Tuesday, November 27, 2007

in praise of 8th-grade Civics!

All I know about the U.S. Constitution I learned in 8th-grade civics. Miss Gifford was my teacher. Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Tulsa, OK. No one liked Miss Gifford - she was a stereotypical "old maid" social-studies teacher, near retirement.

BUT... the text was excellent. Your Rugged Constitution, now, sadly, out-of-print.

I heartily recommend this book, if not for you, then as a Christmas gift for your Representative or Senator. (No member of Congress seems to have ever READ the Constitution - it might do 'em good!)

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