Scot Hafer
Mrs. Rue
10-8-15
Good citizen essay Understanding and Adapting
People can't always get what they wants. No one can ever always get what they one in
this world.Just like a society won't be able to get perfect expectations out of the people in
it. A good citizen is a person who fights for racial equality and has respect for a persons
culture or beliefs by giving people a place in society or by giving other races a chance in a
society because if one person in a society didn't obey the law or let other races be equal to
each other; then they would set bad examples to other citizens, and some people in that
society might follow which would give the lawmakers and people who …show more content…
Local governments eventually adapt with society to
distribute equal housing units to citizens. Another author and example that would follow
behind these topics is Julia Alvarez from the short story, "I want to be Miss America". She
would agree with this because in her article, she explains how when she moved to the
United States from the Dominican Republic, she had high expectations of fitting in as a
citizen and society would make this hard for her and her family since they were not racially
equal with whites or didn't quite understand the American culture. "Our teachers and
classmates at the local Catholic schools referred to us as [Porto Ricans] or [Spanish]. No
one knew where the Dominican Republic was on the map" (Alvarez 5). Julia Alvarez is a
person that doesn't know what to expect (culture wise) in the United States at first until she
later gets used to the culture and the way citizens in America get treated by society. Even
though Julia Alvarez deals with American society throughout the story, and even figures out
part of the culture, by the end of the article, she admits that she still sees herself as …show more content…
True citizens must go beyond the "right" expectations of a society by sometimes doing
the wrong expectations in order to have the right outcome. Cheating is a wrong expectation
in a society, and even though a society thinks cheating is never the right answer, there are a
few cases where it may be a good thing. From the article, "What do school teachers and sip
wrestlers have in common", by author Steven J. Dubner, he explains how cheating is a part
of every citizens life, and how it may not always be a bad thing in a society because it is
naturally a part of many people's lives and there may be some cases where cheating can be
used as a slight benefit for some people. "It is the third grader who, worried about not
making it to the fourth grade, copies test answers from the kid sitting next to him" (Steven
J. Dubner 1). This example of how cheating may be a benefit might not be clear for some
people because most people probably view cheating on a test, (whether it's just to pass a
grade or not), as a meaningless act because the person who is cheating is not using the
mind of there own. However, this is still taking about a 3rd grader trying to pass a test
Mrs. Rue
10-8-15
Good citizen essay Understanding and Adapting
People can't always get what they wants. No one can ever always get what they one in
this world.Just like a society won't be able to get perfect expectations out of the people in
it. A good citizen is a person who fights for racial equality and has respect for a persons
culture or beliefs by giving people a place in society or by giving other races a chance in a
society because if one person in a society didn't obey the law or let other races be equal to
each other; then they would set bad examples to other citizens, and some people in that
society might follow which would give the lawmakers and people who …show more content…
Local governments eventually adapt with society to
distribute equal housing units to citizens. Another author and example that would follow
behind these topics is Julia Alvarez from the short story, "I want to be Miss America". She
would agree with this because in her article, she explains how when she moved to the
United States from the Dominican Republic, she had high expectations of fitting in as a
citizen and society would make this hard for her and her family since they were not racially
equal with whites or didn't quite understand the American culture. "Our teachers and
classmates at the local Catholic schools referred to us as [Porto Ricans] or [Spanish]. No
one knew where the Dominican Republic was on the map" (Alvarez 5). Julia Alvarez is a
person that doesn't know what to expect (culture wise) in the United States at first until she
later gets used to the culture and the way citizens in America get treated by society. Even
though Julia Alvarez deals with American society throughout the story, and even figures out
part of the culture, by the end of the article, she admits that she still sees herself as …show more content…
True citizens must go beyond the "right" expectations of a society by sometimes doing
the wrong expectations in order to have the right outcome. Cheating is a wrong expectation
in a society, and even though a society thinks cheating is never the right answer, there are a
few cases where it may be a good thing. From the article, "What do school teachers and sip
wrestlers have in common", by author Steven J. Dubner, he explains how cheating is a part
of every citizens life, and how it may not always be a bad thing in a society because it is
naturally a part of many people's lives and there may be some cases where cheating can be
used as a slight benefit for some people. "It is the third grader who, worried about not
making it to the fourth grade, copies test answers from the kid sitting next to him" (Steven
J. Dubner 1). This example of how cheating may be a benefit might not be clear for some
people because most people probably view cheating on a test, (whether it's just to pass a
grade or not), as a meaningless act because the person who is cheating is not using the
mind of there own. However, this is still taking about a 3rd grader trying to pass a test