Quotes:
Quote #1: "Educators and legislators alike maintain that service learning can improve the community and invigorate the classroom, providing rich educational experiences for students at all levels of schooling."
I completely agree with this quote because this is what I'm going through right now. I feel that the service learning I am doing for this class has really helped me with my understanding of the classroom and teaching styles. I can see first hand how everything is run and be able to run things myself. So I would have to say that I agree with the educators and legislators in saying that service learning provides rich educational experiences.
Quote #2: "For Thanksgiving this year my stepmother helped serve the seniors their Thanksgiving dinner. This was a very rewarding experience helping others in need. It seemed that the dinner was something special to them; it was a chance for them to get together with their peers."
I really liked this quote because it showed that this person was honestly getting something good out of their service learning experience. I find that a lot of people, especially young people, think it's stupid to go and help people in need, but I was glad to read that someone understood its value and is getting something out of it.
Quote #3: "After they returned, the students' perspectives on these elementary school children had changed. They were 'surprised at the children's responsiveness and their attentiveness,' they found the children to be 'extremely polite and surprisingly friendly,' and they discovered that they 'listened well and had excellent behavior."
This quote caught my eye because I had the same reaction after a few sessions in my service learning. The school was in a tough neighborhood so I was expecting this kids to be exactly that. However, I was surprised at how well behaved and polite these kids were to me and I can tell they really seem to enjoy having me there to help.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with the importance of service learning, and as you explained the impact that we have by helping students throughout our SL project. I also agree with your second point, about people wanting to help others. I have done so much community service throughout my schooling, and I know for a fact that people who don't like community service have simply chosen the wrong thing to help with. I have worked at races and I even convinced my friends (who weren't runners) to help too. We ended up having an awesome day!
ReplyDeleteI had the same reaction as you did when starting my first day at my school since the neighborhood was not so great looking. To my surprise the kids seemed more well behaved than the kids when I was in school at that age
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