Drawn by higher purpose and a sense of responsibility as a global citizen, it has been my lifelong mission since young to make a positive impact in this world that accommodates my very existence. Committing myself to active civic engagement, I am determined to confront the multidimensional challenges facing mankind in today's rapidly evolving global landscape. Within my school community, it has been my privilege to be given the mandate by my peers to lead and serve as a student Councilor. To empower the student body with a greater voice, I initiated dialogues and focus group discussions, garnering on-the-ground sentiments and collating feedback for school management to review. I have handed these initiatives to subsequent batches of elected
At times, I noticed that the mayor would have probably been more attentive hearing from irate citizens than listen to Armenta trying to get clarifications to C-5. Unexciting as the council meeting agenda items might have been, it was still fascinating to see local government at work in such an orderly, proper fashion. We may disagree on particular ordinances or agenda items, but we will do so in an appropriate way that does not disrupt the city at large, and even though the topics of discussion were mostly mundane, students should still at one point or another witness their local governments at work. Doing so leads to a greater understanding for how day-to-day city improvements take affect and how important it can be to voice your opinion and be a leader within your community.
As a leader candidate, I can understand the challenges and multiplicity of complications that administrators must face each day. However, I will not accept any remote possibility that the students must be affected by some flaws of the school organization. We all as leaders, must be strategic with people, time, and money to guide our students towards an academic success.
“Who’s going to step up?”. “Who’s going to change this?”. People ask these questions everyday. I realize that I have never truly thought about the defining characteristics of a leader. I was given a list of qualities and upon reading it, I proudly realized that I demonstrate leadership. But the important consideration should not be how I successfully match this definition, but instead why I do it. I was elected treasurer for the class of 2016, a student body elected official, and hold that position of responsibility by attending meetings weekly, promoting school activities (such as homecoming), and participating in student council planning and events as much as possible. I wanted to become treasurer because I wanted a say in decisions that impacted our class. I wanted to be recognized as an individual that my peers could come to with questions and concerns.
Finally, as a member of the Student Leadership Council, I have developed meaningful relationships with peers, advisors and community leaders, some who share my views and others whose views are utterly different from mine. I have been able to grow tremendously from my association with Students Against Destructive Decisions. Thus, it is my desire to continue volunteering for the Students Against Destructive Decisions Student Leadership Council, even after I graduate from high school, because it has been such a meaningful and rewarding experience. It is my hopes that I will be able to some day facilitate a Students Against Destructive Decisions Program in my community, as there is an urgent need for positive adult mentors.
For my civic engagement essay, I registered to vote on October 21st, 2016, for the then upcoming 2016, presidential election. Not only was this my first time voting, but it was the first time I could democratically voice my opinion in my country. Moreover, because I’m a United States citizen, I view it as my civic duty to vote. Correspondingly, America was founded on enlightened ideas which endorsed the ideas of democracies. Furthermore, I believe it would be un-American of me to otherwise not vote. For these reasons, I left my house around 5pm October 8th, to vote at the Laketon Heights Methodist Church; 9601 Frankstown Road.
From the employer point of view, the covenants-not-to-compete agreement is to protect the company’s brand and to prevent their competition from learning their trade secrets. In many cases, preventing old employees from encouraging investors to sponsors their new company based on previous relationships.
Theater 180 addressed the quest question of how do people understand and engage in community life? Through this class I’ve gained a better understanding of what civic engagement is. At the start of this semester I had very minimal knowledge about civic engagement. As far as I knew civic engagement was just volunteering but nothing much beyond that. With this class I have learned that civic engagement is much more than just volunteer work.
With emphasis put on efficiency, Student Council has had their power lessened to the point where many feel that they have no real influence. Manja Klemencic would characterize this as, an authoritarian-paternalistic approach in which a student government is integrated into the institutional structure and given limited discretion for involvement on issues strictly concerning students (such as student services, teaching quality) and only in an advisory rather than co-decision capacity(Klemencic) To clarify, student government and specifically student council has very little funding and outside help needed to have real influence at the University. Additionally, many feel certain leaders are pushed by the University because they will not challenge the status quo or aggravate administrations desires. Diversity
The purpose of student voice in our school board is to ensure that trustees and all staff of the board are acting with a complete and thorough understanding of the perspective of the students that they influence. For me, as a Student Trustee, this would mean advocating for the opinions of students no matter who they are, and hearing and responding appropriately to feedback and concerns from students regardless of personal opinion and bias. This includes advocating for students in an equitable manner. It is important to make sure students feel their concerns are being heard, and to thoroughly handle concerns and questions to a student’s
We partake in the operation of our school with being involved in decision-making at various levels and in many fields by attending staff meetings, organising various school events and initiatives as well as regularly engage in dialogue with our fellow students. In being School Captains, we are also part of the Student Representative Council. The SRC has enabled the students of Pal Buddhist School to have their ideas and opinions represented and to have an input into the running of the school. We amplify their ideas, attitudes and values in order to positively influence our school and public communities. We are proud to say that the SRC acts as a forum for
The public’s ability to speak and challenge any proposal is the most important part of the proceedings. However, sufficient time is not always provided to the public to adequately state their concerns. Each time I attend a board meeting, I get a better understanding of the impact the board has regarding decisions they make about our schools, teachers, and students. As concerned stakeholders,
Citizenship is a concept that gets thrown around here and there in popular media, words like immigration, refugee, and of course the important one, voting. Although you can find this concept of citizenship riddling the headlines, many actual citizens lack the knowledge to what the responsibilities and actions it takes to have “effective citizenship” or to be an “effective citizen.” Being an effective citizen could mean just paying taxes and showing up to vote every two years, or to the other extent it could entail venturing out to town budget meetings and obscure town forums. What does it really mean to be an “effective citizen?” In regards to the population as a whole, interpretations of effective citizenship are far from black and white.
Besides academics, fine arts and sports in school, I have attained leading roles in different groups. This year, I am the Spirit Leader of Student Council encouraging monthly goals and themes and assisting in school events. From creating a student council with a group of peers three years ago we have had success in many events and have found new ways to spread spirit, gather important information and assist with financial groups. Recently, I stepped up to be the leader of the fundraising committee for our ...
In the spring of 2016, I took interest in student government and ran for a position called Student School Board Trustee in the Thames Valley District School Board. The position of Student Trustee is a position mandated by the Government of Ontario that exists to give a voice to the thousands of students within the school board. I was successfully won my election after campaigning to win the support of student representatives from schools across the Thames Valley and a strong debate performance. During my time as the School Trustee – Elect, I wasted no time preparing for my role and participating in the governance process.
The concept of citizenship traditionally has two meanings: it both implies legal relationships between a person and a country, thus being close to nationality, and defines a normative ideal of the association with a political community and an active participation in it; while analyzing the attributes of ‘a good citizen’, we mostly deal with the latter. Though it is democracy that enables us to fully exploit the capacities of our citizenship by giving us civil, political and social rights, it itself requires responsible citizens for proper functioning of its institutions. However, more and more people these days prefer to abstain from public life and to pursue private interests, and with the growth of passive citizenship, it is worth asking: what does constitute a good citizen? I believe that a good citizen is a person who never makes a choice between private interests and public activities, but the one whose life is balanced between those two, the one who needs to step outside the close circle to fulfill his life-mission, to realize his potential.