This article is based on data collected from secondary school students in Forms I to IV (grades 9 – 12) in Ugandan secondary schools. Students in five secondary schools were asked by their teachers in English class to write an essay on the topic “Describe what you think a very good Ugandan citizen is like.” The result was 332 essays which were coded according to length, complexity, and about 200 content categories. The major categories related to good character attributes like trustworthy, hard work, religious, well-mannered – in short primarily Christian morals. Discussion is grouped around a series of general attributes: Being educated; Participation in development; Relations with other groups; National Identification; National slogans; Compliance behaviors; and Participation in government. In summary, the role of a good citizen is seen in terms of the pupils’ own status as an educated, elite, leadership group in the country. A good citizen is a person whose entire range of behaviors is permeated by these norms.