
This entry was posted in Uncategorized by mnp5116. I believe that it is truly being passionate and caring enough to make a difference, in and outside of your private and public life. When composing a rough draft, there are a few best practices including (1) not worrying too much about length, (2) following your outline, (3) taking breaks and (4) welcoming feedback. I don’t think being civic is necessarily just helping give back to the community. What are three main points when writing a rough draft A rough draft is the stage of essay writing that occurs between outlining and essay editing. To know that when the children receive their gifts from Santa and are happy, that you had something to do with their happiness.”Ĭonclusion: After interviewing Debra, I took something away from the meaning of being civic. Paragraph Three: Schudson’s final explanation “civic infrastructure.” “Civicness requires both volunteers and professionals, both ordinary citizens and experts,” (Schudson 10). What reward do you get from giving so much time, in your private and public life, to being a major civic member in the community? “Sometimes when you give, the reward back, although it may not be physical or monetary, is a reward within yourself. It also influences me to help out more because I’m in the homes and I see how the children live and their daily struggle.” By working as a social worker, I found opportunities to volunteer my time around the holidays to make sure that families of lower socio-economic status have a good dinner by organizing food drives and gift-wrappings around thanksgiving and Christmas. I like to help children that grew up in the circumstances that I did.”Do you notice your job giving you more opportunity to be involved outside of work? “Yes, it does give me more opportunity. This is because I grew up sometimes without therefore I know what it’s like to go without. Paragraph Two: Chapter one, Schudson discusses that people learn to be civic through “shared enterprise.”Do you see your job as a duty? “I see it as something I am passionate about. I then help with the paper work/court documents for later proceedings” I go out and meet and interview the children and the adults and match them up the best I can. Paragraph One: Chapter one- Schudson discusses that people learn to be civic in everyday life as a “ritual repetition.” “I match children from the foster care system who are available with families who want to adopt. Introduction : Parallelism between Chapter One, Michael Schudson, and Debra’s everyday life. Thesis Statement: Debra Kitchener, a social worker at Delta Community Services, portrays her civic duties in both her private and public life through ritual repetition, shared enterprise and civic infrastructure.*Parallelism between her civic life and what Michael Schudson portrayed in his first chapter about “How people learn to be civic.” The person I interviewed, Debra Kitchener, portrays acts of civic duty every part of her everyday.

Purpose: My purpose is to show that civic duty can be done in and outside of work everyday as well as private and public life. Topic: Debra Kitchener, Social Worker & Civic Duties
