One newly minted citizen expressed how important it was for him to learn more about the Constitution and Declaration of Independence of the United States. Now, he said happily, “I know the history and the laws of my new country.” He revealed his own American dream — to someday buy a brand-new house, and own a new car. A woman from the Dominican Republic wrote that she is working toward her citizenship, and eagerly reading the Constitution. She hopes to go to college one day, she said, so she can provide help for her family overseas. Another student, a mother of two children, expressed how important it was to her to be learning her new rights. One student hoped this would be the beginning of a new chapter of studying constitutional law in college. “I want to study something that makes my family proud,” wrote another. A Colombian student, a dentist in his former country, wants to study U.S. history — and, he observed, there is no better starting point for him than the U.S. Constitution.
After Lego thanked the teacher for these notes, she wrote in reply: