I would gladly take the test. I took the one mentioned earlier, got 9 out of ten, didn't get the original 13 right.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:49 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: US Citizenship Test > I would love to see the percentage of citizen who would > actually pass the citizenship test. **Tim-unist alert on Larry!!** Ahh, there's the rub, eh? Fortunately, we don't have to as we were born here. :-) will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:54 AM Subject: RE: US Citizenship Test > Um what joke? That is what exactly happened to me. I admit I was somewhat > flippant with that comparison, It was somewhat inappropriate. The point I > was making was the treatment many legitimate immigrants face when > attempting to become naturalized citizens. The government put up higher > barriers and has stiffer requirements for legal immigrants than for native > born Americans. I would love to see the percentage of citizen who would > actually pass the citizenship test. > > larry > > At 07:42 AM 7/7/2003 -0400, Heald, Tim wrote: > >Even as a joke this disgusts me. > > > >Tim > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 3:26 PM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: Re: US Citizenship Test > > > > > >I remember all too well from my first set of interviews for > >residency. The interviewer was absolutely convinced that I was > >trying to scam the government, that is until she asked for > >documentary evidence that Wendy and I were married. Aside from the > >certificate that is. I had waited until my J-1 Foreign Researcher > >visa was about to expire and so was able to present to them a lot of > >documentation. When I gave the person 4 years of cancelled cheques, > >all here response was Oh, My. > > > >Needless to say there was no problems after that. I cannot say that > >about the guy a couple of cubicles down from my interview. They were > >giving him quite the 3rd degree about a couple of arrests. > > > >I've taken a few practice tests for the citizenship exam and have > >done fairly well on it. I really should complete the process this > >year - its a dilemma? $150 for the CFMX cert or the $250 (plus) for > >the citizenship... > > > >larry > > > > >ya, it's oral and more of an interview than a test, I gather. But they are > > >careful not to ask you questions with no correct answer, like "who has the > > >right to delare war?" Erm, are we talking high school civics or real life > > >here? The quesions are all and cut and dry, like, who is your senator or > > >what do the stars on the flag represent. > > > > > >fwiw I got 8 out of 9. I refuse to count that quesion about the rights of > > >aliens; none of the answers given is correct. I did get life libery and the > > >pursuit of happiness wrong. > > > > > >Dana > > > > > >Larry C. Lyons writes: > > > > > >> Same here. Mind you 10 questions are nothing like the actual test. > > >> > > >> larry > > >> > > >> >http://www.rd.com/common/nav/index.jhtml?articleId=9526064 > > >> > > > >> >I got 10 out of 10. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
