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John R. Wooden: Great American Citizens
John R. Wooden In our civics class, we are learning about American citizens. For the class, we are doing a project on “great American citizens.” I chose to do John Wooden as my American citizen who shows greatness and citizenship. John Wooden showed acts of greatness and citizenship in many ways. John Wooden was a very trustworthy person. He was easy to speak with and was open-minded when his players or other people spoke with him. He also showed respect to everyone he communicated with. John treated them with respect and he got respect back. He was responsible by showing up to every practice and game for his job. John was fair to all his players. On the first day of practice they all get a fair chance to prove their spot. He was caring

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