Could your teen pass the citizenship exam?

But why stop there? Here is my suggestion that I would like to add to the other: Require all students pass the American Citizenship exam in order to graduate high school. If it was required for graduation, the schools would have to teach it. And passing an official test that declares one competent to be a full participant in our democracy would also encourage people who might otherwise leave politics for someone else to deal with, to start behaving as a good, patriotic citizen, and participate in our political system by learning about and "following" politics and then voting. (I suppose it might also provide a learning opportunity for any children of "undocumented" aliens who might happen to be attending a public high school.) And so the only question would be how to pay for it. But after all, how much does it cost to enforce the USAPATRIOT Act? A lot, I'm betting.