In the wake of Trump's attacks on their institution, Harvard made their online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more... available for FREE.
✅ Government Courses | Harvard University
https://pll.harvard.edu/subject/government
#trump #civil #harvard #education
It's good that Harvard's making these courses free (to audit online). Can this reduce the terrible ignorance about American Government that makes too many Americans behave as helpless fools?
Here's one course:
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American Government: Constitutional Foundations
Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.
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Sounds worthwhile!
p.s. I''m not connected to Harvard or any of its courses.
@oldclumsy_nowmad Nope. In my experience, most ignorance is intentional. This exercise is only akin to leading a horse to water. Only when the horse is thirsty will it take action.
The new bill's Medicaid, Medicare & SNAP food assistance cuts might make them thirsty.
Social security is next.
While MAGA will keep on swallowing what the Trump admin is feeding them, I'm sincerely hopeful that those who need to understand, and are willing to listen, will take advantage.
I'm thinking of the gap years when the GoP were gutting education* and young people weren't really taught much but the test. With great shame I will admit my own adult kids may be in those ranks.
Of course we've also got the abysmal literacy issues.
* for example https://theintercept.com/2022/08/25/student-loans-debt-reagan/
WRT literacy in the US, the average adult reads at or below expected ability of the sixth grade or sixth year of formal elementary education. The article below explains some nuances but the facts are stark. So, unless the Harvard course is presented at a middle school level it may well be lost on those citizens who need it the most.
I need to look at this.
"The greatest persuader is the ever encroaching power of truth."
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Rrrrummmms!:
"Wir werden uns damit befassen, wie die Verfassung nicht nur die Struktur der US-Regierung etabliert hat, sondern auch persönliche Freiheiten und Bürgerrechte garantiert. Diese Rechte wurden in wichtigen Fällen des Obersten Gerichtshofs angefochten und erweitert, was dazu beitragen wird, zu veranschaulichen, wie historisch benachteiligte Gruppen darum gekämpft haben, das Gleichheitsversprechen des 14. Verfassungszusatzes zu verwirklichen."
https://pll.harvard.edu/course/american-government-constitutional-foundations
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