agustina prigoshin

For those of you who know me and are following me on Twitter and Facebook, know I’m in the midst of becoming a U.S. Citizen. Don’t know if this will get me in trouble to say, but I’ve been here for 24 years and it feels a little bit like a relief to finally be able to… vote. Is that really the only difference between a resident and a citizen?

I sent in all my paper work and a huge check (almost $700!!) on January 24 and it’s now April 8, a little less than week away from being interviewed – one of the last steps to being fully transitioned. It seems like a long time between January and April, but believe me when I say it all went by really quick. Everything happened in two-week increments – this includes letters, updates and appointments.

So here I am, studying from a booklet I was given titled “Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons for the New Naturalization Test” and I’m a little nervous because to my disbelief, I tried to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and I forgot it! Therefore, I MUST study.

I’m a firm believer in repetition and redundancy being a great tool to remember facts. What better way to repeat and remember my study questions than to tweet them and have my network answer them? Not only do I write the questions and answers, but I also see the answer pop up as my friends tweet them.

You might be surprised at how much you forgot from all those Civics classes and exams we took in school. Think you remember it all? Follow me on Twitter and test yourself! I’ll be periodically tweeting questions from today until Monday – Tuesday morning is my exam.

I bet whoever created this exam never thought we’d be using Social Media to study for it!