From Mark Trodden of the University of Pennsylvania on recently taking his US citizenship test:
... because most of us are blogging primarily because we think we're smart enough to believe that the rest of the world is entitled to our opinion ...
While the interview is relatively straightforward for someone like me (English speaking, with a long and continuous employment record, and married to a US citizen for well over a decade), one does have to go through the civics exam, in which one is asked ten questions chosen randomly from a list of one hundred, which one can study in advance from a booklet. The questions are not particularly difficult, and one only needs to get six correct to pass. However, being a good nerd, I studied dutifully, and made sure I could answer all one hundred correctly if necessary....
The ... problem for the geek taking the citizenship test is that if you get six correct before the examiner reaches ten questions, he just stops asking, and tells you you’ve passed. One must then avoid the temptation to say “No, come on, ask me the rest! I know the answers, honestly, just try me!” Pathetic, I know.
... because most of us are blogging primarily because we think we're smart enough to believe that the rest of the world is entitled to our opinion ...
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