Where I come from everyone knows one another and would do anything for each other.
I can imagine that in bigger towns, this is not the case. Most of my friends in other towns barely know their neighbors let alone the whole community. Being part of the community I know that I have the basic rights everyone else does. My community recognizes that everyone has the freedom to say whatever they want, freedom to assemble at the community center to revise town laws when needed, and an important one in my community is the freedom of choosing which church you want to attend.
Citizenship to me means being attendant to all things possible that will help your self image of being a citizen. It also means being fairly educated in our basic American rights. Being a citizen also means having a strong opinion in what will change our country, such as voting for president or other things like that. Citizenship doesn't just happen in the United States, either. Citizenship is supporting any country you are from and supporting what you believe in, in that country.
Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post. We come from such different towns, so it's interesting to see how your community affects the way that you view citizenship. I am from a big city on the East Coast and, unlike, in Arlington no one knows everyone else. I agree that citizenship is about belonging to a town or country but it can be so much more than that. Citizenship is such a hard word to define or articulate because it can have so many different meanings. For instance you could also be a citizen of a club, organization, or society. Also, sometimes the country you have citizenship to is not always the country you identify yourself with.
Thanks for the great post,
Rose