Nothing wrong with being a Trump supporter. We can't all agree and I never think I have a monopoly on truth. However, I thank you for seeing the value of representative government and for appreciating the struggle of our founders to get it. What many don't realize (and you do I think) is that this government was an experiment. It was new and inspired the establishment of other representative governments across the world.
I am fiercely patriotic, not to a leader or a party, but to the idea of our government, which is defined by the Constitution.
I know one thing, when I was a kid I always found American history class and to an even greater degree, American government, to be extremely boring. I think that is part of the reason it isn't taught anymore, but the solution is to make it more interesting than to stop teaching it. One way to make it more interesting for schoolchildren I think would be to have them imagine a life without freedom, where everything they do is tightly regulated by the government. If that is true that our government was an experiment, it would make sense to help the children to understand just how groundbreaking it was. We have made significant progress making certain events in the history of science more interesting, at least for those interested in science, by dramatizing and romanticizing Galileo and making it explicit just how novel and groundbreaking his ideas were at the time. The same is also done for Roman history, where Julius Caesar is portrayed as a military strategic genius. Perhaps the same should be done for American history.
I will confess: I taught history (global, American, government). There was so much noise in my classroom that we got complaints. Not rowdy students--a rowdy teacher. I rearranged the desks to drive the point home about the three branches. I wore costumes. Believe me, nobody was bored or fell asleep in my class.
I think the key is to love what you teach. I didn't teach for long, because it takes a lot of energy to bring that level of commitment.
As I said, I love the idea of my country.
I like that
If you have time, check out my post in the StemSocial community about how blockchain can transform science and tell me what you think of it in a comment. Your science related posts are actually my favorite and I hope you write about something scientific again soon.
I read it last night as I was going to sleep (I read on my iPad). See you over there.