Choose to do it and do it

The difference between duties and responsibilities is that duties you have to do and responsibilities you can choose to do. Some of the duties you have to do in life are attending school and obeying the law. Some of the responsibilities include respecting and protecting others rights, staying formed, helping the community, and voting. You do not have to do these things in your life; you have the choice. One of the most important duties of citizenship is obeying the law. I read in my civics book that “The U. S system of government can work only when citizens respect and obey the law.”

Of all the responsibilities they are, I think that voting and respecting and protecting others rights are the most important. Voting is important because when I vote I am helping to deciding who the leaders of the government will be and helping to determine what actions the government will take. Respecting and protecting the rights of others is important because you have to know what rights we share so we do not violate them.

Globaloria and ME

I like blogging the most because it is really fun. We get choose what we would like to write about, as long as it is Civics related. I like blogging because I can relate the Civics topics to my life. We also write about our games. My game is about girls having rights in placement and knowing what those rights are. Although girls are in placement, they deserve to have rights. At the same time, I am learning that with those rights come responsibilities. Staff also has rights, and we need to respect their rights.

I also enjoy my wiki space. What I like about wiki is that I can upload videos and images on my space. I can put whatever I want, but it has to be appropriate. My wiki space reflects me.

Life coming to Crittenton

The reason I am in placement is because of substance abuse, fighting and not listening to my parents. I did not expect the fact that I had to be sent away for me to start listening and changing. The reason I did drugs before I came here was to take my mind off of coming to placement. This is my first time being in placement. The only reason I fought is because people made me mad and I really did not care anymore what happened until something really happened to me.

The changes I made in placement are really good. You would never even know it was me. I do not do drugs anymore and do not like fighting anymore and I listen to my parents now.

Aint gonna tie me down

Ain’t gonna tie me down means to me that I can do with my life what I set out to do.In this world I want to be a doctor. I want to be a doctor because I want to be able to support my family. I want to be able to give my kids money if they ask me for it and not tell them no. I do not want to give my kids everything they want, because if I do that they will not know what to do without money and they will depend on me. I just want to be able to go shopping and live a comfortable life; and I want them to learn how to save their money, lol .

I want to be able to safe a person’s life and be able to tell them that they will be ok now I have helped them or, that they will be ok and they will get better soon. If somebody has cancer I want to be able to tell them, I can help. I want to contribute to other people’s lives and help to find cures for diseases. I want to be successful and I will not let anyone hold me back, so that is why I will not let people tie me down.

Productive Citizens

What does a productive citizen mean? A productive citizen means to be a responsible person. It means fulfilling the duties that we have as citizens, such as voting, voicing your opinion, and supporting a cause. I am responsible citizen because I am going to school, and I am doing community service. Everybody should try to be productive citizens. You should vote, if you can, because you should have the right to voice your opinion. You should also make responsible decisions in your life instead of everybody making them for you. You should have to work in your life because it is not right to collect things from the government, when you are capable and have the ability to go get a job.

Our game is about life in placement. We want to teach others about some of the irresponsible decisions teenagers make that could lead them to life in placement, and maybe they can avoid the same mistakes we made

Katelyn Says, “It’s Cool to Stay in School . . .”

I think that everybody should have to go to school. They should want to make something out of themselves. So, I believe that students should not have the right to choose if they want to go to school or not go to school. They should NOT be allowed to quit school, period. They should have to go so they can learn the basic things (like reading and writing, basic math, social studies and science). Nowadays, you need a high school diploma or a college degree, and sometimes even that is not enough to make it! Some people quit school, and they are working at a fast food place. They have seen the pay checks and realized if they had stayed in school and studied they could be making a lot more money.

I thought I wanted to quit school, but these days, everything costs so much money, and the way I like to spend money to buy clothes, make up and a whole bunch of other things, I cannot afford to quit school. I believe that if you do not get your GED or a high school diploma, you will not be able to earn the things you want in life.

My Freedom to Speak

As Americans we have many rights. Of all our rights we have, a very important one to me is the freedom of speech. I think everyone is entitled to freedom of speech. You should be able to speak your mind and say what you’re thinking. But, I am also learning that we must be careful not to hurt someone’s religious faith, or the way they look, or their feelings. I feel that if we have an opinion that we should be able to express our feelings and nobody should judge our opinion. But, then again, if they can’t make a judgment about my opinion, am I trying to limit their freedom of speech? So, now you know what freedom of speech means to me.