some reason why the budget has to be cut meanwhile spending on militarizing police in quiet rural towns is out of control...

It's easier to manage a population that isn't self-aware. For example, did you know that by petitioning (at least) two thirds of the state legislatures, the people can call for a constitutional convention? and that we can ratify an amendment by a three-fourths vote in all states conventions?

Of course, so long as we are split exactly two ways on every issue and more focused on hating ourselves than solving our problems, that's never going to happen.

I'd love to learn more on the history of the cotton gin and such

Just like school civics