Good Citizen
Citizenship
A good citizen is one who properly fulfills his or her role as a citizen. There are many opinions as to what constitutes a good citizen. Theodore Roosevelt said, "The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight." Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship, in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them.
Human beings are used to living under laws and patterns that are dictated to us by society, but following those patterns does not make us good citizens. To be a good citizen first you have to be a good person. By that I mean that you have to be full of values, principles, ethics, etc. When joining all these aspects together you will find out that there is nothing else to be needed.
One important aspect for being a good citizen is to help people. All around us, we can see there are always people in need for our help. Our job as good citizens is to help those kinds of people. When talking about the people that need our help, I am not only talking about the poor ones, but also the pregnant woman who cannot carry a heavy package or the old man that cannot cross the street. Remember that little actions make the difference.
There are some traits of citizenship that should be always observed, the first trait of citizenship is to do your share. This simply involves taken part of things that could make the community better. To do your share you must be a volunteer – help your school and community be better, cleaner and safer, protect the environment by conserving resources, reducing pollution and of course cleaning up after yourself, participate in making things better by voicing your opinion, voting, serving on committees, reporting wrong doings and paying taxes.
The second trait of citizenship is respecting authority and law. In order to observe that trait you must play by the rules- don’t do good cop bad cop,
A good citizen is one who properly fulfills his or her role as a citizen. There are many opinions as to what constitutes a good citizen. Theodore Roosevelt said, "The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight." Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship, in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them.
Human beings are used to living under laws and patterns that are dictated to us by society, but following those patterns does not make us good citizens. To be a good citizen first you have to be a good person. By that I mean that you have to be full of values, principles, ethics, etc. When joining all these aspects together you will find out that there is nothing else to be needed.
One important aspect for being a good citizen is to help people. All around us, we can see there are always people in need for our help. Our job as good citizens is to help those kinds of people. When talking about the people that need our help, I am not only talking about the poor ones, but also the pregnant woman who cannot carry a heavy package or the old man that cannot cross the street. Remember that little actions make the difference.
There are some traits of citizenship that should be always observed, the first trait of citizenship is to do your share. This simply involves taken part of things that could make the community better. To do your share you must be a volunteer – help your school and community be better, cleaner and safer, protect the environment by conserving resources, reducing pollution and of course cleaning up after yourself, participate in making things better by voicing your opinion, voting, serving on committees, reporting wrong doings and paying taxes.
The second trait of citizenship is respecting authority and law. In order to observe that trait you must play by the rules- don’t do good cop bad cop,