Service Learning
Service Learning is a teaching and learning strategy in college and universities. It give students a wide range of experience, which often benefit others and community, while also advancing the goals of curriculum-based learning. Service is often mistaken with volunteering and communication services. Both activities are a form of service within a company and they are not necessarily to have a connection with educational purposes, which is main objective of all service learning projects. Volunteerism is a form of working towards helping a specific social or educational duty in the community. Hence, it is similar to community service, because both terms and both groups take the time, energy and skills out freely out to help the community. Community service is not the same as volunteering because community services catered to an organizations which does not just benefits a community, but also an institution. For example, on volunteerism, the person that …show more content…
It give me an opportunity to experience another world in short period of time. This experience gave me a definition that there are families out there does not have sufficient, safe and nutritious food on a regular basis. There are millions people out there without food insecure. I had no idea how Houston Food Bank inner workings happened and to see it in person was incredible amazing. The warehouse is huge, and with the vast amount of teamwork and communication that were required was unbelievable. The amount of effort and time to help those in need are beyond phenomenal. Experience like this can truly change the outlook and give you hope for the future, as well as put things in perspective. I feel very blessed and grateful for this opportunity to see how some of the process works, as well as meeting some great people and feel closer to the community knowing I helped others but also, being appreciated for my
Service Learning is a teaching and learning strategy in college and universities. It give students a wide range of experience, which often benefit others and community, while also advancing the goals of curriculum-based learning. Service is often mistaken with volunteering and communication services. Both activities are a form of service within a company and they are not necessarily to have a connection with educational purposes, which is main objective of all service learning projects. Volunteerism is a form of working towards helping a specific social or educational duty in the community. Hence, it is similar to community service, because both terms and both groups take the time, energy and skills out freely out to help the community. Community service is not the same as volunteering because community services catered to an organizations which does not just benefits a community, but also an institution. For example, on volunteerism, the person that …show more content…
It give me an opportunity to experience another world in short period of time. This experience gave me a definition that there are families out there does not have sufficient, safe and nutritious food on a regular basis. There are millions people out there without food insecure. I had no idea how Houston Food Bank inner workings happened and to see it in person was incredible amazing. The warehouse is huge, and with the vast amount of teamwork and communication that were required was unbelievable. The amount of effort and time to help those in need are beyond phenomenal. Experience like this can truly change the outlook and give you hope for the future, as well as put things in perspective. I feel very blessed and grateful for this opportunity to see how some of the process works, as well as meeting some great people and feel closer to the community knowing I helped others but also, being appreciated for my