Positive character trait
Civic-minded
Concerned with improving and supporting the wider community.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Votes in local elections, reads up on the ballot and goes to public meetings.
- Helps others take part: drives a neighbor to the polls, translates a notice, explains how to file a complaint.
- Reports a broken streetlight or an unsafe crossing to the right office, and follows it up.
Fits when a person takes practical responsibility for the health of civic life
Not when interest in politics is partisan performance without service or responsibility
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Organized [nonpartisan voter guide, town meeting or community survey] in [area], reaching [number] residents and [result].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is civic-minded: they [serve on the neighborhood board or organize the annual town cleanup], and they bring the same care for shared rules and services to [their work].
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Report card comment [Name] takes an active part in school life, from class elections to [the recycling program or the student council], and encourages others to join in.
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In a story, shown not told The night before the election, the woman in 4B taped a sheet by the mailboxes: the polling station address, the opening hours, and her phone number for anyone who needed a ride.
Civic-minded residents translated the ballot guide and staffed the information desk.
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