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Reflection On Citizen Education

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Citizen Education Reflection At the beginning of the second semester I didn’t know what exactly to expect from Cited as a class. I had heard that it was a lot of work, that Mr. Cangello could be a hard grader, and to pay attention if you wanted to keep up. As the semester got into full swing and I started to get a better feel for my classes, I realized, not a single part of these warnings had been false.
After many warnings about plugging in our laptops in an orderly fashion, and testaments to other classes who had not and faced the punishments, I, as I’m sure many of my classmates did as well, thought these were very isolated and significant instances of which would never be repeated here with G period cited. I was wrong. Although I …show more content…

A 90 is a good grade, it is one that in I strive for in many of the essays and various writings I piece together at Oyster River, however it was, on this project, not one I had expected. For the work and effort I had put in I had expected somewhere closer to a 95 - 97, the grade I am guessing I would have earned in many if not all of my other classes. But due to the standards my classmates and I were held to by Mr. Cangello, I was told I still had to work even harder than I already had. It taught me that Mr. Cangello would not hand out an A+ for as little as it often is and that he was indeed a hard grader but a fair one to his credit.
While this of course was a valuable lesson to learn through this unit, I find that looking back on it, what we learned of the events of nine eleven was what will stay with me as I grow and mature into the citizen I will once be. The gruesome and tragic events that unfolded on September 11 were ones that affect all of us, even if we were just a baby bump at the time, and will continue to as we mature. It was the polar contrast in the savagery of these fear-mongering acts, and the heroism firefighters, doctors and citizens showed in the face of tragedy that outlines who we should grow up to be; independent human beings who can come together in times of need to support their friends, family, and community as a whole.
Moving past our nine eleven unit and into the Bill of Rights, my classmates and I learned about our

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