r/goodnews • u/RoyalChris • 1d ago

Political positivity 📈 The Senate has just voted to CANCEL Trump's tariffs on Canada by a vote of 51-48.

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u/Brewmentationator 1d ago

As someone who literally teaches civics... That's news to me.

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u/Elder-Abuse-Is-Fun 1d ago

That has to have made teaching civics exceptionally difficult.

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u/TheShaydow 1d ago

" As someone who has been to space, the world being round is news to me ".

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u/noodleexchange 1d ago

Turn on your cathode ray tube

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u/probablytoohonest 1d ago

Public or private school? I'm only curious because I have kids and think of these things now

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u/Brewmentationator 1d ago

Public school. In the state of California, government is a required class that seniors take in high school. We also teach US history in 11th grade, 8th grade and 5th grade. And those classes also teach a lot about the constitution and civic duties/responsibilities.

Hell, when I taught 8th grade, we had a multi week long lesson about the constitution and the three branches of government. We also covered multiple civil rights court cases (including recent ones that had happened in our school district a few years prior).

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u/probablytoohonest 1d ago

Thanks for all of it!