In The Service of What? by Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer

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In the text "In the Service of What?" the authors discuss students activities throughout the community. They feel that there needs to be more work done in grades k-12 with the students. One 12th grade student worked with "crack" babies, helping in the home for them. Another student worked in a hospital doing errands and helping patients find their rooms. A third student made and gave out survival kits for the homeless. These are all good example of students working throughout the community. The teachers feel "the students interact with those less fortunate than themselves and would experience the excitement and joy of learning while using the community as a classroom." Another classroom, 7th graders, worked together and listened to guest speakers about homeless groups and together they came up with solutions to the amount of homeless. they looked at social, economical, legal and political aspects. this group did fundraisers to raise money for them. These are things all students should be working on. I feel it is a good life lesson and experience to work with less fortunate and get a feel for how the government decides and takes care of these situations. This video from YouTube is a group called Saint Vincent DePaul they are a catholic group that works to help the homeless. thousands of students in the U.S. volunteer to assist these people.

This is talking about catholic school students but they are not the only ones helping out. these children learn valuable lessons at a young age that will stay with them throughout the rest of their lives. This article proves students are reaching out and enjoying it. this provides "authentic learning experiences" and teach the students discipline because they are committed to a group.Service learning does not have to just be in the open community, it can be  in a classroom. one grade going into an other grades classrooms to help them learn to read or write. overall student service learning is a positive event that schools should continue to do.