Local understanding is a topic we talked much about in this class. It is the capacity to see citizenship in your students and create contexts that support your students’ citizenship. In simpler words, the way that I view it as is the personal interest and belief someone has in you. When I think back to all of my teachers and coaches I had growing up, one comes to my mind right away. This person that demonstrated local understanding was my coach. He first became my coach in the fourth grade when I joined AAU basketball. He put together a team of players who were serious about basketball and wanted some harder competition from other towns. I was lucky enough that I got asked to be on the team. We had practice every Sunday, and we’d have tournaments about every other Saturday during the winter season. All of us girls got really close beings we were together basically every weekend. My coach wasn’t all that strict beings we were only fourth graders, but he sure did put us to work. We maybe had two or three one-minute breaks for that whole hour and a half of practice. Over the years we traveled to other towns, we became better and stronger basketball players. Believe it or not, I was actually the second tallest player on the team, so the coach had me playing post. I always struggled with my post moves, so he would work with me individually on my moves. “Jump, Shaina, jump! Put your legs into it!” He would yell at me every practice about how high I wasn’t jumping. One time he
The American people strive to make themselves the best version of a model citizen they can be. Each person in America has an abundance of patriotism that keeps them from slacking from the progress they have made in becoming honest, diligent, innovative people. All Americans work toward those characteristics because they are what makes a person an ideal American citizen. Honesty is one of the key qualities to being a good citizen. When a person is honest they are easy to trust and can be counted on in times of need. An honest person is desired in every community because they are simply good people. An American should also be diligent. In today’s society without trying hard to accomplish what a person desires to do, it is nearly impossible.
He is the kind of person that pushes you hard to make you better but knows your limits. During practices, he challenges us because he knows what we are capable of, and he believes in us. He has taught us to always do our best even when we are tired because in the end the reward will be worth it. He has given me so much advice that not only applies to
I first met Coach Baker in junior high when she coached me in volleyball. I never excelled at the sport, so I was on the B Team, but I always admired that she cared and pushed us just as hard as she pushed the better players. In high school, it was never any different. My freshman
Garrett Epps begins to tell a story about about driver speeds along a road over one hundred miles per hour. A police man pulls over the driver and asks him for his license and registration. However, the driver tells the police that he can not produce a license and registration because he is a child of undocumented parents, and according to Trump’s claims, those who have parents who are undocumented are not subjected to American laws. Trump argues that the fourteenth amendment’s citizenship clause does not provide birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented aliens. Section one of the fourteenth amendment tells us that “All persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state where they reside.” Epps communicates that in one of the policies of birthright of citizenship, to be born in the US gives the birthright of citizenship. However, a small fraction of the legal world, including Trump, are fighting for an improved “original intent” of the fourteenth amendment. These select few argue that undocumented aliens and their children are not subject to american laws. However, as expressed by John Yoo, “almost all aliens in the united states, even citizens of other nations, still fall within our jurisdiction while they are in our territory.” Otherwise they could commit as many crimes as they wanted without the fear of punishment.
The first time Greg ever coach me was in 5th grade football. l didn’t know what to expect. Over the season I grew to like him more and more. Finally by the end of the season I was glad to hear that he was going to coach our basketball team during basketball season. Basketball that year was just as good as Football. During basketball is when my dad and him started to hang out more and more. It came to be where he was over multiple times a week.
As someone who is planning on getting licensed to teach two different, yet often marginalized, groups in a school setting, it is very important to consider how to make a school welcoming to all of its students. There is a lot of information available on making a classroom inclusive for students with special needs, but this sort of information is harder to come by for immigrant students who speak a language other than English at home. For this paper, I am looking into the question of how can a school be fundamentally welcoming to students from an immigrant background. I will be doing this by analyzing the experiences of students at a school in Bayview, California, the topic of Made in America: Immigrant Students in our Public Schools, a famous book by Laurie Olsen (1997). Her purpose was to study, “Through their encounters[, …] an illuminated version of the American system of stratification and exclusion through language, cultural, and racial relations” (p. 36). However, by analyzing and describing the school, Olsen has made it possible to assess any number of concerns that immigrant and English Language Learners (ELLs) face. Using the legwork she has already done, I have identified three characteristics a welcoming school should strive towards in order to help immigrant students.
When I first started attending Manlius Pebble Hill, I didn't think that athletics would develop into a large part of my life. During my sophomore year I was granted the opportunity to take part in one of the greatest learning experiences in my life. The school had just hired a new basketball coach, and he came with the intentions to change our view on athletics at MPH. In the preceding years we had a record of about three wins, out of sixty games, and had somewhat given up hope on the notion of ever winning. However, when Coach Ike came he implemented lessons that would help nurture our love of basketball, and help us to become a successful team. He taught us how to ply together, and how to put the team and school we play for ahead of ourselves.
I’m 5’8, which is pretty tall for a girl, so I have an advantage. People were getting called into the coach's office and it was pretty obvious when they walked out if they were satisfied with the news they got on whether or not they made varsity. SLAM! Went the door as my coach walked into the gym. It was like it was being screamed, but my name was finally called.
Being a citizen isn’t just being a part of an American society it’s much more. You have responsibilities and duties that you must do. If they do not do these duties, you hurt other people financially and can create problems with the system and government money. There are some people that do this to and rely on everyone else to support them.
So what does citizenship means to me? Is it just a piece of paper that says you are a citizen of a country or does it mean something more in a deeper level. When I was just a little boy my mother always talks about that when we move to the United States we should apply for citizenship immediately. As I was growing up here in the United States I slowly understand what citizenship means to me. Being a citizen for me is fulfilling my obligations toward my country, Living a lifestyle that benefits myself and my community and having good sense of patriotism.
I believe the value of my US citizenship is big. Majority of the world knows about the United States, and have an opinion. I have met so many International students from my University that wish they could have a US citizenship, mainly due to the freedom that comes with being American. Most of the International students I have met are from Japan, or other Asian countries, which are countries that are more collective. This means that everyone has to filter the way they act, so it benefits the society. These countries also have major status separation with status. If someone of higher status be it age or career, asks for something from a subordinate, they are required to do it. There is also big part of society in these countries that are unwritten and unspoken, but is known by society. America puts an emphasis on being individuals. If a superior asked a subordinate something unreasonable, the subordinate can reject the request, under certain circumstances. Both countries have pros and cons when it involves with society, this particular part reminds me why I value my US citizenship.
at school and tell us dirty jokes, and just try to be our friend. While we were
He immediately gained my respect and I not only played for myself and my teammates but for him. We traveled to Arizona last spring to a National Invitational Tournament, our neighborhood team from Golden, CO playing Club Teams from California and Arizona. Coach Miller had the confidence and trust in us to win every game so we played for each other and we played for him. We won, and we won, and we won until we were 6-0 and champions of the tournament. We were a good team, but without a coach like ours, our small little team from Golden, CO wouldn’t be the team we
The importance of educating others on global citizenship is a very important factor to consider when it comes to human rights for all. This type of subject is an important subject, especially when it comes to educating others on global citizenship. Each and every individual should be educated on global citizenship in a such way to bring about a world of greater justice. Global citizenship is a voluntary association with a concept that signifies ways of thinking and living within multiple cross-cutting communities—cities, regions, states, nations, and international collectives. This is all due to the practice of global citizenship. According to Hans Schattle (Schattle, 2009, p. 3), "perhaps more than any other concept, the idea of global citizenship has emerged since the late 1990s as a key strategic principle in higher education."
For Aristotle the human is "by nature" destined to live in a political association. Yet not all who live in the political association are citizens, and not all citizens are given equal share in the power of association. The idea of Polity is that all citizens should take short turns at ruling (VII, 1332 b17-27). It is an inclusive form of government: everyone has a share of political power. Aristotle argues that citizen are those who are able to participate in the deliberative and judicial areas of government (III, 1279a32-34). However, not all who live in a political association are citizens. Women, children, slaves, and alien residents are not citizens. Some groups; the rich, the poor, those who