Journal 6

"Filming Compassion," by Janet Bremer and Marilyn Clark



I thought that this article was great and had many exciting ideas to get students involved in their communities. I was excited to hear that, according to National Center for Education
Statistics, 64% of all public schools have students participate in service learning. I think that is so great because volunteering with an organization not only benifits the organization, but is a great way for students to get involved and learn about giving back to their community. I really think that the more people to get involved with their communities, the better off everyone will be. It is also a good activity to get the more reserved students involved in. I was really shy growing up, and I think that the stronger sense of belonging and feeling of being a member or contributor to something, would make a difference in the students' own lives.

Questions:
1.) Is it safe to have students go alone to volunteer sites?
I think it is completely safe, especially because parents will most of the time be driving students. Also, most organizations treat their volunteers just like employee and do not want any unsafe practices occuring.

2.) How could younger students get involved?
There are many things that younger students could do to get involved. Although some oragnizations may not want the liability that comes along with young kids, there are always those that do and there are always volunteer activities,such as a beach clean up,that all ages can get involved with!