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07-05-2007, 01:40 PM
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Looking For News.
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News, Most Canadians would fail own citizenship test.
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Most Canadians know so little about their own country that they would flunk the basic test that new
immigrants are required to take before becoming citizens, according to a poll released on Friday.
The Ipsos-Reid survey showed that 60 percent of Canadians would fail the test. A similar poll done in 1997 showed a failure rate of 45 percent.
Most Canadians would fail own citizenship test - Yahoo! News (broken link)
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07-06-2007, 08:12 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: NE Georgia US
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I was born and raised american, never made better than a "C" in english class. Still couldn't diagram a sentence to save my life  ) But I'll past that test and post it in the forums when I do. The political climate down here is driving me crazy. Wish me luck. prayer na hurt either lol |
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07-06-2007, 04:00 PM
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Singin' some Johnny Paycheck
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ontario
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Hold Up, Red
Sentence diagraming counts for 65% of the Canadian entrance exam.  |
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07-09-2007, 04:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John1960
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Most Canadians know so little about their own country that they would flunk the basic test that new
immigrants are required to take before becoming citizens, according to a poll released on Friday.
The Ipsos-Reid survey showed that 60 percent of Canadians would fail the test. A similar poll done in 1997 showed a failure rate of 45 percent.
Most Canadians would fail own citizenship test - Yahoo! News (broken link)
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Do you think Americans would do better on their citizenship test?? Have you ever seen Jay Leno ask the questions of people passing by on the sidewalk? |
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07-11-2007, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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I guess there's something wrong with the citizenship test itself....
what matters most to newly immigrants is how to make a living,not the history of the country.
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07-11-2007, 04:44 PM
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Singin' some Johnny Paycheck
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ontario
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People intent of applying for citizenship in a country have the advantage of recently studied the relevant material.
Citizenship tests in general tend to focus on items taught in school. By the time a person is old enough to asked "man in the street" question, grade 5 social studies is dim and fading memory for most.
The Canadian Citizenship test also has a number of questions relating to the creation of a third territory in 1999, Nunavut. Quite frankly, it was not an earth-shattering event to those not living in the region.
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