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NATION, Page 25American NotesNORTH CAROLINAKeeping Up With the News
With the communist world changing so rapidly, what's a
sixth-grade social-studies student in North Carolina to do?
After events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall outpaced many
questions on a statewide current-events test, officials decided
it would be too expensive to update it. Instead they admonished
students: "Do not think about the recent governmental changes
that have occurred in the past few months when you choose your
answers to the questions about Eastern Europe."
That angered teachers, who argued that the policy would
undermine their efforts to keep students abreast of history in
the making. After an outcry in the media, school officials
dashed off a new version of the test to the printers in time
for the April examination. Now a student who says Soviet
citizens can vote for "candidates of their choice" will be
credited with the correct answer.