I hope you did your homework assignment by filling out the 2010 Census form. It wasn’t extra credit, it was a mandatory assignment assigned by the U.S. Census Bureau. Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census to assess the population in the United States. Not only does filling out this Census determine the number of seats occupied in the United States House of Representatives, it determines how federal funding is spent each year in areas such as education. Your child’s school funding depends on the responses of the 2010 Census questionnaires. The US Census Bureau has put together a program called 2010 Census: It’s About Us. They created appropriate lesson plans for all age groups for teachers to enforce the importance of the Census to their students and their families. Students in grades K-5 learn about the Census through song, worksheets, and games. Grades 6-12 learn the importance of continuing their education after graduating high school through worksheets. (http://www.census.gov/schools/)
If you had failed to complete your "homework assignment," a Census Taker will be paying you a visit to your home asking you the questions on the form in person. These Census Takers are people of our communities hired by the Census Bureau to make sure we are all accounted for. If you feel speaking to a person in your community invades your privacy, well then you should have filled it out and mailed it in on your own. Fortunate for you, according to 2010census.gov, Census Takers are sworn to life under Federal Law Title 13. If violated they can receive a costly fine and/or time in prison.
It is your grade. You get what you put into it!
2010 Census Multimedia Center: Local Benefits of the Census: Schools -
Nice post! I don't think people usually link the Census to their kids' education, so that's a really nice twist on the whole Census push happening today. Very relevant.
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