Before reading this article, I simply saw service-learning as just a feel-good experience that was self-rewarding. Now I understand that the benefits of service-learning allow us to learn about the real-life aspects that are not found in schools. Although I have never reflected on service-learning in my life, I have learned the value of providing service to my community through volunteering to help the elderly at our local nursing home in my small town. The task I volunteered to do was help some elderly men and women move into their living quarters at the nursing home. Being young and strong, I was asked and up for the task. Seeing the smiles come across the faces of the elderly and the praise they gave me for helping them allowed me to learn the importance of helping others. This experience taught me that by helping others I can make a difference in my
Before reading this article, I simply saw service-learning as just a feel-good experience that was self-rewarding. Now I understand that the benefits of service-learning allow us to learn about the real-life aspects that are not found in schools. Although I have never reflected on service-learning in my life, I have learned the value of providing service to my community through volunteering to help the elderly at our local nursing home in my small town. The task I volunteered to do was help some elderly men and women move into their living quarters at the nursing home. Being young and strong, I was asked and up for the task. Seeing the smiles come across the faces of the elderly and the praise they gave me for helping them allowed me to learn the importance of helping others. This experience taught me that by helping others I can make a difference in my