Thursday, September 17, 2015
Am I in “Civic” engagement?
During the class, we first learn about what is “civic” and the several examples to become civic. We were able to be civic in
many different things. We become
civically engaged through everyday life. Personally,
I did not notice that individual life includes in “civic” engagement but
through deep consideration, I was able to understand that the actions we take
were part of the society. Simply think
about your everyday life. For example, in many communities or cities have recycling
bins that provide us to separate recyclables and get them recycled by putting
them out at curbside when the city picks up RCL. Or
remember the time when in your elementary school about the pledge of
allegiance, the act by ritual repetition than by actual words. We repeat the
acts from certain special celebration and take a nice break. You do not need to
be engaged in “special” or activates, but ordinary life in yourself can explain
you are one of the “civic” member. If you like
to Facebook that can be part of civic engagement, watching news, reading
newspaper or be part of the organization can be civic engagement. Beyond the
morality and ethnicity, all human beings can be part of civic duty. People tend
to think civic engagement as “large” movement such as political engagement or
economical decision for a country. However, civic engagement can be “small” but
also affect the society. How do we decide the president? We use voting to
select the president from our hands. Every single person might see as a small
civic engagement but our ordinary life can shape the country’s culture and
society. We
live in the large organization called “Country” and we are accustomed to live
in the society, influencing us to civic life.
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I liked the intent behind your post! As a side query, however, was the class itself what you were reflecting upon or was it a specific piece we read?
ReplyDeleteAllan,
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that small changes are often forgotten and underestimated in society today. The little steps that we can take will surely make a difference in the long run.