Challenge 1-3

I think that a person who recycles and takes care of the envirenoment is a good example for an active citizen, because he must be worried about how the world is going to be in a near future.

This concept, can be defined as a moral disposition that people have to do relative of responsabilities with various communities. This term was used by Barack Obama, the U.S. president in 2008 in a speech in Berlin. He emphasizes in a global citizenship that refers to satates, as a responsible to act to the awareness, that in this century, students become global citizens through the education.

In Summary, a global citizen is someone that can be adapt moral and ethical respect for any citizens, religion and culture.

I think to be a global citizen, I have to be easygoing, people person, helpful, professional and I will never forget to respect other people, remember that my rights end when the rights of others begin.

I like your paragraph and more when you use the example of Barack Obama also your way of expressing your thoughts in paragraph. I liked !

In my opinion, what your paragraph says is right. There is no doubt that a global citizen has to be culturally literate to understand and tolerate other people's customs and traditions.

An active citizen should think that the vote it's an important politic element. I consider that i'm an active citizen, i'm so interested in the public policy in our city and the resources management.
Also, my carreer makes that the political things like elections, parties, laws and foreign policy being important for me.
In summary, i consider voting like one of the most important elements that we have for doing possible social changes and for being more influentiable in the political decisions.

I’m totally agree with you Milena. 'If you want to contribute, you must vote.' =D

I agree with you, is important to adapt this concept as a politic element, because it facilitates the way that you can teach to people about this responsability. Moreover, people should understand the importance to include this behavior in their lifes to make bigger and positive social change.

I agree that an active citizen has to have an important participation in politics giving his/her opinion in an objective way and by voting for a governor who is going to make improvements in society.

Hello guys from Challenge One, please post here your personal description of a Global Citizen. Remember that a copy of this description must be in your personal journal. Read your partners texts and comment on one. See you in class.

AN ACTIVE CITIZEN

Nelson Mandela, ex-president of South Africa, has been known in all his life as an active citizen. As leader, he has all the features of a team player. He worked with men of his race to end the Apartheid, and as a politician improved the socio-economical progress of his country that now is the main powered nation in its continent. All that stuff at expense of a lot of sacrifices. He taught us, at the same time he was helping to build a new motherland, that the respect for Human Dignity and the defense of Human Rights, begins with the accomplishment of the solidarity duties with our fellow men. This means that the struggle for the interests of the most needed is the main base for the practice of an active and efficient citizenship. In front of the problems that Colombia has, I don’t consider myself an active citizen because my participation in the searching of solutions isn’t important. I need to work more to accomplish my duties with my fellow men. An active citizenship is necessarily an active participation in the building of a more fair society for all Colombians.