My Service Learning activity, the Ars Poetica Collaboration, was one of the most exciting yet difficult projects that I have completed at Tennessee State University. Through this project I was forced to make sacrifices for the benefit of the group and our work. Yet, by doing this, I was able to gain a better understanding of my peers and their wonderful talents. The most challenging part of this Service Learning Activity was working with people who were not English majors or poets. Although the Mass Communications students were amazing, they did not know much about poetry. As a result, my group spent a significant amount of time offering a miniature Poetry 101 class to our videographer and editor. Although this was frustrating for me at
