Learn From History To Avoid Future Mistakes

You must find the past of our nation is vitally important, and believe the best way to avoid future mistakes is to learn from history. You have to be well-informed and very concerned with what makes this country great. Be a true patriot! Learn Ethiopian History!

History 101 – A self paced Post Graduate diploma course in Ethiopian History

• Citizenship today requires individuals be knowledgeable of public problems.

• Citizens working together to right injustices.

• Individuals, as responsible members of their communities.

• Freedom to act on matters concerning them.

“These Americans are the most peculiar people in the world. You’ll not believe it when I tell you how they behave. In a local community in their country, a citizen may conceive of some need [that] is not being met. What does he do? He goes across the street and discusses it with his neighbor. Then what happens? A committee begins functioning on behalf of that need. All of this is done by private citizens on their own initiative. The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens” (Tocqueville 1956, 201).

EVERY MOMENT COUNTS

Individualism is the principle of people having the freedom to act on matters concerning them (Salamon 2002)..

Civic Responsibility means giving to the community in the pursuit of one’s interest or task (Drucker 1999).

Common Good is a system in which people can – within the law – pursue their various respective visions of the common good and concurrently accomplish the kinds of mutual accommodation that make a social system livable and workable for all (Gardner 2003).

Social Capital refers to social networks of trust and reciprocity affecting the productivity of individuals and groups. By establishing connections among individuals, involvement in associations teaches norms of cooperation that transfer to political and economic life. The core idea of social capital theory is that social networks have value (Putnam 2000).

Social Responsibility requires doing no harm to others in the pursuit of one’s own interest or task (Drucker, 1999).