Our Enc1101 class partnered with the Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy to form a service learning project to educate and encourage students at Miami Dade College North Campus to take part in this year’s election. The project was named Beyond the Ballot it was planned as a “speed-dating” party so we could share intimate conversations with the students in a way to not only educate them but to also interact with each other and hear their inputs on the various issues. When I first saw an overview of the service learning project in our syllabus I felt overwhelmed and terrified, I had tremendous doubts that our class may not succeed to complete the project correctly and on time. My uncertainties continued to grow when we had our class
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During the main event, we had a gigantic red bottle in the middle to serve as our center piece and we also had balloons tied to our chairs. For the activity, my group decided to play “musical bottles” where we used baby bottles and we insert factual strips of information in each bottle that were also stuffed with candies. The goal was to play a song and had one bottle passed around by the students when the song was paused the last person to hold the bottle would be the one to read the information inside the bottle. My partner Stephanie Perez was dressed as a pregnant mother while I was dressed as a pregnant father. We received a lot of attention when our audience sat at our table, many of them seemed confused as to why we were both pregnant. Professor Bucher also commented and asked if we were pregnant. Stephanie and I reassured everyone the reason of our fake pregnancy is to prove that both parents should stay home to care for their newborns. We covered the two candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stance into how they plan to offer paid maternity leaves and how they are going to fund it. Michidael and Ana discussed to the students about affirmative action and the wage difference. Many of the male participants saw the imbalance of gender equality in the workforce. One male participant said “I do feel that it is not fair that women are being paid less than a male.” My group member’s presentation seemed slightly biased because it was difficult to find Donald Trump stance on the issues. Whereas, Hillary Clinton website provided us enough information on the issues we had. Beyond the Ballot service learning project surpassed the scope of a regular English class because it was an exciting way to learn instead of the dull thick textbooks literature. Beyond the Ballot allowed the entire class to work successfully together to intertwined fun and learning. I believe
During the main event, we had a gigantic red bottle in the middle to serve as our center piece and we also had balloons tied to our chairs. For the activity, my group decided to play “musical bottles” where we used baby bottles and we insert factual strips of information in each bottle that were also stuffed with candies. The goal was to play a song and had one bottle passed around by the students when the song was paused the last person to hold the bottle would be the one to read the information inside the bottle. My partner Stephanie Perez was dressed as a pregnant mother while I was dressed as a pregnant father. We received a lot of attention when our audience sat at our table, many of them seemed confused as to why we were both pregnant. Professor Bucher also commented and asked if we were pregnant. Stephanie and I reassured everyone the reason of our fake pregnancy is to prove that both parents should stay home to care for their newborns. We covered the two candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stance into how they plan to offer paid maternity leaves and how they are going to fund it. Michidael and Ana discussed to the students about affirmative action and the wage difference. Many of the male participants saw the imbalance of gender equality in the workforce. One male participant said “I do feel that it is not fair that women are being paid less than a male.” My group member’s presentation seemed slightly biased because it was difficult to find Donald Trump stance on the issues. Whereas, Hillary Clinton website provided us enough information on the issues we had. Beyond the Ballot service learning project surpassed the scope of a regular English class because it was an exciting way to learn instead of the dull thick textbooks literature. Beyond the Ballot allowed the entire class to work successfully together to intertwined fun and learning. I believe