During the summer of 2016, while enrolled in the class, Education in a pluralistic society, the first instructor required that we volunteer a minimum of 20 documented hours in the community. Several weeks later, a new instructor replaced the original instructor, who no longer required the 20 volunteer hours. I had already committed to volunteering two to three days a week at a homeless shelter for women and children called the Living Room. Even after the change was made, I stayed with my original commitment to the shelter for the summer and even went back in December to volunteer again. Taking nine units and designing a new curriculum for chemistry made this situation less than ideal. However, I received more from the homeless community than
