Citizenship, is it in you?

   

A friend of mine teaches a citizenship course at City College and he tells me people are freaking out because a new version of the citizenship comes out on October 1, 2008.

The old test was 10 questions taken from a bank of 100, found here..

http://usgovinfo.about.com/blinstst.htm

I took a sample test on the MSNBC website...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

I got one wrong. F****** Supreme Court questions!

Just for kicks, I took online sample tests for citizenship for some other countries...

United Kingdom   (Life in the UK Test)    -   FAILED.

Canada  (A Look at Canada Test)   -   FAILED.

Belize  (HIV/AIDS Test + $200 BZ)  -  PASSED, using my usual alias - "Rev. Jesse Jackson"

Japan  (no test)  -   and no longer require you to take Japanese surname, but you can call me "Jesse-san".

Since I have no idea how many Britons live in Whales or what "the United Empire Loyalists" means to my fellow Canadians, I remain uniquely qualified to be an American!

Oh, and for Belize...bring your VISA card, cause they don't take American Express.

Comments

[Maria Mohan]

Adi,

I also got 1 wrong on the US test re: year the Constitution was written. To my defense, AP US history was taken 15 years ago. Our test would require mere wrote memorization from what I gleaned in taking that test. I like the following Indian cultural literacy test below and would appreciate if the US citizenship test took some tips from it. Also, there seems to be buzz about a German citizenship test. I still remember Philip Sack saying the anything nationalistic-oriented in Germany remains suspect, so your blog got me reading and interested in the debate. Thanks. See below; very funny.

There are Citizenship tests and there are citizenship tests ! U.S Citizenship test, Indian Citizenship test - you name it - although in reality, we are all citizens of a virtual country called Non-Resident India. If they ever decide to have a NRI citizenship test, this will be it.

http://www.indolink.com/Humor/testNRI.html

[Jubei]

Maria,

Thanks for writing and the link.

Adi and I both write for this blog, but he hasn't done so lately; but I hope he checks out the site every now and then - and gets to see your comment.

My posts are always tagged "Posted by 十兵 (jubei)", and his are "Posted by Kolahun", so readers can tell us apart.

Thanks, again.

Jubei

[Maria Mohan]

Jubei,

Thanks for your comments and clarification. I did not realize Adi had a friend writing with him. Our residencies in IM overlapped by one year, and I'm still here in NOLA, a clinical instructor/hospitalist for LSU at the University Hospital. Are you practicing here too?

I'll look forward to keeping up with your blog.

Thanks,
Maria