The Results of Raising a Child as a Good Citizen As parents‚ we all would like our youths to cultivate to be accountable citizens and moral people. We want them to sense‚ ponder‚ and act with admiration for themselves as well as other people. We want them to hound their own happiness‚ while also being thoughtful of the necessities and the spirits of others. Just as children are deemed to go to the bathroom‚ solve basic math concepts‚ read‚ write and learn a little about events in history‚ so
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A good citizen needs to imbibe many qualities. That he has some duties and responsibilities to bear is true‚ but at same time‚ he enjoys some rights and privileges as a citizen of a free state. While he has every right to participate in the judicial‚ legal politics‚ religious and social affairs of the nation‚ he has also some responsibilities i.e. not to injure the sentiments of others and to protect the weak against the strong. To stand by the state‚ under all conditions‚ is his first and foremost
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Caterin L. Villar November 27‚ 2011 English 102 Professor Rigney Is Assuming the Role of Citizen Journalist worth the Risk? Amateur journalism is becoming more and more popular everyday with the advancement of technology. Newspapers across America have become so decimated by staff cutbacks that citizen journalists are stepping in to fill the gap in covering the news. Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Youtube are only some of the free websites where users are connected with others and can share in
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In order to reach the best conclusion on what it means to be a citizen‚ a discussion of the most primitive answer to the question must be established. To put it bluntly‚ a citizen‚ without any outside considerations or sophistications‚ is a person who is associated with a group of people. This definition is necessary‚ but not sufficient to define what a citizen is. To generalize what a citizen is under a set of definiens creates complications with regards to analyzing different cultures within different
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There are many ways for a United States’ citizen to participate in his/her government‚ one way in particular is voting. In roughly the past century‚ there has been an all-time low voter turnout in the U.S.. There are factors that affect the amount of citizens that vote every time the opportunity comes. These circumstances mainly are age and education that is provided for that individual. As well as age and education‚ there is also a dynamic that the government set that hinders voter turnout. Other
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limited the use of corporate money in elections as a result of Progressive reform’s efforts to eliminate social and political problems‚ especially corruption. These specific laws have been in place up until January 21‚ 2010 during the landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission‚ when the Supreme Court ruled with a 5-4 majority that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. As a result‚ the court also overruled its 1990 case Austin v. Michigan
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Karen Cote English 102 15 February 2011 W. H Auden: The Unknown Citizen The marble monument erected by the state or town is usually of a hometown hero. The person is almost always someone who did well for the country and originated from a certain town. The statue is almost never of someone who is just an ordinary man living life just like everyone else around him. This man is the model citizen; one who never causes a stir‚ goes to war when asked‚ and does everything to serve the common good
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influence the course of democracy and good governance in a particular society. For example‚ the activism and radicalism of citizens in a county or speech community can be one of the beacons on which democracy and good governance lies. In a community where citizens are so critical‚ ready to die for their rights and violate in an attempt to bring peace and justice to their fellow citizens‚ democracy and good governance
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Playwright The play Phaedra’s Love‚ by Sarah Kane‚ takes the classic Greek tragedy‚ Phaedra‚ and retells it in a modern-day setting. The play‚ which features incredibly violent and visceral scenes of sex‚ brutality‚ rape‚ and murder‚ is reflective of Sarah Kane’s writing style. Kane’s plays are known for being disturbingly violent and visual. As a playwright‚ Kane seeks to show rather than tell‚ taking inspiration from such playwrights as Edward Bond‚ Samuel Beckett‚ Howard Brenton‚ and
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poem “ The Unknown Citizen By W H Auden is a poem that pokes fun at the life of a automaton working in a factory. Reading it in a glance‚ I find the title that catches my very first attention. It is because Auden gives the poem such a title that the whole poem sounds so dramatic and pompous‚ as if it is dedicated to some citizen who have sacrificed so much for the nation. The citizen‚ to my dismay‚ is never named and remains as the unknown one throughout the whole poem. The citizen is referred to JS/07/M/378
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