What Does Citizenship Mean To Me

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My citizenship is made up of my family, volleyball team, school, my faith, and where I live. With all this in mind I can think about what citizenship actually means to me. Citizenship means that I can express myself in everything I do. I can just be myself at school, at home, and with my family. No one can take that away from me. I can be open about my faith at school, but I could not do that at a public school. Being part of the volleyball team is difficult at the moment. Everyone has to do their part on the team, but I can not contribute my part to the team. It is frustrating to not be able to do my part for the team during practice, or in a game. I can not complain too much because I do get to at least touch the ball sometimes. Everything with volleyball is just harder because of all the practice, early morning workouts, and the opponents have gotten better. This is not going to change until the season is over though. I have enjoyed playing volleyball but right now it is not really been enjoyable. Volleyball has been my life since seventh grade, and I will not forget the friendships built through playing volleyball. I have some friends that are in my graduating class, but the majority graduated last year. I miss them the most because I no longer see them at school and able to …show more content…
Public school is different than a private school. I was use to wearing whatever I wanted to school. I came to PCA in seventh grade, having to wear a uniform was difficult to get use to. I have enjoyed the smaller class sizes, the technology, but that is not really what I was use to. Public school has about thirty students in one class, which is difficult for one teacher. Having about thirty students in one class is a difficult environment to learn in because there is so many distractions. PCA has about fifteen to twenty students in one class for the teacher. Having about fifteen to twenty students in a class is a much easier environment to learn

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