Re: Democracy needs to be fixed

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (T. Lydon) wrote in message 
> What can be done? An idea - The Democratic High School Initiative -
> www.lydoncenter.org

Mandatory civics classes in elementary school.

When I went to elementary school 20 years ago, there was no
mandatory civics classes.  Yeah, we had "social studies",
but that ain't the same thing.


Another thing that can be done instantly is to encourage
children to sign up for boy scouts and girl scouts.

I know for boy scouts it is required to get three different
citizenship merit badges (community, nation and world) 
before you can advance very far.  
That's worth at least something.