I was primarily exposed to two of these types of citizenship throughout my K-12 academic career, that I can recall. The personally responsible citizen was demonstrated through the volunteer and service hours that we did in both elementary school and high school. I can recall going out in the community in elementary school and picking up garbage, going to shovel snow for the older folks who lived near the school, and even delivering arts and crafts to children who were in the hospital. It taught me from a young age that It is super important to put others first, and to be aware of the community the surrounds us. In high school for our Christian Ethics class each year we were to complete ten hours of volunteer work within the community. This brought a new type of appreciation for all of the privileges that had been given to me, and since I was older it created a whole different perspective and respect for the people around me, and the environment I got to learn in each day. My high school specifically worked hand-in-hand with the Regina foodbank, and was the number one fundraising school in Canada. This inspired me to continuously be a personally responsible citizen in my post education life, and practice my “Personally Responsible Citizen Aspect” as often as possible.
I was also exposed to the “Justice Orientated” citizens throughout both elementary and high school as well. In elementary school we participated in a movement called “Shannen’s Dream” which concerned the inadequate funding for residential schools, and schools that are primarily comprised of Indigenous students. About three classes went to the Legislative building to peacefully protest the governments actions regarding this situation, and read speeches that we had written about our feelings towards this, as Shannen was our age. If you would like to be further educated on “Shannen’s Dream”, here is the link to the website; https://fncaringsociety.com/shannens-dream I think that this approach does not necessarily make anything impossible in regards to citizenship, but rather puts a limitation on It. It teaches educators to teach from these three perspectives without acknowledging that there are many other ways to be a citizen, in my opinion.
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Sara Tokarz
3/8/2019 08:07:14 am
Love this blog Kiah! Thank you for the connection from your past about the elementary and high school experiences. Do you continue to do any of this citizenship tasks in your spare time? :)
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Sydney McGrath
3/8/2019 08:10:30 am
Hi Kiah! This was a great blog post where you connected your personal experience to the class content and the readings. I am wondering if you ever connected you experience with the participatory citizen as you only mentioned the personal responsible and the justice-citizen models! I thought it was very interesting to see you connect to the justice-citizen model as for myself I only connected to the first two models! Thanks for sharing!
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Alicia
3/8/2019 08:13:01 am
Kiah,
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Jean Brodland
3/8/2019 08:13:49 am
Hello Kiah,
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AuthorMy name is Kiah Holness. I am studying Secondary Education with a major in English and a minor in Inclusive Education. |