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How to be a good citizen  Help Out You can help out in almost any way. It's all up to you. What do you do best? Do you have a green thumb? If so then you can plant at your community garden. Do you have a lot of clothes in your closet that you don't wear anymore? !ive them to charity" Do you have #$% you don't plan to spend? Donate it to an animal shelter school or hospital" &here are so many things you can do there has to be something for you.  ' Be Kind You can't give people dirty looks and be rude if you want to be a good citizen. (mile and treat everyone with respect.  ) Pick p !itter "f you see trash laying around don't #ust stare at it and walk pass it. *ne day get a shopping bag and pic+ up all of the trash that you see.  , Your $ncouragement Helps $ven if your #ust encouraging the little seven year old down the street to learn to ride a skateboard...it's still encouragement.  Have %ood &udgment 'on't do anything thing that would ruin a reputation. .ou can't be +nown as a good citizen if you've done anything stupid that would ma+e you +nown as a bad person.  / 'onate Once again( this can be done in so many ways there has to be something you can do. .ou can donate canned foods to the homeless on &han+sgiving or you can stuff teddy bears and give them to children.

Did you ever wonder what it means to be a good citizen? You will soon find the answer to this question. To be a good citizen, you need to be involved in your community. Also, a good citizen respects other people s property. !inally, to be a good citizen, you need to "now what s happening in your community. #f you re a good citizen, the community will be a better place to live. #t s important to "now what s happening in your community. At least that s what a good citizen would do. A good citizen would "now what s happening whether it s good or bad. #f everyone were a bad citizen, there would be much confusion. Also, if everyone were a good citizen there would be no confusion. That is why you should be a good citizen. You don t want confusion in your community. That s why it s important to be a good citizen. A good citizen is involved in their community. They could ma"e the town a better place by cleaning it up. Also, a good citizen could also organize the town events. #f everyone were a good citizen, the town would be a much better place to live. That is why it s important to be a good citizen. #n addition, if everyone were a bad citizen, the town wouldn t be good place to live. #t wouldn t be a good thing to live in a bad community. $o, you have to be a good citizen.

A good citizen respects other people s property. $o, you need to be a good citizen. #f you weren t a good citizen, the communities would be a bad place to live. That s why you need to be a good citizen. !urthermore, if everyone were a good citizen, nothing would ever be stolen. That is also why you should be a good citizen. #f there were no thieves, how could you re property be stolen? Those are some reasons you should be a good citizen. $till want to "now how to be a good citizen? %ell, you &ust read the answer to it in those three paragraphs' The time has come for you to "now the answer to the other question as well. To be a good citizen, you need to do these three things( !irst, be involved in your community. $econd, you need to respect other people s property. !inally, you need to "now what s happening in your community. That is what it ta"es to be a good citizen. )ac" to top Adam !. *an an eleven+year+old, li"e me, be a good citizen? ,f course they can' They can get involved with community issues and debate about wars. All "ids can also follow the laws. !inally, # thin" everyone should be nice to other people. This essay will only ta"e a few minutes of your time. ,ne way to be a good citizen is to get involved with wars and community issues. -aybe you re thin"ing, .%ho cares?. right now &ust li"e thousands of others. # can only tell you a few of the people who do care. The troops in #raq who ris" their lives to protect us are a good e/ample of this. ,thers are the people whose lives are affected by the wars. Also, the government cares because it helps a lot of people. 0ere are some ways you can get involved. You can listen to news or radio broadcasts for information. 1eople can also read newspaper articles. The main way to get involved is to have a part in the issue. Another way to be a good citizen is to obey the law. #f you do not follow the law, there will always be consequences. 2ven if you escape, you will have to go into hiding. 0ere are only three laws, but they are some you should always follow. You should never commit murder because you are "illing innocent people. You should never steal either, because it is someone s property you would be ta"ing. 3ast of all, you shouldn t go over the speed limit. The speed limit is a safety measure, and without it, it becomes easier to crash and possibly "ill people. And lastly, you should always be nice to people. )ecause you wouldn t want to be treated un"indly, you shouldn t treat others that way either. 0ere are three ways you can be nice to people( ,ne way is to help people that need help. That will ma"e their lives a lot easier. Another way is to share with them so they can en&oy what you have. #t will ma"e them happier also. And the last reason is to be cheerful to everyone around you, so they will be happy too.

# have only listed three ways "ids and adults ali"e can be good citizens4 getting involved by debating in wars or government issues, following the law, and being "ind to people. 5ow that you have read this essay, # hope you will apply these things to your life so you can become a good citizen too.

)ac" to top .%hat #t -eans To )e a 6ood *itizen. 7arissa )eing a good citizen is a good thing to do. To be a good citizen you can help people. You can stay involved with the city, and you can do the right stuff. 7ids now can also be a good citizen. # am going to tal" about those things in my report. $taying involved is one thing you could do to be a better citizen. #f you stay involved you can "now what s going on in the world. !or e/ample, you could stay involved in the world by watching the news and reading the news paper. )y staying involved you will also "now about the people in your community. You could learn about whom you should be friends with. You will "now what your neighbors are li"e and what your neighborhood is li"e as well. That way you could ma"e friends with the right people. That s one thing you could do to be a better citizen. 0elping others is another way to be a good citizen. #f you help others you will be doing the right thing. !or e/ample, if someone gets hurt you should help them. You would also be helping someone that needed help. $o when you need help they will help you. %hen you help people they thin" of you as a good citizen. 0elping people will ma"e you a good citizen, and it also ma"es you feel better to help people. #n my opinion those are some reasons why it is good to help others and some good e/amples on how to become a better citizen. #f you do the right thing you will be a good member of the community and a good citizen. )y doing something to help clean up around the community it would be a way to do something right. 1articipating in fundraisers is also a good way to help around the community. $upporting local sports will also help ma"e you be a good member of your community. 8olunteering in schools is a good way to help your community too. %hen you ma"e good choices people will remember you for it. 1eople will "now that you are a good citizen. )eing a good citizen is important to the success of a good community. #n my opinion these are all good ways in which a person could be a good citizen and a member of the community. 0elping others is important to ma"e your

community a better place. )y staying involved and participating in community activities, fundraiser and volunteering one can show how they care about there community. # hope more people will get involved in our community. # plan to do my part in being a good citizen. )ac" to top Austin 9. )eing a good citizen is learning and developing good life s"ills. The ne/t idea of becoming a good citizen is being organized. The final idea # will e/plore in this paper is staying involved with your community. # believe becoming a better citizen is important because you can create a better relationship with others. The first piece of being a good citizen is having good life s"ills, li"e being responsible. )eing responsible, means "eeping trac" of your belongings at all times. !or e/ample, when you go on a sleepover don t forget your soc"s or toothbrush. Another part is doing your chores or &obs on time. #f your &ob is ta"ing the trash out on Tuesday and you forget, you re stuc" with a whole bunch of trash. $pea"ing of time, one more part of being responsible is being in the right place at the right time, li"e not being late for school, appointments, and sport practices. #f you are late to school too many times you will get after school detention, and you have to ma"e up missed wor". )eing late for practice may cause you to run e/tra laps and you would be letting the coach and your team down. )eing responsible is the first strategy to becoming a better citizen. The ne/t part of being a better citizen is being organized. #t is important for students to "eep their loc"er in tac", so they don t lose any important papers. #f you lose assignments you lose points and get bad grades. #f you get bad grades you might get held bac". The solution to this is putting your wor"sheet into your binder behind the right tab. Along with "eeping your binder organized ma"e sure your te/t boo"s and dear boo" are where you can get to them easily. 6etting to your te/t boo"s is important because you only have five minutes in+between classes. $o as you see being organized is important part of being a good citizen. The final part of being a good citizen is being involved with your community. 8olunteering to coach a sport team is good community service. This is important to the "ids, so more "ids can play, they are always loo"ing for good coaches. 8olunteering at church great idea for serving your community. !or e/ample # help with Awana in game time along with 6eorge. Another way you can volunteer is to organize a canned food drive in your community. %e need canned food drives so we can help families who are less fortunate than others. The last way you can stay involved, with your children and tal" about what they should stay away from. !or e/ample drugs, alcohol, and people who are bad influences. This will help to ma"e them better citizens.

Those are &ust a few thought of what # believe ma"es a good citizen. That is why we have "ind and helpful Americans today. #f we all try to be better citizens we will form a better tomorrow. )ac" to top %hat Does it -ean to )e a 6ood *itizen? David 0. )eing a good citizen is important. # thin" that citizenship is une/citing but it is important. %hat this paper is about is voting. #t is also about how it s important to be educated about the war and follow laws. That is what this paper is about. To ma"e a good citizen is voting. #t is important to vote because if you don t vote you have no right to complain. $ometimes it is good to complain because you can ma"e the 9nited $tates better. 8oting is choosing who you want to be president. Also, it is important to vote because when you vote you are participating in being a 9.$. citizen. )eing a good 9.$. citizen means to follow laws. Also, being a good 9.$. citizen means to say the 1ledge of Allegiance very day and singing the national anthem before a baseball game. #t is important to vote. Another way to be a good 9.$. citizen is being educated about the war. )eing educated about the war means many different things. You need to "now what is going on in the war. There are many ways you can find out about the war, li"e reading newspapers and watching the news. You ll need to "now where the war is going on. !inding out where it s going on is &ust a matter of loo"ing on a map. 7nowing who s involved in the war is very important. You can also find this out on the news or in the newspaper. Another thing that ma"es a good citizen is obeying the law. Don t vandalize another people s property. That means don t graffiti and destroy other people s stuff. Do not "ill people. You need to follow the speed limit to be a good citizen. #f you don t follow the speed limit you could hurt yourself and others. There are consequences for these things. You could go to prison or get a tic"et. #t is good to be a good citizen. You have read all about being a good citizen. 8oting is part of being a good citizen. #t is important to be educated about the war and follow the laws. 5ow you "now what it means to be a good citizen, so go be one. )ac" to top %hat Does it -ean to )e a 6ood *itizen?

6rant ). 0ello # am 6rant ). # am going to tell you about things that # can do to be a good citizen. #t could be something as simple as recycling a used soda can, or putting yard debre in a yard recyclables bin. )eing a good citizen is fun in many ways. You can have fun while still being a good citizen. 1ic"ing up trash in the par" can be fun if you do it with friends. 2ducating your peers about drugs and alcohol is a good contribution. Also you can help pass out and advertise merchandise to help raise money for a charity. ,r help educate your community about false advertisement. You could also tell your community why gas prices are so high. -y beliefs of why the gas prices are so high are that because of the war and our government needs money to support our troops. Additionally the oil companies are ta"ing advantage of the situation. You can be a good citizen while still being a good friend. 3i"e when a friend needs help with homewor". And when a teacher needs help with the classroom. And you could also be a good citizen by helping your neighborhood. )eing a good citizen is to inform your neighborhood of hazards. #f you want to be a good citizen you can educate your community about #raq. The war in #raq is often misunderstood. $ome people can thin" that the war is pointless. # believe that if we pull out our troops that they will &ust fire up their weapons plants and bomb us in the near future. These are some of the many things you can do to help improve your neighborhood. Don t you thin" it s time you too" on some responsibility? )ac" to top *itizenship 2ssay $ean -. %hat does it mean to be a good citizen? )eing a good citizen could mean a bunch of things, li"e helping others, being involved in the community, or learning about the government. These are all great ways to be involved in the community. There are other ways but this essay is going to tal" about those three main things. %e need to be involved in the community. $ome ways we can do that is by going to city council meetings. #f the city is doing something or not doing something, don t &ust sit and watch it happen. 6o and tell them what you thin". Another way is to volunteer to do repairs on stuff or help plant grass. You could also arrange a clean up when you go around the town and pic" up litter. These would help by

ma"ing the land cleaner, ma"ing it loo" nicer and being able to do something about it. %e also need to learn about the government. %e need to "now how the government wor"s. #t s important because if we don t thin" something is right we can vote against it. ,r if we don t "now how it wor"s and we thin" something is wrong, then we can learn how it wor"s and understand if it is right. Also we need to vote. 8oting is our patriotic duty and we need to honor it. #t s important to vote because at least we have a say in it. $ome countries have dictators that ta"e a gun and hold it to somebody s head and say .# m going to be president got it.. 3ast tell others to vote. #t s not only your duty it s theirs too. 3ast it s important to help others. 3i"e if someone gets hurt,give them a bandage or medical attention maybe even call :;;. #f the accident s bad enough you might save a life. Also if someone is being bullied stop the bully. #t might start as teasing but could get a lot worse. You could really help someone. 3ast if someone is carrying something heavy and drops it help them pic" it up. #t will ma"e you feel good and you ll get a good reputation. #n conclusion that s what # thin" being a good citizen means. 0elping others. )eing involved in the community. And learning about the government all great was to be a good citizen

0 good citizen is some who respects others and their property. He1she is helpful and considerate willing to put others first. He1she listens to the views of others and thin+s about what they have to say. He1she helps people who are not in a position to help themselves. He1she respects the environment and does not damage it in anyway. He1she wor+s hard. He1she is well mannered and pleasant. He1she is always willing to learn

2oo+ carefully at the selection of 3good4 citizen characteristics listed below. 0rrange the good citizen characteristics in order of importance by placing 5o $ ne6t to the most important down to 5o 7 the least important. 8onsidering yourself only award yourself a mar+ out of ten for each citizen characteristic. (hade in the grid to represent the mar+s you have awarded. 0dd one more characteristic and mar+ at the bottom of the table.

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