An active citizen is a leader.
It's a person that provides his knowledge to the community. That type of person tries to change those things that affect the community.
The characteristics of an active citizen are: Usually is a people person, a team player and helpful person.
Personally I don't think I am a very active citizen, I think that I need more sense of leadership.
What I can do to be more active, is stop to look that I belong to this world, and should be good to contribute to the world with my knowledge.
In conclusion an active citizen is a person who is connected with what is happening in the world, and work to change the bad things.
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