why the sudden interest in it now?
Immigration bills in congress is my guess.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
68. but i feel like i'm getting unfair credits because we have municipal elections in odd-numbered years so i vote a lot.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
i have some teaching materials produced by the us gov intended to inform/educate immigrants about the censusit's pretty interesting, i think, but no one has ever paid a lot of attention to this sort of education in the pastthat's why i was wondering
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:23 (eleven years ago) link
52.
― This Is My Design, and I Used Helvetica (Viceroy), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
wowed by all the politically active, philanthropic volunteers that I rub shoulders with every day...
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
36
― Hi i am your great fan suces (jjjusten), Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:20 (eleven years ago) link
Basically if you are a white dude on the Supreme Court and not heart attack Scalia, to me, you are a cipher.
― Hi i am your great fan suces (jjjusten), Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:21 (eleven years ago) link
Also a lot of *drinky drinky motion with hand*
― Hi i am your great fan suces (jjjusten), Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:22 (eleven years ago) link
hey you made it dude, you're set for life
not sure whether i got breyer and kennedy right, didn't bother checking
― j., Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
breyer vs kennedy is a piece of cake
― Aimless, Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i just guessed on those
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:38 (eleven years ago) link
(& got them right, that is)
50 and I've only been to the US once!
― О боже, какой мужчина (ShariVari), Sunday, 23 June 2013 08:03 (eleven years ago) link
43 and i've never been and i shd still be in bed
― The drone that was played caused panic and confusion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 June 2013 08:11 (eleven years ago) link
23 (UK ILXor)
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:23 (eleven years ago) link
I set all the Supreme Court justices to Clarence Thomas and all the reference matching question I didn't know to '1984 Ronald Reagan ad campaign'.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
i ran out of supreme court justices (i.e. more people than names), and then it lost my score because i have noscript running but i think it might have been 12
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:33 (eleven years ago) link
30 (britisher, no good on supreme justices or recognising the alamo). i don't feel like i deserve the citizenship i could, according to this online test, attain.
― ✌_✌ (c sharp major), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:40 (eleven years ago) link
I recognised the Alamo, but only because it was the building Ozzy urinated on.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:44 (eleven years ago) link
'Is this building a public toilet? Yes/No'
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:45 (eleven years ago) link
22, a UK citizen.
― mmmm, Sunday, 23 June 2013 10:36 (eleven years ago) link
got a 46 but skipped the bio questions, are those on the actual test? can't you just lie?
― look at my watch/I'm in the club and everyone's looking at me/fuck th (k3vin k.), Sunday, 23 June 2013 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
yeah you get 46 points if you just say you check all of those boxes and say you voted 20 times, kind of silly
― look at my watch/I'm in the club and everyone's looking at me/fuck th (k3vin k.), Sunday, 23 June 2013 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i figured my score wd be mega if i did charity work or participated in the meaningless charade of democracy
― The drone that was played caused panic and confusion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 June 2013 11:42 (eleven years ago) link
47, a dirty Brit
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:29 (eleven years ago) link
If you get less than 10, you are disappeared and a letter is sent to your family explaining that you went to the restroom in the middle of the test and didn't return.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
65. I cleaned up on local elections, too. Think the only possible points I missed were for military or civil service. Oh, and volunteering. I used to be a Big Brother, but it's been ages.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:54 (eleven years ago) link
48, i got all of the trivia questions right but rarely vote
― 乒乓, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
I interpreted volunteering to mean "I've done shit that was boring for free within the last year"
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:06 (eleven years ago) link
My polling place is two blocks from our apartment and in a bookstore (and before that also two blocks away but in a synagogue I think) so I think I've missed maybe one election (local, state, or national) in eight years (and only one presidential election since I turned 18, which was Bush/Gore 2000 about which I can only say ;_;). I love voting, particularly in local elections. One day we'll vote these bums out of office and I'll feel like I was a part of it.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
58, Breyer, Alito and Kennedy were my downfall.
― Talking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Blues (doo dah), Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
skipped the bio questions, are those on the actual test?
no. aside from the test questions linked upthread you have to show that you have been a good citizen by providing evidence that you haven't committed any crimes and have always paid taxes.
― sleepingsignal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
How do you prove you haven't committed crimes?
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
Can't believe no one is interested in my citizenship game show or civics materials. Shocked!
One of the most challenging things about the classes were that they were levels 2-6 (higher levels not eligible bc the classes weren't usually necessary) so some people could barely utter a complete sentence in English while others were wondering why I was making them role play an emergency 911 call.
Does this sound like good times or what?!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
what were the prizes
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
The golden ring of citizenship obvs.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
xxxp your fingerprints are taken and submitted to the fbi.
― sleepingsignal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
71, i am the best american here
― battle hyrr of the shepublic (m bison), Sunday, 23 June 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
u may all call me president m bison but that is a formality bc i plan on making this a gov by militaristic junta anyway, UR WELCOME AMERICA
― battle hyrr of the shepublic (m bison), Sunday, 23 June 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
ive never been in the united states but i got every question right except i mixed up the gettysburg address & declaration of independence quotes & got the flag year wrong
― ghosts of erith spectral crackhouse slain rudeboy (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 23 June 2013 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
correctly guessing alito/breyer/kennedy involved guessing which ones looked vaguely italian/german/irish
― ghosts of erith spectral crackhouse slain rudeboy (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 23 June 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
there should be an equivalent Britishes one ... i wonder how many of us Americans would do as well on that as certain Brits have done on this poll.
― عليك ارتداء ماكياج من مهرج مثلي الجنس المتداول مائة عميق في سيارة مصغر (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 June 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
the Britishes ones should be chockful of nothing but obscure Carry On references, of course.
― عليك ارتداء ماكياج من مهرج مثلي الجنس المتداول مائة عميق في سيارة مصغر (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 June 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
there's a thread with the Britishes one on SNA and we all failed it
― The drone that was played caused panic and confusion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 June 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
needs questions on tipping
― fit and working again, Sunday, 23 June 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
43, vs 54% on the UK, one, sadly good enough to be a US citizen but not a British one.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 23 June 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
44. i mixed up breyer and kennedy
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 23 June 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, June 23, 2013 1:46 PM (4 hours ago)
For real, though, I think it does.Scored 46 points. Though if I'd have known it was 2 points for peaceful petition and writing criticism of government leaders, hell yeah I would've checked those.
― even the beatles had a coinstar machine in their living room (Crabbits), Sunday, 23 June 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
54.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 June 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
Should earn you extra points, imo.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 June 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
i used to teach citizenship classes to help people get ready for the test. when they changed the test, i had to redo all of my materials but it was pretty fun. i didn't mind.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
I'm officially a US citizen
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
did you have to go to a ceremony?
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
Yes
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
how was it? when i had mine it was quite a touching event.
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
something i wrote for someone back then:
I went to the naturalization ceremony where my citizenship became official. It was held at a theater downtown. When I got there I was shown to a seat near the front with my fellow citizens-to-be. There was marching music playing and right after I sat down the tune used for the theme of Monty Python started. Weird. I had an hour to wait before the ceremony started proper. People were still showing up during that time. The crowd was made up mostly of older people -- 40s/50s/60s -- and I was in a white minority. The ceremony was presided over by a judge who was from Mexico originally and had himself become a citizen 40 years ago. There was a class of kids on the stage who sang a couple of patriotic songs. A few of the kids read short essays on what was great about America. One kids mentioned freedom of religion, how there are "Christians, Hindus, Muslims ... and EVEN Jewish people." Another said how her mom was from Norway and who said Norway was beautiful but that she "liked having freedom." I had to suppress laughter. We all had to stand and pledge the oath of allegiance. Then the judge read out some numbers, how many of us were there, how many were from certain countries (the most: Mexico, then Brazil and Pakistan). He had people raise their hand if they wanted to say something. He'd ask them where they were from, how long it took them to go through the process, what it meant to them, etc. Becoming a citizen is just paperwork for someone like me but for some of these people it's obviously a huge deal and what some of them had to say was quite touching. There was a lot of happy people there, the whole ceremony has the air of a celebration. And that was it. I was given my naturalization certificate as I left.
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:01 (seven years ago) link
It was interesting!
It was a little bittersweet but I have dual citizenship now so it's okay
Yes, I was probably one of few white people there. Nobody shared stories. They read what countries were represented the most; in order, the top 5: Mexico, Philippines, China, Guatemala, El Salvador (I don't remember exactly the last two countries)
It was touching to see so many immigrants who had gone through a lot to become a citizen. Even though the judge said we did it the hard way, I still thought I had it pretty easy, despite my interview being extremely shocking to me. The judge also said we value most what we work hard for. I think I can agree with that
How long ago was yours?
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
mine was in 2010. i'm curious... at mine we were shown a video of obama welcoming us to the country. is there a similar trump video?
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
and forgive me if i missed this upthread... shocking interview?
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
I was looking for this, as well
I moved to the US in 2011 and, at least in Los Angeles, I saw Obama's picture in a lot of places. After Trump was elected, Obama's pictures were taken down and have not been replaced with anything
So, no, I saw (and see) no trace of Trump, which makes sense in a state like California
We were shown a video of monuments and pictures of immigrants since the country first gained independence
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
welcome to hell
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link