On the Nature of Citizenship viewed through the Putnam and Oldenquist Model

Kirpatrick Signature Series Application Assignment 1.3Authored and Read by Mayasonette Lambkiss LA400_LA410_LA420-C321 AMERICAN VISION AND VALUES (2243_1)Date: 11/30/2023Due Date: 12/3/23Engaged citizenship begins with self-education. Understanding the basic concepts of what it means to be a citizen, what problems move in our local, domestic, foreign and global communities is the beginning of taking interest in our fellow humans. It is an important topic, because we all depend on each other for survival, supply, safety, personal growth, and interconnectedness. The most important realization we may come to in our relationship to our community is that the more we ensure other peoples' needs to be met, rights respected, and gifts to shine to others, the more our needs, rights, and shining gifts will receive the kind attitudes. Only in a very small part for exchange and bargain, but because the more we educate our surroundings for a generous and right interconnectedness, the healthier our societies become. To be engaged citizens simply means to make ourselves available for a necessary purpose to others within the context of our society. The nation we live in, the United States brings us the specifics on how they expect their citizens to contribute to the country as a whole, it offers us civic rights in exchange for duties and responsibilities. The more correctly we use our responsibilities, the more we ensure everyone else's rights, and our own role within the matrix. The healthier our engagement with our society, the healthier it is for others, and the coming generations. Putnam's theory focuses on the importance of being involved, and it remains the most significant starting point. Without involvement there is nothing. Nothing happens, only rogue societal wildlife will be spreading, and the shadow of human nature carries inherent issues for our survival individually and as a human family as well. Oldenquist beautifully makes the case for the importance of education, which will take place either we deliberately cultivate an educational direction and standard for our youngsters, or not. But the risk of losing the best qualities of our civilization is significantly less if we take responsibility and intentionally direct the formation of culture through education, than if we ignore our power to build better minds for a better society. Americans created a new culture where individualism and respect to innate qualities of human beings is worshipped from birth, and it has brought a new sense of freedom to the world as such. While scientific observation of the various cultures brings to light, that apart from the benefits of individualism and freedom it has weaknesses, that other countries can manage better, and we have a reason to look into the relevance of how to shape our own attitudes towards the education of the will of children in their formative years already. While American citizens perhaps are the most engaged citizens of any society, it is greatly engraved in our history of innovation, taking initiatives and grassroot-movements, it is imperative for the future of our country that we do not neglect the importance of shaping and defining the range and quality of freedom we groom our children to cultivate in their own minds towards our country and the world. America was built on the grassroot initiatives of leading minds, and it is an arena still providing the greatest opportunities for exercising civic freedom. Grassroot activities form into movements by networking, and networking is dependent on the unmeasurable and...