Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July! Hope everyone is enjoying a great bbq and the gorgeous weather.

To celebrate, I made a strawberry and blueberry pie (red, white and blue). While I waited for it to cook, I stumbled upoon the US Citizens test on MSNBC.

I am fascinated with this test. It is pretty hard, and they say that most Americans wouldn't be able to pass it, but in order to become a US citizens, immigrents need to perform very well ( I believe 80% or higher, but dont quote me on that).

When working in the Chicago school district, many of my colleagues had parents from Mexico & Europe & we constantly talked about this test. So I was really excited when I got the chance to take a bit of it online. I scored a 60%, not something I'm particularly proud of considering I was born and raised here, and have taken US history twice. In this case, ignorance isnt bliss...its just plain ignorance.

Happy 4th...test your own knowledge here: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25461301/?GT1=43001