What does it mean to you?
Do you know what it means?
Richard Dreyfuss wants people to know those answers and care about civics.
Dreyfuss believes that civics is losing importance. People do not know the answers to the questions above or care about answering them.
What is more important children of today are losing the opportunity to learn about civics and this country. Civics education has already been taking out of some schools and thus taking away the values and virtues of this country in education.
Students are the future of this country so how can they govern when they don’t know how this country came about, its foundations, and its values. Foundations and values that can be seen in important civic documents such as the constitution.
Dreyfuss spoke of the constitution and what it means during his lecture. He also spoke of what America means to him. He cares about this country and believes we will lose this country if we do not do something. He called for citizens to become engaged in civics and civility.
This lecture is a culture event for it is based around the culture of this country. Values are a part of a country’s culture. Students need to learn more of our civic culture rather than popular culture.
In the eyes of Richard Dreyfuss lose civics, lose values....lose America.
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