I have had the privilege of serving an organization designed to educate people. Despite scheduling issues and other difficulties, I am grateful to have an opportunity to serve other people. I am also thankful for Erica Cook, who has been patient and helpful in working things out so that we can fulfill class requirements. Attached above is a video of some of my thoughts about the Center and my experiences with it.
One pretty fascinating performance which they had during the International Eating and Reading Night was Capoeira, an African balancing game set to music. The music is intentionally designed to get caught in your head, so fair warning! Above is a clip of the performance.
The Carnegie Center is especially oriented around educating children. To this end, they have tutoring, family classes, and also they have authors come in to read their children's books. One child wrote this sweet thank you note, and this was really touching to me.
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| Alecia Whitaker is an author originally from Kentucky. She now lives and writes in New York, but the Carnegie Center invited her to visit and read one of her books. |
I have thought about the influence classes can have on my decisions to volunteer or not. If classes have the potential to put pressure on student volunteers, what would be an effective way to inspire students to volunteer?
ReplyDeleteGood thought! I assume this is the thought in making a class a service learning one. Essentially my concern is that in the requirements through the class, we as student volunteers become kind of a burden. I feel that the Carnegie Center has had to be pressured into finding something for us to do within our schedule.
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