Would you Be Eligible for Citizenship?

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MAY 23, 2011 1:01AM

Rate: 1 Flag

I was at work the other day, and we have someone who's applying for citzenship. She was born in Japan, grew up in Hawaii, and now is in the process of becoming an American citizen. Good for her!

What is distressing, however, is the lack of knowledge of those who already have citizenship. And these are not the stereotypical ignorant slackjaws who can barely read. They've got college degrees, and one of them went to private schools for her entire educational career.

Yet still, they were clueless, and couldn't even answer a question about the number of Supreme Court Justices or the name of the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Think you can do better?

Try the citizenship test out. No googling, because those who want to be naturalized don't get to use the google.

Online Citizenship Test

Applicants for citizenship must get at least six out of ten questions correct. If you weren't born here, would you be eligible to become a citizen?

If the answer is no, shame on you.

And I can say that, because I took a test of 20 questions and got every single one of them right. Missing one or two out of twenty I can understand. Not being able to pass the test is inexcusable.

If you can't pass the test, I'd suggest that you head to a community college and take a civics class.

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Could not catch the point you were making: are you saying the real citizens do not know the ans to those questions but foreigners that ask to be citizens have to know? And you are pissed or are you saying in your opinion they do have to know all the ans? I am a citizen of India, born here, but there is so much I do not know about my country - does that mean they have to throw me out? Did not understand so did not rate.

Rolling

May 23, 2011 03:42 AM

but you do raise a pertinent question: what exactly should they consider when they decide to grant citizenship to a foreigner that is paying taxes in the US.

Rolling

May 23, 2011 03:43 AM

Yeah, I am pissed and disgusted with natural born citizens. We are so uninformed that we don't even know the things that people who want to be naturalized need to know. It's pathetic. If I were king, I'd say if you want to vote, you need to pass a test and it will be the same questions as what people who want to be citizens have to pass. If you can't pass, you can't vote.

Yes, it's a literacy test, and yes, it would adversely impact certain ethnic groups. But why should we allow people who have no clue what they're voting for to do so? That view, by the way, was the same one as the founding fathers of the United States had.

Tony Wang

May 23, 2011 04:48 AM

My ancestors were mostly illegal immigrants. They sailed a boat from Europe and built a cabin in the woods and a few married natives already here. My first ancestors came in 1630 and founded Massachusetts Bay Colony and the last was a Mormon convert from Sweden who arrived in 1840, with lots from every North European country in between those years. I think only the last few actually had to pass through some kind of customs.

My wife is from Indonesia and she applied and studied and passed the test and got her citizenship in 2009. At her swearing in, our daughter was standing with me in back waving a small flag and she said, "I want to become a citizen too." I had to explain she was one already because being born in Michigan she got to get a social security number. What she really wanted was to participate in the ceremony.

Surazeus

May 23, 2011 08:10 AM

Surazeus, great story. And that ceremony is a very fascinating one. I got to attend my mother's naturalization ceremony and it was a big deal for her and everyone else.

It's just sad that basic civics knowledge is required of those who want to become citizens, but it's something that most natural born citizens are completely lacking.

Tony Wang

May 24, 2011 05:54 PM