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12. Numeracy

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  Do you Believe in Angels? Recent Research shows 7 out of 10 Americans Do When it comes to religion and spiritual beliefs, understanding the numbers of who believes what is really important. This is the reason they do studies and polls to keep track of the ever changing beliefs of our society.  This poll conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research   shows the recent results of various belief systems including, astrology, which is something I believe very strongly in. This poll was conducted in May 2023 at the University of Chicago, with 1680 adults.  According to the poll, more than 80% believe there are some things that just can't be explained by science. The numbers I found very interesting, were the amount of people who believe in heaven out weighed the percentage of people who believe in hell. To me that shows that people are more optimistic and positive minded than negative.  American’s belief in angels (69%) is about on ...

11. Civics

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 Civics is the Study of the Rights and Duties of Citizenship  The future of politics and civics lies in the quality of civics education today, unfortunately studies show that Universities across the nation are failing to provide adequate civics education. When it comes to American History courses the focus is on the founding to 1877 and 1877-present day. However politics just isn't being taught, this could be due to personal political identity of professors and focus on our nations shortcomings rather than our triumphs.  “This report spotlights the stark and worrisome contrast between the topics most civically involved Americans would expect in an introductory survey course on American history and what many professors have decided to teach instead,” - Center for American Institutions Director Donald Critchlow This is something we all should be concerned with because it encourages the erosion of civic culture and discourages good citizenship.  One state, Arizona, requ...