Thursday, December 11, 2008

Tonight's HW 12/11/08

Based on our discussion in class today, and what we learned about being a citizen...

1. What does it mean to be a citizen?

2. What are the the THREE different types of citizens?

3. What type of citizen are you?

4. Although we haven't really talked about it, what is the responsibility of the government to the people?

5. Should the federal government help the less fortunate or provide a safe atmosphere to allow people to become fortunate?

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

1.To be a citizen is to have the right to vote and participate in your community.

2.The three types of citizen’s are personally responsible, participatory, and justice oriented.

3.I am a personally responsible citizen.

4.The government should protect all the people, even if they are not citizens. If those people are in American then the government can help, but they should help their citizens first.

5.The government should help everyone equally.

Anastasia Ioannou Pd.2 : )

Anonymous said...

1. Being a citizen means having certain responsibilities, whether it's personal or contributing to others.

2. Three types of citizens are:
-Personally Responsible
-Participatory
-Justice-Oriented

3. I would say I am a personally responsible citizen. I'm responsible for myself and for my own actions.

4. The responsibility of the government to the people is to make their environment a better place for them to live in.

5. I think that the federal government should help the less fortunate.

Megan E.
Period 2.

Anonymous said...

What it means to be a citizen is that you have to follow all the laws and respect other peoples property. The 3 different citzen's are personally resposible , participatory and Justice Orelented. The citzen i'm is Justice Orlented.The responiblty of the government to the people are that they have to protect our natuaral rights.The government should create a safe atmosphere so that were all safe.
Alexandria barry 903 pd2

Anonymous said...

1. To be a citizen means to help out your community and take action when needed.

2. There are three major types of citizens; the justice oriented, participant, and organizing citizens.

3. I would say I’m a participant citizen.

4. The responsibility if the government to citizens of the U.S. is to protect them and always do what is best.

5. Yes, they should, because everyone is supposed to be treated equally in America.
-brent

Anonymous said...

1. To be a citizen means to help out the community and obey the laws.
2. The three different types of citizens are are the personally responsible, participatory, and the justice oriented.
3. I am probably the justice oriented citizen because I would use the government to make change.
4. The responsibility of the government to the people is to keep us safe, and give us freedoms and rights.
5. The federal government should provide a safe atmosphere to allow people to become fortunate because if we had more protection, a lot of people in a better environment.

Brianna R. Period 4

Anonymous said...

1. To be a citizen, it means to have respect and pride for your country as well as be provided with the rights you deserve according to the Constitution.

3. Participatory. [I think.]

4. The responsibility of the government to the people is that the government needs to provide society with the rights presented to them through the Constitution and their need to be able to protect those natural rights. As well, the government is needed to keep the citizens under control and make sure that doesn't goes wrong.

5. I believe that even though us as citizens should not be responsible for the well-being of others, I think that a good organization for the federal government to begin would be to help the less fortunate out a bit. Maybe then, some volunteers will decide on joining which will help out those who are really in need.


Brianna H.
Period 4.

Anonymous said...

Being a citizen means being a member of a country with rights to political participation. People born in a particular country are considered nationals or citizen of that country. Being a citizen entitles you to certain rights of that country and also implies that you have some responsibilities and duties under social contract theory. Citizens are suppose to work towards the improvement of their community through economic participation, public service, volunteer work and other efforts to improve life for all citizens. In some countries being a citizen means you are responsible to pay taxes, serve on a jury, serve in the military and obey the criminal laws passed by their government. To be a citizen it means that you need to respect one another’s property.
The three types of citizens are Personally Responsible, Participatory, and Justice- oriented. The responsibilities of a personally responsible citizen is to act responsibly in our community, pay taxes and obey the laws. The responsibility of a participatory citizen is to be active in the community, and to organize community activities. The Justice- Oriented citizen’s responsibilities is to provide equal treatment, look at systems and make things fair and to use the government to maker change.
I would say that I am a personally responsible citizen in our community. I say this because I participate in community services and obey the laws of NY State.
The responsibilities of the government to the people are to ensure that the people’s rights are not violated, that we have a safe community to live in, that there are plenty of jobs for those that want to work and to listen to the concerns of the citizens.
I feel that the government should take care of the less fortunate as well as provide a safe atmosphere to allow people to become more fortunate. The less fortunate people will need the assistance of the government in order to better their lives. The government can provide jobs to help the less fortunate earn money so that they can provide for their families. Once they find jobs and start to earn a living that would boost the economy and improve the life styles of the people in the community. Providing a safe atmosphere is important so that the people will stay in the community and help each other to improve life for everyone. People will want to stay and raise their families and open businesses if they know that their community is safe.

- Victoria Eng

Anonymous said...

1.to me being a citizen means having pride for your country following the rules and playing safe, a citizen is someone who is determined to do anything for the country in which we have so much responsibility and freedom and rights.

3. i am a individual citizen because if i can help I'll help like not loitering cleaning up after my dogs poop..

4. the responsibility of the government to the people is to listen to their concerns and help in what they can help.

5. yes the government should because all people are the same and its not right for there to be rich people who buy clothes for thousands of dollars and other less fortunate people who don't even have clothes the government shouldn't help them by giving them money but by letting them work.

Angela Rivera 903

Anonymous said...

To be a citizen, it means you are born with natural rights & civil liberties. With these rights & liberties you must do the best to help your friends, family, comuunity & nation. I am a citizen who contributes back to the community. I try to get involved to make life for me now & life for me in the future better and easier. The responsibility of the government to the people is to protect their rights & liberties, listen to the people, take what they say into consideration, & help the people in necessary ways. I think helping the less fortunate and providing a safe atmosphere to allow people to become fortunate are kind of the same thing. If you need to become fortunate, you are "less fortunate". I believe the government should help them though because as people of their nation they should provide for them in any way they can whether it be food, shelter, or clothing.

Crystal S.

Anonymous said...

1. Being a citizen means that you are part of a community, and you get the rights promised to you by your community. We as a country are a community, so we get all these rights. A citizen must also act to make their community better, so we must act to make our country better.

2. The three types of citizens are Personaly Responsible, Participitory, and Justice-Oriented citizens.

3. I believe that I am a Personally Responsible citizen. This is so because I don't do anything that I'm not suoppost to do, and I am willing to fix this country up, but only if other people are willing to do so.

4. The government's job is for the people to have all of the rights that were promised to them, let them live in peace and fairly, and for the gov't to abdapt to our needs of society.

5. I think that the gov't should provide for the less fortunate. I believe this because as a community, it is the communities job that the citizens are being treated fairly, it wouldn't be the citizen's job if they couldn't afford college, and couldn't get a very good job.



Andrew Villa Period 2 931

Anonymous said...

Being a Citizen means toact responsibly in a community, pay taxes, and obey laws. 3 differnet types of citizens are Personally responsible citizens, Participatory citizens, and Justice orented citizens. I think i am a Justice Orented citizen. I think that because i usually look for equal treatment. I like stuff to be fair. The governments responcibility is to protect our rights as citizens.

-Christian Segura 9th grade

Anonymous said...

1)What it means to be a citizen is to respect other citizens when they are doing something right or wrong, to obey the laws, pay taxes, to have civil liberties like having the freedom of speech to say whatever you want so no one wil judge you, and the freedom of religion to believe in whatever you believe in. Also you have opprotunities to get a job or help the community.

2) The three types of citizens are personally responsible citizens who act responsible and do what needs to be taken care of like obeying laws and paying taxes and has some time to help others in need, Participatory citizens who are always participating by make the city or comunity better and is like a leader, and Justice orenented citizens who try to make everything fair.

3)The type of citizen I am is a personally responsible citizen.

4)I think the government should protect the people from any attacks from other countries, to make sure that people follow the laws and get punished if they don't, help poor people by giving them money and a place to live, help people get an education, and make sure sick people are taken care of.

5)I think the federal government should provide a safe atmosphere and allow people to become foutunate because it is a way that can help them with sucess in life and in the future so they can be independent.
Sara T.
Period:4

Anonymous said...

it means to be a citizen is to be able to drive and have licenses .iam an a american citizen.
stefani greenstein

meagan betances said...

meagan betances 902 period4

1. what does it mean to be a citizen?
to have the rights given to us by the bill

2. what are the the 3 different types of citizens?
justice oriented
personally
personally responsible

3. what type of citizen are you?
... i really do not know

4. although we haven't really talked about it, what is the responsibility of the government to the people?
to suport us

5. should the federal government help the less fortunate or provide a safe atmosphere to allow people to become fortunate?
... sure ...

meagan betances 902 period4