Reflective Essay On Service Learning

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I think serving others is important because you can make a difference. It also makes you feel good for helping others out. For my service learning, I chose to work with my old elementary school teacher, Ms. Simon, who works in the AAP department. I also happened to meet a new teacher, Ms. Maloney who works with special ed. kids. I helped them get work done around their room.

I started out working for Ms. Simon in the beginning of school last year. Last Summer I had visited Franconia, where she works, and she asked if I could do service learning with her and so I did. This quarter, I didn’t do much with her because she had been gone for most of these months. All I did for her is help clean her room and sharpen her pencils and colored

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