Throughout this chapter, I’ve learned a lot about civic life and private life. Civic life is the public life of citizens that concerns the community and nation. After high school, my life will be affected in many ways, but for an example, I will have to pay taxes. Paying taxes is part of a person's civic life because those taxes go towards things like roads, schools, the military, healthcare, and more. On the other hand, private life is, as discussed in the assignment for Private Life vs Civic Life, a person’s personal relationships, interest, and activities as distinct from their public or professional life. For example, when a citizen does something life household chores, their relationships, and their everyday hobbies. After high school,
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With everything that was discussed in class, my understanding is that politics are groups of people whose opinions or interest might be different but make collective decisions. The way that my life after high school will be that I’ll be over the age of 18, which will give me the right to vote.In our assignment, “How are Power, Legitimacy, Authority and Sovereignty Related to Politics?”, we discussed how power, legitimacy, authority and sovereignty related to politics. Through this assignment/lesson, I learned that power refers to an ability of one person to another person to do something the wouldn’t do otherwise, which relates to politics because of the power everyone has by their opinions. Legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, which is accepting rules given by government, and this relates to politics because in both, there is power involved. Authority is the right to enforce obedience and making decisions, which also relates to politics because they both have people that have the ability to command respect and exercise power. And sovereignty is the authority over an area, which related to politics because both consists of decision making. These are the things I’ve learned and taken from what politics
With everything that was discussed in class, my understanding is that politics are groups of people whose opinions or interest might be different but make collective decisions. The way that my life after high school will be that I’ll be over the age of 18, which will give me the right to vote.In our assignment, “How are Power, Legitimacy, Authority and Sovereignty Related to Politics?”, we discussed how power, legitimacy, authority and sovereignty related to politics. Through this assignment/lesson, I learned that power refers to an ability of one person to another person to do something the wouldn’t do otherwise, which relates to politics because of the power everyone has by their opinions. Legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, which is accepting rules given by government, and this relates to politics because in both, there is power involved. Authority is the right to enforce obedience and making decisions, which also relates to politics because they both have people that have the ability to command respect and exercise power. And sovereignty is the authority over an area, which related to politics because both consists of decision making. These are the things I’ve learned and taken from what politics