Reflection On Civics And Citizenship Course

This Civics and Citizenship course has helped me realize that I am not very informed about civics and about the role the government has in our country. However, this has helped me understand that it is important to take part in civic actions because it is a privilege to be able to speak out about my beliefs and opinions in what I want to change within a community. Through this final culminating activity, I was able to input some of my views on the government and our economy.
The important factor in determining the country’s democratic rights is through voting. It is our country’s democracy that allows us to vote for our beliefs. Therefore by voting, we are voicing our opinions on how we think the government should operate. So, it is very important …show more content…
I didn’t realize how low turnouts was a huge deal to our country until I had done some research for a civics assignment. During my research I have found some interesting reasons as to why Canada had such low voting turnouts. First of all, because we are too caught up in our own lives, we forget about the economy we live in and so we become too bothered to go out to voting stations and express our opinions. Secondly, we don’t vote because of political indifference. Many people simply have lack of interest towards politics, or aren’t very educated on the importance of it all. Last but not least, since Canada starts voting at such a young age, many young people are inexperienced and too immature to understand the serious impact upon voting. However in my opinion, I found these reasons to be lame excuses for our arrogance and ignorance for our country nowadays. Eligible voters shouldn’t give up their right to vote for such silly reasons when there are other countries who do not have this privilege and are fighting for this right every day. If you think about it, it’s quite unfair how we’re taking this privilege for granted. However, the result of low voting turnouts can change if people work together to inform one another about the importance of voting and the negative impact of low voting turnouts. If we put in the effort to speak out and discuss as a country on what we can improve, we can certainly …show more content…
Through learning civics, we also get to learn about our rights and duties while we get to explore other individuals’. I feel like I have benefitted really well from this course as I improved my knowledge and views on our government. As a final point, learning civics is essential to prepare future generations to take on the responsibility as a proper responsible