Ensuring Full Citizenship

Teachers everywhere should constantly be focusing on ensuring full citizenship in their classrooms and in their communities. Everyone, especially in America, has been given rights, such as the freedom of speech. It is the responsibility of the teacher to honor and uphold the rights and opportunities of each and every one of their students, no matter their background or status. All students, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities, should be able to feel safe and free within their classrooms. Teachers have the ability to ensure full citizenship by monitoring such acts like teasing and bullying within the classroom setting and making sure that those who do commit such acts know that they are wrong and should inevitably change their ways. In my opinion, it is never too early to begin to ensure full citizenship within the classroom. Many elementary school students are sat in “a time out” in order to think about their negative actions. In countries throughout the South Pacific, students who choose not to do well in school are put to work, often in tasks such as wood carving. No matter what the method of consequence in one’s classroom is, however, the important lesson to be learned is that upholding the rights of each student is important and essential to the betterment of humankind as a whole.