cit·i·zen·ship noun
the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen.
To be a citizen literally means the definition above, but it also means that you're apart of a greater community and something intricate. Specifically to be a citizen in a democracy such as the United States means to have a voice and an opinion of your quality of life and it is something that should never be taken for granted. While I do attend Elon University within the city of Burlington, I do not personally consider myself to be a citizen of Burlington only because I have not become involved outside of the Elon community beyond Kopper Top. I do, however, consider myself to be a citizen of San Diego, California, and the United States. I consider our civic responsibility to be to appreciate our priveleges and to exercise them by voting and expressing one's personal voice because if a citizen doesn't exercise their rights, then why do they have them? In the past year, I have registered to vote and voted on a notion passed in California.
2 comments:
I agree with you that being a citizen is having a word in your community or even in the nation. Without the ideas of citizens that America would not be where it is today. We all must vote and take an active role and helping your neighborhood no matter what you do. Anyway you do will help your community out and will do wonders in the long run.
I like your way of saying that being a citizen is "having a voice." I think this is an important thing to remember, we have a right to express our opinions. Like you said, that is why we have all those civil liberties and if we aren't going to take advantages of these rights, what is the point?? I thought this was a good point.
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