Expectations

I’ve been familiar with community service since grade school – from outreach programs to tree planting projects. Most of the activities I took part in were required by my teachers; nonetheless I enjoyed every one of them. Given the experience I have, I don’t expect anything from this class, since I already know that helping people is fun, no matter how hard the job is. A lot of preparation will be needed for those students who haven’t done any community service yet, so I have to be patient until we finally go to the actual field activity part. I’m still convincing myself that I need to hear the lectures, but I know I should. There are a lot of things I don’t know yet, plus I can’t let an opportunity to learn new things pass. I believe that this would be an interesting and worthwhile semester since professors from different departments will be providing lectures every Wednesday (that’s like attending several different ACLEs in one sem). I hope though that I would feel the actual field activity more as a volunteer work than a required class project.