Project Citizen

Project Citizen has been something I've heard about and have not been looking forward to for a couple years. This project is one of the many graduation requirements needed to receive my high school diploma, and also serves as a capstone of the 12 years of social studies. During project citizen students like me are able to address a problem in society by coming up with alternative policies and finding a possible way to solve it by going through different levels of government. The group I was apart of decided to tackle the problem of AP students not having the opportunity to receive the help they need to succeed, during the process of finding solutions and ways to put them into place I learned about what I can do as a citizen to change our public policy. As we decided what issue to address, our group looked for ways we could benefit the school we attend. One of these ways was to create a tutoring center for AP students. Having a project that applied so closely to where we lived and where we spent most of our time made the project more meaningful. Because this project had an impact on our lives gave us extra motivation in researching how we could put this project into place. I was able to learn much about what I …show more content…
These are the benefits I have seen from our democratic government. This part I was able to have fun with, however there were also parts I had challenges with. I have never thrived in working with groups. I have trouble sharing the same vision as others during group projects. I would much rather do things myself. This challenged me but also made me improve in working with others. I felt we were able to communicate well and remain on the same page. This was key in achieving our common goal. However difficult this project has been, am grateful to have learned what I have learned from it and I am also glad to be one step closer to