Essay on Good Citizenship

Good citizenship comes in many varieties and forms. Young, old, black, white, Hispanic, good citizenship does not discriminate, it’s not something that you have to be a certain age, or have certain schooling, it’s something that absolutely any person can be a part of. For the most part every person has a different feeling or view on what citizenship is and how they would define good and bad citizenship.

To start my paper I interviewed several people to get their feelings and opinions on what good citizenship means to them. Also I thought it would be a good idea to get opinions from people of all age categories so people with ages ranging from seventy five to eleven years old. I asked them the following the questions: what is your own personal definition of what good citizenship is, what actions would someone have or not have that they thought was showing bad citizenship, do you think that there are many ways to show good citizenship and what are those different ways, do you think that there are ways everybody can participate in being a good citizen, and do you think that being self-sufficient is a way to show good citizenship?

I got some similarities in answers, but also some very different answers. My first interview was a middle aged person and their definition of what a good citizen is as follows; “A good citizen is somebody who abides by local and state laws, and strives to improve and help their community. Things people can do to show good citizenship are by, participating in local charities, donations, and involvement in community organizations.” (Hawk, Janet, personal interview, February 22, 2014). The second person I interviewed was a woman in her seventies, her definition of a good citizen was “Someone who supports t...

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I thought my interviews were a good way to tie in other people’s views on citizenship and it was a good way to show how many different ways everyone can participate in their community.

Citizenship can be portrayed in many ways and I think many people can be considered good citizens. My interviews I hope show many different feelings to what it takes to be a good citizen and things that would label a person a bad citizen. I think that if everyone did their part to help we could live in a really great country. Good citizenship is something everyone should want to obtain. I think I am a good citizen, are you a good citizen?

Work cited page

Hawk, Janet. Personal interview. 22 February. 2014.

Hawk, Kaytlin. Personal interview. 22 February. 2014.

Hooe, Nick. Personal interview. 22 February. 2014.

Witt, Lora. Personal interview. 22 February. 2014.