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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels
That is not the case any longer. Now there is no civics class in most schools...
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You can call the class what ever you like but defining a democracy and a republic is still part of every high school education. Every high school is required by law to teach standards. Attached is one of them.
Here is an excerpt from the Minnesota Department of Education's Social Studies GRADUATION STANDARDS. By law, every high school in MN has to follow these standards and teach them.
3. Students will define....democracy, republic, and representative democracy.
So, every student that graduates from high school has to define what a republic and democracy are. Obviously not everyone remembers it because some don't care as much about it as you do. Just like one might not remember too much what their French teacher taught them.