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A simple test could promote knowledge and service

FL (10/5/2007)

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071005/OPINION05/710050326/1006/OPINION

If our democracy is to remain strong, we need to expect more from our citizens, and especially our college students, who will be the future leaders of our nation.

In the past several decades, since there has been no draft, our students have gotten off pretty easy for the freedoms they now enjoy. Why not require them to take a civics test before being admitted to a public college, institution or before receiving any public aid?

The experience of interacting with some of the [homeless] people on the streets was an eye-opener. You leave those types of experiences with a mix of emotions--hope, disgust, love, grief--but I always leave motivated to do more."

-Taryn Anderson, Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA member, Capital University

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