Karen,

One of the Indiana standards for 8th grade is to teach a chapter on U.S. citizenship and how the government works. Also every year that there is an election we have to teach a unit on elections. So, there is SOME education going on....it's just whether or not they listen and retain it.

What kind of an idiot judge would say that the parties were unnecessary??? Hmmmm....I question some people's thinkings sometimes.