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Civic Pride is just a certificate away

How do you encourage civic pride in a baby? Apparently, according to a report on the BBC website, you give them a certificate

6 February 2006 10:17 GMT / By Ben Harvard Taylor

How do you encourage civic pride in a baby? Apparently, according to a report on the BBC website, you give them a certificate.

Now, I've heard of some hair brained schemes, especially when local councils are involved, but this really takes the biscuit. The scheme will issue a civic pride certificate with the birth certificate, welcoming a new citizen to their city of birth.

As with many other certificates, will employers be looking for proof of civic pride? Can you get a GCSE in civic pride? Apparently it's only a memento - which makes it even more pointless.

Maybe councils should try giving babies something to be proud of, rather than papering over the cracks with another form.

For more information visit the BBC

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