Being a global citizen...
Etre un citoyen du monde...
- Being a Global citizen is understanding world issues outside of the U.S.
- Being a global citizen means following the news, and not just the American news. It means noticing when others in the world are suffering and to raise one's voice to call attention to such things. It means using voices, hands, and hearts to build a better world. That means speaking the truth when people are wronged, and it means being willing to listen to alternative viewpoints. Martin Luther King, Jr., talked about "Beloved Community." To me, being a global citizen means holding up the ideal of the beloved community and working for it in every way possible.
- Being a global citizen takes empathy and curiosity for other cultures.
- Entails constant awareness of your own bias and how it has come to be so based on your family, your country of origin, and your surrounding culture.
- entails learning about other countries, cultures, and people.
- Giving back/ Selfless/ Doing the right thing
- identifies as a part of the global community more than as a part of a specific nation
- is being curious about what is happening around the world, not just in your own circles.
- is fulfilling as well as challenging. You get to travel the word but it might be too expensive.
- is ideal
- is learning about other cultures and being kind.
- is the future, is a product of technology.
- is unattainable. However, I think it is valuable to be aware of how your actions may affect others living lives very different from your own.
- is understanding how the world outside of where you live works
- languages, openness, curiosity
- means being aware of current events, being willing to help others.
- means being open and eager to learn about other cultures, and setting one's expectations or preconceived notions aside., A global citizen feels a responsibility to the world as a whole, and has an understanding that no country or culture can be isolationist because we all depend on one another, we are all connected.
- Means being willing to find common ground with different cultures.
- means caring for all people and things, even if they do not directly affect you or your country.
- means that we care about people living in the Marshall Islands, whose land is quickly being devoured by rising sea levels. It means we care about Syrians who are displaced and often unwelcome in other lands. It means that we learn to think beyond ourselves and our own wants.
- means that you not only can hold appreciation for other cultures and places, but you are receptive to foreign ideas and ideologies.
- means traveling, learning foreign languages, keeping up to date on foreign issues.
- means wanting to find similarities between others and celebrating differences
- means working not only for the greater good of your country, but for the world. accepting other cultures as different.
- opens doors to our neighbors, allows for a shared community, forgives the wrongs of the past.
- requires a knowledge of current events worldwide while being in tune with many perspectives.
- sounds very appealing.
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- avoir vécu dans différents bassins culturels par exemple
- c'est acceuillir les étrangers ou les personnes qui pensent de differentes manières sans les juger
- c'est accueillir son prochain comme on aimerait être accueilli chez lui.
- c'est agir à son échelle afin de préserver notre planète et la paix.
- C'est aimer les gens indifféremment de leurs origines
- C'est apprendre à connaître les différentes cultures mondiales et adapter son comportement en fonction.
- c'est arriver à penser à tous les autres citoyens du monde et à réfléchir à des solutions possibles pour améliorer la vie de chacun à son niveau.
- c'est avant tout vouloir le meilleur pour l'Humanité et sa maison la planète Terre.
- c'est considérer l'humanité comme un peuple uni, et penser que les conflits qui nous divisent ne sont dans l'intérêt de personne.
- c'est considérer que tous les citoyens du monde ont des droits communs
- c'est ne pas avoir peur de l'inconnu, c'est d'aider les plus démunis
- c'est ne pas se considérer comme appartenant à tel ou tel pays mais comme étant un être humain habitant de la terre avant tout.
- c'est oeuvrer pour le bien de la planète.
- c'est participer à la protection de la planète et de tous êtres vivants.
- c'est pensez au delà des frontières pour essayer de faire en tous un meilleur monde pour y vivre.
- c'est prendre conscience de toute la misère du monde, du SDF aux enfants affamés dans les pays du Sud, en passant par toutes les espèces qui disparaissent, et faire son possible pour l'améliorer.
- c'est respecter sa planète et ses habitants
- c'est respecté les autres, et l'environnement.
- c'est rouler à droite.
- c'est s'ouvrir au monde, être ouvert aux autres cultures
- c'est s'ouvrir aux autres cultures tout en partageant sa culture, dans un respect mutuel.
- c'est savoir apprécier les autres cultures que la sienne.
- c'est savoir ses droits et ses devoirs
- c'est se tenir au courant des problèmes internationaux, environnementaux... et agir en conséquence si possible.
- c'est trier ses déchets, faire attention à sa consommation d'électricité, qui ne gaspille pas d'eau.
- c'est une façon de penser
- c'est voyager
- c'est voyager.
c'est être originaire de plusieurs pays.
c'est aimer le monde. - commence par apprendre une langue étrangère et voyager.
- demande d'être solidaire
- est de voir les gens tous de la même manière, quelque soit leur nationalité.
- Etre un citoyen du monde signifie qu'on est tous un seul peuple avec des droits et des devoirs communs, égaux.
- implique du respect envers les autres
- S'engager pour développer un sentiment d'identité commune et de coexistence pacifique entre les habitants de la planète, tout en respectant les diversités locales.
- s'informer, se cultiver, être ouvert d'esprit
- Signifie qu'on est tous responsables du bien-être de notre planète
- voter, ensemble
- Vouloir découvrir le monde. Respecter chaque culture.
- Être un citoyen du monde c'est ne pas être raciste.
Discussion
I was surprised by the similarity between both categories in terms of their recognition of equality, their hope for a more inclusive, welcoming world, and their realistic mindset about some of the negatives of being a global citizen. I would have thought the perspectives to be more opposing, perhaps with the U. S. taking a more “stranger danger” perspective and France taking a more inclusive one. Are there inaccuracies, perhaps, in this list or does it seem accurate to you as a student?
Reading the lists from both countries fascinated me immensely. Curiously, I noticed that, for all the talk of being a global citizen, only the students of Toulouse actually explicitly mentioned the planet, the Earth, and the world itself. Those of Bowdoin tended to focus more on the understandings and interactions with those of different cultures, and not letting bias impede cooperation, whereas the other side connected the environment with humanity, unifying people and place that is all too compelling to ignore. (Again, this speaks to the mindfulness and conscientiousness in Europe related to sustainable living, at least compared with the general American stance.) In some sense, this may just come from the United States’ immense size and influence, so that for many Americans, it is, in and of itself as a country, the entire world. Additionally, the consistent mention by Bowdoin students of staying up-to-date on current events and regarding diverse cultures contrasted to some extent with the idea of a unified global populace on the Toulouse side. This difference reminds me of the “melting pot” concept in the United States, where all cultures are respected and appreciated, but that does not necessarily mean that we are all the same people. Of course, we should still work together and cooperate, but variations and changes among all of us can be embraced. Would one say that this is valid in France, or is a more homogeneous mixing of different groups more to be favored? Also, I must commend those of Toulouse for offering examples of actions and ideals that can be implemented in specific situations on a day-to-day basis, such as voting, sorting trash, and paying attention to electricity consumption. For the most part, Bowdoin students spoke in a more general sense, but there appeared a bit of a distance between their ideas and their actions. With this in mind, does one constantly imagine a kind of duty to activism or to reform in France, even in small, daily ways? Can the individual make a difference? Does the preponderance of goals yet lack of precise actions on the Bowdoin side indicate a sense of hypocrisy, or just idealism? Questions, questions, yet so one still wonders.