Do your part!!

So tonight, I was sitting in a really fantastic group for my group project for my seminar.  We all worked really hard and well together.  I think our project turned out really well due to the fact that we worked really well together. As I sat there, I recalled some horrible group projects I had in high school. Sometimes, it was completely imbalanced.  Only one or two people would do the work 5 people should have.  It was really obnoxious, because in a lot of cases, all of the members would get the grade for the work of a few.

This is kinda similar to civic virtue. A lot of people think they can think just donate a bit of money or do a tiny volunteer project once a year, and they're the most civilly virtuous person.  Realistically, I bet the most charity/volunteering comes from a few people who do a lot of work.  Then everyone else takes credit for it. Which is dumb!!

I'll be honest, I'm not the civically virtuous person.  But I also don't claim to be.  And if I was going to, I'd do something to substantiate the claim.  But don't claim to be so great, when you aren't doing the work that'd prove it.