Dave Eggers says in the article, “Serve or Fail,”:
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1. Volunteering should be required to graduate from college because students have the time, and it could help students find a major, and even change lives.
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2.Even though service requirements won’t work everywhere, for instance, community colleges, there would still be almost 10 million college students enrolled in four-year programs that could still volunteer.
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3.“Volunteering is nature transformative- reluctant participants become quick converts every day…”
I say:
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1.When volunteering is required, students may not benefit from it as much as when they actually volunteer. Forced volunteering will sometimes cause students to not perform well, and might even snap at people while volunteering.
2.2. Volunteering is a great way for students to find an activity while in school. The biggest struggle for any student is trying to find an extra-curricular event that’s a good fit during college.
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3. Volunteering is a great way to transform a bitter person into a good hearted person. It could change a student’s life entirely.
Author unknown says in the article, “‘Service Learning’ more than a fad”:
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1.Volunteering doesn’t always mean students leave campus to tutor and help the surrounding communities, but also for the surrounding communities to come and help on the campuses of universities and colleges.
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2. When students learn through real world activities, the learning experience is deepened.
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3. Community interaction and collaboration restores the sense that we can make a difference.
I say:
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1.Service learning should not only be about students helping the community, but the community helping the students in some way as well. By doing this, the community could gain a sense of closeness that is rarely seen.
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2. In order for a person to completely understand a topic, the person must be involved with the topic. For example, if a student is writing a research paper about homelessness, the only way for the student to completely understand homelessness is for the student to work with the homeless.
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3.. When students see that they can make a difference, it gives them initiative. This initiative allows students to have the motivation to continue volunteering, working, or even continue with school.
The Monitor’s Editorial Board says in the article, “How to reduce student dropout rates: link volunteering to studies”:
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1.In 2009, 63.4 million people volunteered, 1.5 million more than 2008.
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2. Service learning help prevent students from dropping out. John Cruz, a superintendent in Central Valley district in California, used this method to prevent drop outs.
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3. Cruz’s dropout prevention strategy has a 97% attendance rate, and less than 1% dropout percent.
I say:
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1.Service learning is a great way to help students gain a full understanding of a topic. For instance, I had to perform service learning for a project in high school, and it helped me tremendously.
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2.Student learning will cause students to take more of an initiative, and could even help a student find a career path.
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3. Volunteering can give a student a sense of self-worth, which in turn causes them to want to stay in school in order to help others.
These three articles all deal with volunteering, but more importantly, service learning. Service learning is a great way to find a career, become a better person, and gain wisdom to use in the future. All three authors agree that volunteering should be part of a student’s schooling, whether it’s high school or college. Volunteering is key to success. The difference is how the volunteering is executed. Eggers states that it should be a requirement for college students, while the Editorial Board is trying to persuade the reader that volunteering will lower the dropout rate. The unknown author tries to state how volunteering will cause a sense of closeness among the community. Although all three authors have different stances on volunteering, there is still a common ground. Volunteering is vital to any sort of success. Without volunteering, the population could lose a sense of closeness, and even lose the initiative to be helpful.
