“Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?”
~Marilyn Monroe
When I first started to learn about responsibilities and respect, I thought it was annoying and worthless, but when I started to use the themes in my life, I started to enjoy it and realized it’s an important way to show self improvement. Those themes mean a lot to me because they are themes that will always be a key factor to a good community and lifestyle. That’s why respect and reasonability as the two pillars to write about.
Every good citizen adds to the strength of an nation
~Gordon B. Hinckley
When my morning starts I subconsciously think, “what will I be today?” I have an answer to that question, and though I may not think it directly, I know that I will be the best version of myself. I will be the person who cares, who puts in an effort. I will be the person who doesn’t just do the work, I will be the person who does it well. However, while that is what is most important to me, it’s only a fraction of what it takes to be a good citizen. I think today I will be a good citizen, the kind of person that people look up to. The kind of person that tries their best to do the right thing, in school and outside of school; and while I may not know that I want this in the moment, I know I will try my best to be the best version of myself.
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”
~Ally Condie
It’s always the English class that really gets the gears of my head turning. Struggling to write this assignment got me going through the times when I was kind, and how it affected someone else. It was a challenge, thinking of a specific story to tell about my experiences. Especially since I had to dive into the inner relapses of my mind back to when I was a student at Claypit hill Elementary school. From the moment I walked through the door at 8:45, till the moment I left at 3:00 on the dot, those years were filled with memories of Respect—respect for my teachers, respect for my classmates, and respect for my friends—filled with a sense of caring,
Life is not always fair, but it can be better that way. Sometimes I like fairness and other times I like a challenge. Sometimes I like the challenge that unfairness gives me, but it can be overwhelming and makes me want the upper hand. Other times it’s good for it to be even and fair, it all depends on the situation.
“You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.”
~Paul Collier
The weight of the world is on my shoulders. School is incredibly stressful and on top of that, I am playing four sports currently. The way my mom puts it, you only have twenty four hours in a day and I have thirty hours worth of things that I need to do. I arrive at school everyday with bags drooping under my eyes. And somehow, I manage to get through the day. During my day, I am challenged with being a good citizen, and I am also challenged with being a responsible teenager and it’s up to me to make the right decisions.
