Giving back to the community is a duty that every person should fulfill in my opinion. Your community is responsible for the education you are provided, for the morals that you incur, and how you interact with others on a day to day basis. In essence your community helps shape you to some degree. Thus it should be innately in you to give back to the community.
Personally I've given back to the community many times. It just feels good to give back and plus I like helping people. In middle school, specifically 6th grade, I participated in Everglades Restoration Projects. Throughout 7th and 8th grade I use to stay after school EVERY DAY and tutor other kids (i lived a minute away from my middle school......and i was still late everyday smh) who were struggling in their classrooms;some of them had low self-esteem problems that I would assist with as well. In 10th grade (well going into 10th grade) I served as an teacher aid for a private preschool in Miami. Truly, I did it to get my 40 hours of community service but I loved it do much I did for the entire summer. I like working with kids, I have a little brother, you get the correlation.
The thing I admired the most about being a teacher aid is how those kids looked to for advice. Some of them were close to entering the realm of puberty and they were so enraptured with someone like me who was going through it but going through it as an individual as many teens struggle with finding their identity. Scenarios like these motivates me to give back to the community more because I know that I'm helping at least one child become more sure and confident in their self. Big ups to serving the community.
That must have been a challenge, you know, helping peers through a rough time,especially when you are experiencing those things yourself
ReplyDeleteThat's really nice Omar! I'm really glad you helped those teens going through a tough time. I'm sure they really appreciated and you changed some lives. :)
ReplyDeleteGood job on this blog post
OMG !! I'm soooo jealous. One of my friends did the Everglades restoration project and I wanted too, but I was scared. Nice blog Omar !
ReplyDeleteAlways wanted to try or be involve in the Everglades Restoration Project but it never happened. It's nice that you took the time to actually help Rhodes kids in need cause we all know everyone needs help at one point. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteI think it's great to be able to help other kids your age while you are experiencing the same things. I don't know if I would be able to do that. I hope you're continuing to mentor students. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteAwww (Andre :p)... Nice blogg I really felt like I was having a face to face convo with you for some reason lml..you are right on how nice it feels to give back, keep up the good work kiddo
ReplyDeleteNice title (spongebob smile) anyway, good job on the blog. The background on your blog matches the theme too.
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