service of what (extended comment)

i will be doing my extended comment blog on Lucy's blog.

Lucy says that her first quote,
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."
is something she agrees with because she has gotten alot out of doing service learning. i also have to agree because doing my service learning has helped understand that not everyone is at the same level. it will take some students more practice to learn than others, some students learn one way and others feel more comfortable learning in another way. it helps you see all kinds of diversities.

Lucy says that her second quote,
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."
is something she likes because its someone taking their service learning in a positive way. this quote actually reminds me of a time that i did volunteering for a christmas party at wiggins village. i basically helped raise money to provide gifts and food for the children of the village who were of low income families. in doing so i had so much fun with the kids and it opened my eyes more to many different families, situations and diversity.

Lucy says that her third quote,
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."
is something that caught her eye because she experienced this as well. i cant count the number of people that just assume that little kids are out of control and are hard to handle. where i think, even though that may be the case with some students, it is mostly the case with secondary students, because thats when they're finding themselves and becoming rebellious.

Click here for a page that i found why service learning is important