i'm not sure what is sillier: the dutch testing potential immigrants' reactions to images of topless women sunbathing and gay men kissing [1], or the americans asking a world-famous (english) columnist to spell "i want to be a good american" in order to get US citizenship [2].
-rishab Roger Cohen in the IHT writes: NEW YORK: When I became a U.S. citizen a few years back, I was not asked the meaning of Thanksgiving, but I was asked why the Civil War was fought and was made to take an English test in the form of a dictation. The first sentence of the dictation was: "I want to be a good American." When the immigration officer was satisfied I had spelled this correctly, she read out the second sentence: "I plan to work very hard every day." 1. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/16/news/dutch.php 2. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/21/opinion/edcohen.php
