Friday, October 17, 2014

In The Service Of What? - Hyperlinks


This weeks reading was called In The Service of What by Khane and Westheimer. I enjoyed reading this article because I love helping others. Ever since I was a little girl I always wanted to give and not receive. Reading this article had me thinking a little bit. What do you think is better? To read articles about service learning or to actually go out in some sort of field and actively learn. To me I believe going out in the field and actually working with groups and low income families would be better to grasp an understand of rather then reading articles. Especially for teens and children, I believe it is better to go out in the field because you can physically see things and understand why you are there helping out. I think that when teachers take their students out to help the community they need to choose an area where they can learn something but also be safe. Going back to reading Safe Spaces by August, I would want my children to feel somewhat safe going to these sites. I think the older they get then you could start taking them to places that they may feel less comfortable at. 


“Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. And we have a
choice: What sort of difference do we want to make?” 
-Jane Goodall 

I belong to Holy Apostles Parish in Cranston. I have gone to ccd since I was in Kindergarten. When I reached middle school ccd I had to start doing community service. The community service included going to St Charles. Soup Kitchen in Providence. This was an amazing experience. I learned to really appreciate what you have. When I was in the confirmation program I went to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Blessed Assurance Orphanage. I spent a week here teaching, playing and feeding children from ages 1 to 26 years old. I could talk about this experience all day long. This was the most eye opening experience I have ever done in my life. Because I want to be a teacher, some parts of the day I took kids aside and just colored and tried to teach them to write there names. They were so proud of their work! It made me so happy I was able to help these children. I am glad I am in a providence school doing my service learning. I can not wait to continue to go to my school to help these children each week. 





This is a Short 4 Minute video from a Mission Trip a few years before my trip! Holy Apostles Mission Trip  ! Enjoy :) 

9 comments:

  1. Great connection to August. I love how involved you are in service learning. I have always wanted to go on a missionary trip. Your blog illustrates what Kahne and Westheimer are trying to say. It is obvious that you have learned a lot from all your service learning. Great blog!

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  2. That's so cool about your service experiences, I am jealous because I have wanted to go somewhere and work with children like that! I really like the pictures you have included.

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  3. It looks as if you had an amazing time during your service learning. I enjoyed reading and watching the video you posted about the experiences you've had. Nice job!

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  4. I really loved your blog post this week and all of your pictures and examples. I think I am going to do an extended comment post!

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  5. I enjoyed your response. Its seemed like a really cool experience going to Montego Bay.

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  6. I really loved looking at all of the pictures and videos from your service learning experience. It sounds like you were really able to connect Khane and Westheimer's points about the benefits of service learning to how you were personally able to benefit from service learning. Good job!

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  7. I really really enjoyed your blog this week! Your experiences in your service learning trip look like they were amazing! I can only imagine how great it felt to be able to help and work with those kids. Your pictures were really great too! Good job!

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  8. I loved your blog this week! You did a great job at connecting this piece to your mission trip. It sounds like a great experience.

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  9. Wow! I loved the video and pictures you added. It looks like you had a great experience! Good job! I loved the connections you did too.

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