Read the passage from "Not by Math Alone" by Sandra Day O'Connor and Roy Romer.
What message do the writers want to convey in this
passage?
A healthy democracy depends on the participation of
citizens, and that participation is learned behavior; it
doesn't just happen. As the 2003 report "The Civic
Mission of Schools" noted: "Individuals do not
automatically become free and responsible citizens, but
must be educated for citizenship." That means civic
learning-educating students for democracy-needs to
be on par with other academic subjects.
O The responsibility of schools is to focus on teaching
academic subjects, not civic learning.
O Public schools no longer see it as their mission to
educate students for civic participation.
O Democracy is fragile and "needs to be reborn in
every generation" through education.
O Civic education is essential for a functioning
democracy, as citizenship is not automatic but
learned.
This is not a new idea. Our first public schools saw
education for citizenship as a core part of their mission.
Eighty years ago, John Dewey said, "Democracy needs
to be reborn in every generation and education is its
midwife."
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Me 31) what is the best definition of the word ventured as it is used in the final sentence of paragraph 1? with high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. a) desired b) c) justified d) risked 32) with malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as god gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations. lincoln uses the last paragraph of his speech a) to emphasize the atrocities of war. b) to show his concern for all nations. c) to ask for more support for the war. d) to describe his visions for the nation's rebirth. 33) now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. which is the best definition for expiration as it is used in the selected sentence? a) emission of breath b) ceasing to be in effect c) the act of breathing out d) the emission of volatile matter from the earth's atmosphere 34) the almighty has his own purposes. ‘woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.’ what is the meaning of the word offenses as used in the first line of the fifth paragraph? a) breaking the law b) attack or assault c) causing injury, causing harm or hurt d) sin; wrongdoing against someone else

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