Free Essay: My Responsibility To America
My Responsibility to America “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” -JFK
As Americans, we have as many responsibilities to our country and our fellow citizens as our country has to us. Because America follows a strong democratic system of government, our governors and presidential candidates are always trying to make themselves seem appealing to us. In the case of presidential candidates, a campaign consists of a series of rallies where the candidate tries their best to appeal to the U.S. citizens in that state. Thus, focus is shifted from our duties as U.S. citizens and magnifies the responsibilities that our leaders have to improve our standards of living. It is important to choose leaders that …show more content…
I truly believe that American education systems are the keystone of American society. One of the most difficult aspects of American education for students is that it is hard to see our learning growth on a daily basis. In an average American school year, each student will spend countless hours doing homework and studying for tests to get a good grade, only to forget 90% of their new knowledge by the following week. After the school year, students will be out of school for a 3 month summer break, and by the time they return to school in September, they have forgot all the random information that they learned the year before. This cycle can get frustrating for students, especially when they are working tirelessly to learn information that they know they won’t remember in the future. I, myself, frequently get frustrated by this process. However, what I have come to realize is that my schooling over the last 12 years has taught me so much more than information out of a textbook. I’ve taken a wide variety of classes that have taught me life long skills such as how to efficiently manage my time and how to be self directed. School supplies young Americans with knowledge on how to form professional relationships with classmates and teachers, teaching a lesson that is more important than anything that could be taught from a textbook. It is for this
As Americans, we have as many responsibilities to our country and our fellow citizens as our country has to us. Because America follows a strong democratic system of government, our governors and presidential candidates are always trying to make themselves seem appealing to us. In the case of presidential candidates, a campaign consists of a series of rallies where the candidate tries their best to appeal to the U.S. citizens in that state. Thus, focus is shifted from our duties as U.S. citizens and magnifies the responsibilities that our leaders have to improve our standards of living. It is important to choose leaders that …show more content…
I truly believe that American education systems are the keystone of American society. One of the most difficult aspects of American education for students is that it is hard to see our learning growth on a daily basis. In an average American school year, each student will spend countless hours doing homework and studying for tests to get a good grade, only to forget 90% of their new knowledge by the following week. After the school year, students will be out of school for a 3 month summer break, and by the time they return to school in September, they have forgot all the random information that they learned the year before. This cycle can get frustrating for students, especially when they are working tirelessly to learn information that they know they won’t remember in the future. I, myself, frequently get frustrated by this process. However, what I have come to realize is that my schooling over the last 12 years has taught me so much more than information out of a textbook. I’ve taken a wide variety of classes that have taught me life long skills such as how to efficiently manage my time and how to be self directed. School supplies young Americans with knowledge on how to form professional relationships with classmates and teachers, teaching a lesson that is more important than anything that could be taught from a textbook. It is for this