What’s your understanding of citizenship? How can we relate Treaty Education to citizenship?
My understanding of citizenship is an individual who lives in and participates within the society of a certain place. Within society, there are two types of people, there are “good” citizens and “bad” citizens. Good citizens are people who are active members of society, they vote, volunteer, donate, etc. whereas bad citizen are individuals who don’t fit the social norms they are the people who maybe go against the rules or has a bad reputation. This is a completely biased opinion because the people that are considered “bad” maybe just don’t have the time or money to do those things for their community. I think that my views are this way because growing up having parents with slightly lower income jobs, they weren’t able to do a lot of donating or volunteering because of their schedules and income; causing lots of negative opinions to be formed and this stigma to be placed on them.
Through reading about treaty education, I realized that there were a lot things that students could use in their day-to-day life that could even improve role in society. Through my experiences I have noticed a lack of education on the topic of treaty education, because certain people think it isn’t an important subject to dive into more. Our responsibility as aspiring educators is to integrate treaty education into the curriculum so that we may abandon these outdated ideologies and introduce a new way of thinking. This will encourage the future generation to understand indigenous traditions and ways, which they would not have had access to in the past.
Good job explaining citizenship and Treaty Education. Incorporating good and bad citizens fits well with the class content.
I’m not sure if your ideas are linked to the video and podcast from this week so that could be made more clear.
This was well written and you articulated your points clearly.
I really like the way to point out the “idea” of a bad citizen. Because I feel the same about it just cause they don’t donate or vote shouldn’t make them bad. But what if they are actually hard working community members just don’t have the time to vote because it usually takes place mid day and they have to work or that they can’t donate stuff because the stuff they have is all they got. The only thing I would of liked to see is that you added an example of how to incorporate treaty education. But other than that I think you covered these topics wonderfully and made strong points.
Hi Kelsey,
Your blog this week was very relatable to both myself and I think many others. You pointed out how you personally experienced what it was like to have parents who didn’t have a ton of extra money… I think that’s so important to keep in mind when it comes down to citizenship because sometimes people can only afford to do the bare minimum of what is being asked to do. I also think many people can relate to your own experience on a personal level, even though I don’t think that necessarily means you’re a “bad” citizen. I’m curious to know a few of the important day-to-day things you stated that children could do to improve their role in society. Overall, great blog post-Kelsey!
Kelsey, I agree with how you say that the identification of a “bad” citizen is a bias opinion, and how it can hide important context such as the abilities to be involved or support their community whether due to financial or other reasons. I also found your experiences relatable in terms of the opportunities available to me being very limited in comparison to a more higher income household.
Really great response Kelsey! I liked how recognized the stigma surrounding “bad citizens” and compared it to potential realities these individuals may be facing. When you say, “certain people think it (treaty education) isn’t an important subject to dive into”, who are you referring to? Teachers? Curriculum makers? Government? All of the above? I think being extra specific here would make your response even better! I also really loved how you used the word “responsibility” when referring to educators and the need for teaching treaty ed. It’s really powerful! Well done!
Hi Kelsey, I really like this blog post. I really enjoyed reading about the “good” and “bad” citizens. The part that really caught my attention was when you explained that your parents have slightly lower-income jobs which means that they don’t necessarily have the time or extra money to be actively participating in society. This results in them having negative opinions about them or stigma placed on them. This is really unfair and is not an accurate representation of who is a “good” or “bad” citizen in society. I think it’s important to change how we define a “good” citizen and “bad”citizen because everyone has very different circumstances and experiences.
Society does make you feel like there are “bad” and “good” citizens. But taking into account of peoples backgrounds if they are a single parent, or have a low income people may not have the time to do volunteer work or good deeds towards society. Teaching Treaty Education is setting the future up for unity.