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They are students who • Value the community in which they live and work and are committed to civic responsibilities and services. • Interact positively with a wide variety of people with different backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs. • Understand that they live in a global market place and that cultural diversity and international interdependence are part of the basics of today’s society and economy.

To give an example of how I possess this quality, I will share with you a picture from when we helped a kindergarten class fly kites. Each of us chose a student, whom we taught to fly a kite and helped them fly it for the rest of the day.



Another example of how I possess this quality is a pamphlet I made along with a group in my US Foreign Relations class about the conservation of tigers and why it is a problem. After that part of my group used this pamphlet to educate people at an Earth Day celebration.



My final example of how I possess this quality is an essay I wrote for a scholarship about what it means to be an active citizen. In this essay, I not only explain what I think it means to be an active citizen, but also how I have been an active citizen so far in my life.